Tongod District Daerah Tongod | |
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| Coordinates:5°15′36″N116°59′07″E / 5.26000°N 116.98528°E /5.26000; 116.98528 | |
| Country |  Malaysia |
| State |  Sabah |
| Division | Sandakan |
| Capital | Tongod |
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| • District Officer | Yuesri Ismail Yusof |
| Area | |
• Total | 10,052 km2 (3,881 sq mi) |
| Population (2010) | |
• Total | 35,341 |
| Website | mdtongod.sbh.gov.my pdtongod.sbh.gov.my |
TheTongod District (Malay:Daerah Tongod) is anadministrative district in theMalaysian state ofSabah, part of theSandakan Division which includes the districts ofBeluran,Kinabatangan,Sandakan,Telupid and Tongod. The capital of the district is inTongod Town.
The district was first established in 1977 as a sub-district of the larger Kinabatangan district. The "daerah kecil" ("sub-district") was then entrusted to Keningau native, Charles Andau, who was one of the assistant district officers of the then-undivided Kinabatangan district and was formally subordinate to the district officer of Kinabatangan. On 1 March 1999, Tongod was elevated to a full district within the Sandakan division, then two months and three weeks later on 24 May 1999, the late Datuk Matius @ Matthew Sator of Ranau was appointed to be its first inaugural district officer. The acquisition of the status of a fully fledged district also involved the construction of a new administration building, which replaced the first secretarial building.[1]
According to the last census in 2010, the population of the entire district is 35,341 inhabitants.[2] In relation to the total area of 10,052 km2, it is a sparsely populated district.Orang Sungai andKadazan-Dusun are the major ethnicities found in Tongod.
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