Keningau District
District
Daerah Keningau
Other transcription(s)
• Jawi	داءيره كنيڠاو
• Chinese	根地咬县(Simplified) 根地咬縣(Traditional) Gēndeyǎo xiàn(Hanyu Pinyin)
• Tamil	கெனிங்காவு மாவட்டம் Keṉiṅkāvu māvaṭṭam(Transliteration)
• Kadazandusun	Watas Keningau
Keningau District Council office.
Seal
Coordinates:5°20′00″N116°10′00″E / 5.33333°N 116.16667°E /5.33333; 116.16667
Country	Malaysia
State	Sabah
Division	Interior
Capital	Keningau
Government
• District Officer	Peter Jonu Moinjil @ Peter Joseph Jonu
Area
• Total	3,533 km2 (1,364 sq mi)
Population  (2010)
• Total	173,103
Website	mdkeningau.sbh.gov.my pdkeningau.sbh.gov.my

TheKeningau District (Malay:Daerah Keningau) is anadministrative district in theMalaysian state ofSabah, part of theInterior Division which includes the districts ofBeaufort, Keningau,Kuala Penyu,Nabawan,Sipitang,Tambunan andTenom. The capital of the district is inKeningau Town. The town comprises a majority nativeDusun as well asMurut population with significantChinese minorities.

The nameKeningau is derived from the locally-abundantJavanesecinnamon tree (Cinnamomum burmannii) which is locally known asKoningau.^[1]

Keningau was one of the most important administrative centres for theBritish North Borneo in the early years of the 20th century. The Japanese also used Keningau as a government centre duringtheir occupation in theSecond World War. The village of Nuntunan near Apin-Apin was numbered "44" in the British administration. The number stated the distance about 44 kilometres fromTenom as well asTambunan,Penampang andKota Kinabalu towns. Nuntunan was also called the "Office" because the British administration building was on the banks of the Apin-Apin River. The Japanese took over the building for their own administration during the occupation.

The district of Keningau covers an area of 3,533 square kilometres and is located in a valley bordered to the west by theCrocker Range and to the south and east by theMount Trus Madi.

The population of the district of Keningau is 173,103 according to the last census in 2010.^[2] It consists of 90% of mainlyDusun andMurut peoples, as well an estimate of 8%Hakka Chinese population and various minority indigenous groups.

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  Ar-Rahim Mosque
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  St. Margaret Anglican Church.
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  Keningau Basel Church.
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  Sign board to Sook Holy Spirit Catholic Church.
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  Keningau Seventh Day Adventist Church.
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  Keningau Temple.
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  Keningau fog.
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  Keningau rainforest after rain.

• Districts of Malaysia

• Treacher, W. H (1891)."British Borneo: sketches of Brunai, Sarawak, Labuan, and North Borneo".University of California Libraries. Singapore, Govt. print. dept. p. 190.
• Rutter, Owen (1922)."British North Borneo - An Account of its History, Resources and Native Tribes".Cornell University Libraries. Constable & Company Ltd, London. p. 157.
• Tregonning, K. G. (1965).A History Of Modern Sabah (North Borneo 1881–1963). University of Malaya Press.

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