Kota Marudu District Daerah Kota Marudu | |
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| Coordinates:6°29′23″N116°44′10″E / 6.48972°N 116.73611°E /6.48972; 116.73611 | |
| Country |  Malaysia |
| State |  Sabah |
| Division | Kudat |
| Capital | Kota Marudu |
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| • District Officer | Meirin Sugara |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,917 km2 (740 sq mi) |
| Population (2010) | |
• Total | 66,374 |
| Website | mdkotamarudu.sbh.gov.my pdkotamarudu.sbh.gov.my |
TheKota Marudu District (Malay:Daerah Kota Marudu) is anadministrative district in theMalaysian state ofSabah, part of theKudat Division which includes the districts of Kota Marudu,Kudat andPitas. The capital of the district is inKota Marudu Town.
Kota means Fort. The name Marudu originated from the language of Balangigi people from the words of "Mairudu" or "Maiuludu" which means "a position located in the same place", referring to the geographical position ofMarudu Bay which forms a large bay. Since then, the term Mairudu turns to Marudu and Mailudu becomes Maludu. Hence, Western writers often refer to Marudu as Marudu, Marudo or Maludu. The name Marudu was first mapped by a Dutch sailor in 1595 who sailed fromBrunei and reached Marudu,Palawan and theSulu Archipelago. While in the waters of Marudu, he found the Balangigi people or also called by the Spaniards as the "Camucones"[note 1] became the sea troops of the Sultanates of Brunei and Sulu at the time.[2]
The district is once known as the stronghold of a local leader named Sharif Usman. The Sharif administer the area under the consent of theSultanate of Sulu although he administer the place under his own as an independentchiefdom.[2] He later involved in a dispute with the colonial authorities ofBritish North Borneo after being accused as apirate and involved in aslave trade, where he was killed during a battle with the latter and his entire fort in the area was destroyed.[3]
The population of Kota Marudu district according to the last census in 2010 is 66,374.[4] It consists mainly ofDusun (from the Gobukon, Tobilung, Sandayo, Tagahas, Bunduliwan-Tinagas-Lingkabau, Kimaragang-Sonsogon, Garo, Luba and Talantang tribes),Rungus,Bajau,Orang Sungai (Tambanuo) andChinese (mainlyHakkas). As in other districts of Sabah, there are a significant number of illegal immigrants from the nearby southernPhilippines, notably from theSulu Archipelago andMindanao which are not included in the population statistics.
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