Pitas District Daerah Pitas | |
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 Pitas District office. | |
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| Coordinates:6°43′00″N117°4′00″E / 6.71667°N 117.06667°E /6.71667; 117.06667 | |
| Country |  Malaysia |
| State |  Sabah |
| Division | Kudat |
| Capital | Pitas |
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| • District Officer | Nahalan Mehdunah |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,419 km2 (548 sq mi) |
| Population (2010) | |
• Total | 37,808 |
| Website | mdpitas.sbh.gov.my pdpitas.sbh.gov.my |
ThePitas District (Malay:Daerah Pitas) is anadministrative district in theMalaysian state ofSabah, part of theKudat Division which includes the districts ofKota Marudu,Kudat and Pitas. The capital of the district is inPitas Town.
Pitas is derived from the word "Nopitas" ofSungai language which means "lost". The Bengkoka River was once flooded and as a result of the heavy floods the river was cut off. The name subsequently enshrined by the people at the time which became Pitas.[1]
The Pitas District was once under the Kudat District Administration where Pitas was only known as a small district until 1974. It was then recognised as a full district the following year. The district office moved several times to a different location before a tragedy struck in 1999 where the district office was totally burned out and most important documents about the district are destroyed.[2]
According to the last census in 2010, the population of the district is 37,808 which consists of a majority ofRungus, a sub-group of theKadazan-Dusun people andOrang Sungai (to which also theTambanuo is included).[3] As in other districts of Sabah, there are also a significant number of illegal immigrants from the nearby southernPhilippines, mainly from theSulu Archipelago andMindanao which are not included in the population statistics.
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