Kinabatangan

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Kinabatangan

Total population

182,328

Coordinates5.59°, 117.85°

Demographic figures from Department of Statistics Malaysia. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Kinabatangan, also named Kota Kinabatangan, is the capital of the Kinabatangan District in the Sandakan Division of Sabah, Malaysia. Its population was estimated to be around 10,256 in 2010. Kinabatangan is mostly populated with the Orang Sungai tribe, one of the indigenous groups of Sabah.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Nearby places in Sabah

• Kampung Lot M
  3.9 mi away
• Segaliud
  10 mi away
• Bahagia Village
  18.7 mi away
• Sapi Rock
  20.1 mi away
• Kg. Gum Gum
  21.6 mi away
• Sandakan
  25.3 mi away · pop. 439,050
• Kuala Sapi Village
  32.5 mi away
• Tangkulap
  43.8 mi away
• Kampung Kuala Karamuak
  48.5 mi away
• Kampung Adian
  55 mi away
• Kampung Sinarupa
  60.6 mi away
• Tompios
  69.6 mi away

Browse all places in Sabah →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Kinabatangan

Wood coffin burial of Kinabatangan, Sabah

Stephen Ming Soon Chia · 2013

Pengebumian keranda kayu balak di Kinabatangan, Sabah

Stephen Ming Soon Chia · 2012

Kinabatangan

Wendy Hutton · 2004

A wildlife survey of the proposed Kinabatangan Park, Sabah

Dionysius S. K. Sharma · 1992

Phonological descriptions of Sabah languages

Michael Boutin · 1993

Tongo Tangon Kadazan Labuk-Kinabatangan=Cerita Dongeng Kadazan Labuk-Kinabatangan=Labuk-Kinabatangan Kadazan Folk Tales

Hope M. Hurlbut · 1992

The geology and mineral resources of the Pensiangan and upper Kinabatangan area, Sabah, Malaysia

Peter Collenette · 1965

Tinangaran Kadajan-Malayu-Ingglis =

Hope M. Hurlbut · 1989

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Common Water Monitor

Varanus salvator

Seen 2026-09-26

Long-tailed Macaque

Macaca fascicularis

Seen 2026-09-26

Sarawak Serpent-Eagle

Spilornis cheela pallidus

Seen 2026-08-25

Oriental Pied Hornbill

Anthracoceros albirostris

Seen 2026-08-25

Green Imperial Pigeon

Ducula aenea

Seen 2026-08-25

Bornean Crested Fireback

Lophura ignita

Seen 2026-08-23

peacock flower

Caesalpinia pulcherrima

Seen 2026-08-12

Southern Pig-tailed Macaque

Macaca nemestrina

Seen 2026-08-03

Nankeen Night Heron

Nycticorax caledonicus

Seen 2026-07-29

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).