Ranau

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Ranau

Total population

94,092

Elevation1176 m

Coordinates5.95°, 116.67°

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

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Ranau Town is the capital of the Ranau District in the West Coast Division of Sabah, Malaysia. Its population was estimated to be around 87,500 in 2023.

Geography

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

Nearby places in Sabah

• Kampung Bedukan
  3.7 mi away
• Kundasang
  6.7 mi away
• Kobuh Baru
  7.3 mi away
• Kampung Nibalayan
  8.3 mi away
• Nabutan Baru
  10.4 mi away
• Kampung Sandatan
  11.1 mi away
• Kampung Tomis
  12.9 mi away
• Kampung Lokos
  13.9 mi away
• Kampung Kerokot Laut
  14.6 mi away
• Pekan Nabalu
  15 mi away
• Kg. Tinutuan
  15.1 mi away
• Kampung Matopang
  15.2 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 Ranau

Soils and forest on an ultrabasic hill north east of Ranau, Sabah

J. E. D. Fox · 1971

Socio-cultural dimensions of development planning

Institute for Development Studies (Sabah) · 1989

Socio-cultural dimension of development planning

Institute for Development Studies (Sabah) · 1989

An analysis of the variation among Ranau Dusun communities of Sabah, Malaysia

Robert Harrison · 1971

March to Ranau

William E. Thomason · 1989

Buku berkenaan dengan hal ahwal anak negeri bilangan 5

G.C. Woolley · 1962

Kinabalu dragon

Fenton Gerard Wheland · 1967

Proboscis monkeys of Borneo

Elizabeth L. Bennett · 1993

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Least Pygmy Squirrel

Exilisciurus exilis

Seen 2026-09-29

Rajah Brooke's Birdwing

Trogonoptera brookiana

Seen 2026-09-29

Malayan Birdwing

Troides amphrysus

Seen 2026-09-29

Gray-chinned Minivet

Pericrocotus solaris

Seen 2026-09-29

Bornean Keeled Pit Viper

Tropidolaemus subannulatus

Seen 2026-09-28

Sabah Slender Skink

Sphenomorphus sabanus

Seen 2026-09-28

Sabah Splash Frog

Staurois latopalmatus

Seen 2026-09-28

Sarawak Slender Litter Frog

Leptobrachella gracilis

Seen 2026-09-28

Rufous-backed Dwarf Kingfisher

Ceyx rufidorsa

Seen 2026-09-28

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