Kota Kinabalu

Kota Kinabalu (Umwhile, Jesselton) 亚庇
Frae top richt clockwise: Tun Mustapha Touer, Wisma Tun Fuad Stephens, Wawasan Intersection, ceety centre an 1Borneo.
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Eik-name(s):  "Natur Resort Ceety", KK, "A-bi", "Ceety belaw the Wind"
Location o Kota Kinabalu in Sabah
Kota Kinabalu (Umwhile, Jesselton) 亚庇 Kota Kinabalu is locatit in Malaysie
Coordinates: 5°58′17″N 116°05′43″E / 5.97139°N 116.09528°E / 5.97139; 116.09528
Kintra	Malaysie
State	Sabah
Diveesion	West Coast
Settled bi BNBC	1882
Declared caipital o North Borneo	1946
Grantit ceety status	2 Februar 2000
Govrenment
• Mayor	Abidin Madingkir
• Director-General	Datuk Yeo Boon Hai
Area
• City	351 km2 (136 sq mi)
Population  (2012)
• City	452,058
• Density	1463/km2 (3,790/sq mi)
• Metro	628,725
	Sourced from the Population and Housing Census of Malaysia 2010. Kota Kinabalu metropolitan area including Penampang population of 176,667.
Time zone	UTC+8 (MST)
Postcode	88xxx; 89xxx
Area code(s)	0882
Website	www.dbkk.sabah.gov.my

Kota Kinabalu (pronooncit [ˈkota kinaˈbalu]), 亚庇 (Cheenese, Mandarin pronoonced Yà bì) umwhile kent as Jesselton,^[1][2] is the caipital o the state o Sabah, locatit in East Malaysie. It is the caipital o the West Coast Diveesion o Sabah an aw. The ceety is locatit alang the northwast coast o Borneo facin the Sooth Cheenae Sea. The Tunku Abdul Rahman Naitional Pairk^[3] lees on its wast an Munt Kinabalu, which gae the ceety its name, is locatit towards the east. Kota Kinabalu haes a population o 452,058,^[4] housomeivver, aften mistaken, even bi maist locals, as a pairt o Kota Kinabalu, locatit side bi side, is the Penampang destrict, it haes a estimatit population o 628,725.^[4]

Kota Kinabalu is aften kent as KK athin Malaysie an internaitionally. For the locals it is kent as A-bi (Hakka for Jesselton).^[5] It is a major fishin destination an a popular gatewey for travellers visitin Sabah an Borneo.^[2][6] Kinabalu Naitional Pairk is locatit aboot 90 kilometres frae the ceety an thare are mony tourist attractions in an aroond the ceety. Kota Kinabalu is ane o the major industrial an commercial centres o East Malaysie an aw. Thir twa factors combine tae mak Kota Kinabalu ane o the fastest growin ceeties in Malaysie.^[7]

1. ↑ "Kota Kinabalu". ABC Sabah. Retrieved 12 August 2009.^{[deid airtin]}
2. ↑ ^{a b} "Dari Jesselton ke Kota Kinabalu" (in Malay). Utusan Malaysia. 25 Februar 2010. Archived frae the original on 19 Juin 2013. Retrieved 19 Mey 2013. Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (help)CS1 maint: unrecognised leid (link)
3. ↑ Charles De Ledesma; Mark Lewis; Pauline Savage (2003). Malaysia, Singapore & Brunei. Rough Guides. pp. 508–. ISBN 978-1-84353-094-7. Retrieved 22 Mey 2013.
4. ↑ ^{a b} "Population Distribution by Local Authority Areas and Mukims, 2010 (page 1 & 8)" (PDF). Department of Statistics, Malaysia. Archived frae the original (PDF) on 5 Februar 2015. Retrieved 10 Apryle 2012.
5. ↑ "Kota Kinabalu (Capital City)". Archived frae the original on 9 Apryle 2013. Retrieved 1 Juin 2013.
6. ↑ "Tourism hub set to lift Sabah real estate". TheStar. 11 Juin 2007. Archived frae the original on 13 Julie 2012. Retrieved 15 Januar 2008. Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (help)
7. ↑ Muguntan Vanar (20 September 2010). "Rapid development in Kota Kinabalu has its drawbacks". The Star, Malaysia. Archived frae the original on 19 Juin 2013. Retrieved 3 Januar 2011. Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (help)