Sandakan, formerly known as Elopura, is the capital of Sandakan District in Sabah, Malaysia, on the eastern coast facing the Sulu Sea. It served as the capital of British North Borneo from 1884 until 1946, when the administrative center moved to Jesselton after wartime destruction. Today it is Sabah's second-largest city after Kota Kinabalu and a major port for oil, timber and agricultural exports, with a 2020 census population of 439,050 in its municipal area.
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Area (sq km) Founding Year Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Elevation Band Climate Zone In the Other Atlases
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1. Sandakan (Wikidata)
P571 (inception)
+1658-00-00T00:00:00Z
P1082 (population)
population 396,290 (2010)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 5.83878, longitude 118.11729
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 10 m
P2046 (area)
area 2266.2396 sq km
P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
population 396290 (2010)
View the Source2. GeoNames: Sandakan - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 1734052
5.8402 118.1179 P PPL MY 16 1218 439050 10 Asia/Kuching
Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 10 m
View the Source 3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 5.75, 118.25Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 5.75, 118.25
5.75 118.25 Af
Sandakan (Wikipedia)
In Group: Cities of South-eastern Asia (World), Wikipedia lead / Wikidata P17, confirms city and countryView the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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