42 Facts About Sabah

Sabah is a state of Malaysia located in northern Borneo, in the region of East Malaysia.

Sabah came under the influence of the Bruneian Empire in the 14th and 15th centuries.

Sabah is divided into five administrative divisions and 27 districts.

Sabah is known for its traditional musical instrument, the sompoton.

Sabah has abundant natural resources, and its economy is strongly export-oriented.

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Origin of the name Sabah is uncertain, and there are many theories that have arisen.

Sabah was succeeded by his son Hsia-wang who agreed to send tribute to China once every three years.

In 1846, the island of Labuan on the west coast of Sabah was ceded to Britain by the Sultan of Brunei through the Treaty of Labuan, and in 1848 it became a British Crown Colony.

Macapagal, considering Sabah to be property of the Sultanate of Sulu, saw the attempt to integrate Sabah, Sarawak and Brunei into the Federation of Malaysia as "trying to impose authority of Malaya into these states".

The state government of Sabah ceded Labuan to the Malaysian federal government, and Labuan became a federal territory on 16 April 1984.

Sabah has a greater level of autonomy in administration, immigration, and judiciary which differentiates it from the Malaysian Peninsula states.

Sabah is represented in the federal parliament by 25 members elected from the same number of constituencies.

Sabah has seen several territorial disputes with Malaysia's neighbours Indonesia and the Philippines.

Malaysia however, considers this dispute as a "non-issue", as it interprets the 1878 agreement as that of cession and that it deems that the residents of Sabah had exercised their right to self-determination when they joined to form the Malaysian federation in 1963.

In 1961, Sabah including neighbouring Sarawak, which had been included in the International Maritime Organization through the participation of the United Kingdom, became joint associate members of the IMO.

The western part of Sabah is generally mountainous, containing three highest peak.

The central and eastern portions of Sabah are generally lower mountain ranges and plains with occasional hills.

Land of Sabah is located in a tropical geography with equatorial climate.

Since the post-World War II timber boom driven by the need of raw materials from industrial countries, Sabah forests have been gradually eroded by uncontrolled timber exploitation and the conversion of Sabah forest lands into palm oil plantations.

Sabah's economy is mainly based on primary sector such as agriculture, forestry and petroleum.

Sabah is one of the producer of seaweed, with most of the farms are located in the seas around Semporna.

Sabah electrics are mostly generated from diesel power plant, hydropower and combined cycle power plants.

The mobile telecommunications in Sabah are mostly use 4G and 3G and there is a free rural Wi-Fi services provided by the federal government known as the Kampung Tanpa Wayar 1Malaysia although Malaysia's government-provided public internet speeds are among the slower than many other countries.

In early 2016, a Memorandum of Understanding was signed between the state government and China's largest networking company, Huawei to set Sabah to become information and communications technology hub by leveraging on Huawei's ICT expertise.

The state first established newspaper is the Sabah Times, founded by Fuad Stephens, who became the first Chief Minister of Sabah.

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Sabah uses a dual carriageway with the left-hand traffic rule.

All major towns in Sabah provide public transportation services such as buses, taxis and vans along with Grab services.

Sabah Air is a helicopter chartered flight company owned by the Sabah state government, serving flights for aerial sightseeing to interested customers as well for the transportation of state government servants.

Sabah has a total of eight ports operating in Sepanggar, Kota Kinabalu, Sandakan, Tawau, Kudat, Kunak and Lahad Datu.

Sabah has four major government hospitals: Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Queen Elizabeth Hospital II, Duchess of Kent Hospital and Tawau Hospital followed by 13 other government districts hospitals, women and children hospital, mental hospital, public health clinics, 1Malaysia clinics and rural clinics.

The oldest schools in Sabah are: St Michael's School Sandakan, St Michael's School Penampang, All Saints' School, Likas and St Patrick's School Tawau .

Sabah has a considerable number of indigenous students enrolled in Chinese schools.

Sabah has two public universities: Universiti Malaysia Sabah and Universiti Teknologi MARA .

However, as Malaysia is one of the least densely populated countries in Asia, Sabah is particularly sparsely populated with most of the population concentrated in the coastal areas since towns and urban centres have massively expanded.

The indigenous languages of Sabah can be divided into four language families of Dusunic, Murutic, Paitanic and Sama–Bajau.

Sabah culture is diverse due to a wide range of different ethnicity.

Beside that, the state of Sabah is known for batik production though the industry are still small than the major batik producer states in the east coast of Peninsular Malaysia.

Notable dishes in Sabah include the Beaufort mee, bosou, hinava, ngiu chap, pinasakan, Sipitang satay, Tuaran mee, tuhau, the bambangan fruit along with many others.

Examples of Sabah-based companies promoting dairy product and state drinks are like the Desa Cattle, Tenom coffee and Sabah Tea.

Sabah was featured in the British popular reality show of "Survivor: Borneo" and the American show of "Eco-Challenge Borneo" in 2000.

Sabah are the only state in Malaysia to declare the Kaamatan celebration a public holiday.

Likas Stadium is the main stadium for the state football association of Sabah FA, followed by Penampang Stadium and Tawau Stadium.