Sandakan District
Sandakan District
Daerah Sandakan | |
|---|---|
Sandakan Municipal Council office. | |
| Coordinates: 5°50′20″N 118°6′55″E / 5.83889°N 118.11528°E | |
| Country | Malaysia |
| State | Sabah |
| Division | Sandakan |
| Capital | Sandakan |
| Government | |
| • President (Sandakan Municipal Council) | Benedict Asmat |
| Area | |
• Total | 2,266 km2 (875 sq mi) |
| Population (2010) | |
• Total | 396,290 |
| Website | mps |
The Sandakan District (Malay: Daerah Sandakan) is an administrative district in the Malaysian state of Sabah, part of the Sandakan Division which includes the districts of Beluran, Kinabatangan, Sandakan, Telupid, and Tongod. The capital of the district is in Sandakan City.
There are three members of parliament (MPs) representing the three parliamentary constituencies in the district: Libaran (P.184), Batu Sapi (P.185), and Sandakan (P.186).