Tanjung Aru
Tanjung Aru | |
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Suburb of Kota Kinabalu | |
| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Chinese | 丹绒亚路 |
| Coordinates: 5°56′44″N 116°3′1″E / 5.94556°N 116.05028°E | |
| Country | Malaysia |
| State | Sabah |
| District | Kota Kinabalu |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (MYT) |
| Postal code | 88100 |
Tanjung Aru is a sub-district of Kota Kinabalu in Sabah, of Malaysia. Its main feature is its beach called Tanjung Aru Beach which stretches to over 2 kilometres long along with new skyscrapers. This beach has a lot of Casuarina equisetifolia trees (aru) there naming this town.
It also has its own township called Tanjung Aru Town. Other notable features include the Perdana Park, the Kinabalu Golf Club, the Kinabalu Yacht Club, and the Tanjung Aru railway station of Sabah State Railway.