Menggatal
Federal State
Menggatal is a city on the west coast of the state of Sabah in Malaysia. Menggatal belongs to the outskirts of the capital Kota Kinabalu and is a sub-district of the management of Dewan Bandaraya Kota Kinabalu ( Kota Kinabalu City Council ) assigned.
Demography
The suburb was originally sparsely populated with indigenous Dusun. Recently, the city recorded a dramatic increase in population by immigrants from the Philippines and Indonesia. While owns a significant portion of them now, the Malaysian citizenship, yet the proportion of illegal immigrants is high. Many of them live in the slums that exist not only in Menggatal but also in many other parts of Sabah. According to the population statistics of 2010 Menggatal has 3868 inhabitants. The Chinese dominate with 43% population share. The proportion of Dusun has fallen to 17 % while the Bajau have a share of 15% of the population Menggatals.
History
From 1913, the North Borneo Chartered Company, a smaller group Lutheran Hakka Chinese from the province of Canton moved here at the instigation of the Basel Mission Society. The total of about 600 people were distributed to Kudat, Menggatal, Telipok and Inanam and supplied with a loan and tools. These beginnings were the basis for the still strong Chinese community of these four villages.
About the City
It is widely agreed that the name Menggatal refers to a itching triggering tree; the name of the city means in the Malay language " causes itching ."
The outskirts of Menggatal borders on the sea-facing campus of the highest educational institution of Sabah, the University Malaysia Sabah.
Menggatal consists of a few rows of shops, which are mainly built in concrete. Only three blocks of old, erected in timber shophouses dating back to the time before the Second World War. The owner of the shop houses are primarily of Chinese descent. Located next to the bus station earlier Paramount Cinema also houses several shops.
The city is connected via Jalan Tuaran ( Tuaran Road ) with the center of Kota Kinabalu. The next Subdivision is Inanam.
Agreement Menggatal
The " Agreement Menggatal " ( Menggatal Treaty ) is an agreement that included the British Government and the North Borneo Chartered Company on the one hand and the leader of the Mat- Salleh Mat Salleh - Rebelion Paduka other hand, on 23 April 1898 in Menggatal. Significant at Menggatal Treaty is that it is the only agreement that the British Government had ever closed with the common people of Sabah. At the same time, the agreement evaluated at the position Mat Sallehs within the chiefs, as he was thus confirmed as a major and influential leader. Only with the agreement made the British from the previously titled as " criminals " Mat Salleh a serious leader and paved the way for the recognition as a rebel against the British and later as a folk hero.