Sipitang

Federal State

Sipitang is a town in the Malaysian state of Sabah. It belongs to the same administrative district (District Sipitang ) and is located 144 kilometers south of the capital Kota Kinabalu. The city is part of the territory Interior Division, which includes the districts of Beaufort, Keningau, Kuala Penyu, Nabawan, Sipitang, Tambunan and Tenom.

History

1884 Before Sipitang belonged to the Sultanate of Brunei. On 5 November 1884, the Sultan of Brunei entered the territory of Sipitang to Kuala Penyu to the North Borneo Chartered Company ( BNBCC ) from.

On December 7, 1901 succeeded the Company, this area covers the territory from Sipitang River to expand to Trusan River. In addition, the BNBCC acquired on 12 September 1901, the territory of Mengalong and Merantaman, which today is also within the district of Sipitang, by a grant of the Prince ( pangiran ) Tengah This ibni al - Marhum Pangiran Anak Bongsu, the hereditary ruler of this independent territory ( tulin ) was.

By the year 1900, the river Sungai Sipitang marked the boundary between British North Borneo and the Sultanate of Brunei. The purchase of land between the rivers Sungai Sipitang and Sungai Trusan in 1901 was the establishment of administrative offices in Sipitang under the name Province Clarke ( named after Sir Andrew Clarke) result. The main purpose of this administrative post was due to the planned acquisition of additional territory in the first place. However, some problems have led to the return of some land, so that the line of demarcation to Sarawak finally to the still valid border demarcation at Mengalong (today Sindumin ) was laid.

As in Brunei on 8 December 1962, the Brunei Revolt broke out, the rebellion spread quickly across the border to Limbang, Laws and Miri in Sarawak and Weston and Sipitang in North Borneo, because these places were traditionally linked to the Sultanate. Due to the rapid and decisive intervention of the British Governor, Sir William Goode, the rebels in Sipitang and Weston could be two days later isolated and disarmed. A total of 73 rebels were arrested on December 10 in Sipitang and seized a small amount of weapons.

Demography

The population of the city is Sipitang according to the last census in 2010 4.298 inhabitants

Economy

The major industry Sipitangs is the forest industry. A pulp and paper mill was built in 1987 by Sabah Forest Industries, a subsidiary of India's Ballarpur Industries Limited. However, few locals are employed there. Most inhabitants live Sipitangs of smallholder agriculture or fishing.

It is planned to make Sipitang one of the centers of the oil and gas industry in Sabah. The government decided in 2011 to build an industrial area for the oil and gas industry here and the state oil company Petronas is planning to build an ammonia and urea production.

See also

• District Sipitang