Tigabu Island

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Pulau Tigabu is the Malaysian state of Sabah owned island in the Sulu Sea off the northern tip of Borneo. The island is located 14 kilometers north of Pulau Jambongan, about 22 kilometers southeast of Pulau Malawali and 23 kilometers north-east of the district Pitas belonging mainland. However Administratively, it belongs to the district of Kudat. The island rises from the north to the south steadily and reaches a height of up to 43 meters. It is 1.7 kilometers long and one kilometer wide. [Note 1] At the highest point there is a 12 meter high lattice tower.

On the island, about 700 people living in 105 houses. Most of them are Ubian, a subgroup of the Bajau and earn their living by fishing or farming of sea cucumbers. The island has a small school (SK Pulau Tigabu, Banggi ) and a police station.