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Kinabatangan is a district and town located in Sandakan Division, in the
east of Sabah, Malaysia on the island of Borneo. The district office is
located at the Kinabatangan town. Its population was estimated to be
around 146,987 in 2010.
Kinabatangan is mostly populated with 'Sungai' tribe, one of the
Indigenous Group in Sabah. District administration is currently headed by
District Officer Mr. Arisin Aripin (2011- present). Economic activities
are centred around oil palm plantations, forestry and wood-based
industries.
The nearby Kinabatangan River is an area with tropical lowland rainforest
vegetation and ecosystems. The area is wet and humid and the swampy
lowlands are home to Borneo's indigenous proboscis monkey. Other places of
interest is the Gomantong Caves.
Kinabatangan also is the large of area under Ramsar site (estuary) with 78
000 hec both combined rivers that as Kinabatangan and Segama was gazetted
in 2008 as 'KInabatangan-Segama Wetlands Ramsar site'. The recognition is
significant, as the wetlands comprise rarely found coastal mangrove swamps
and peat jungles.
Sources:
Wikipedia
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