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Kunak is a
small town located in Tawau Division, east coast of Sabah
in Malaysia. It was formerly a sub-district administered under the Lahad
Datu District Office, but achieved its status as a full district on 1 June
1981.
Its population was estimated at 61,094 in 2010. The population is mainly
Bajau and Bugis.
There is also a sizeable Chinese population, involved in the running of
most shops in the town. Many are also landowners who cultivate oil palms.
It also has three main middle schools, which are SMK Kunak Jaya, SMK Kunak
and SMK Madai. Kunak also has a Chinese school SRJK(C) Pai Sheng and a
hand full of other primary schools such as SK Kunak 1, SK Kunak Jaya, SK
Ladang Binuang and many more.
A resettlement scheme for Cocos Islanders is situated a few kilometres
away, near Giram Oil Palm Estate (Sime Darby Berhad).
A jetty is situated about five km from the town, in an area named
Pengkalan Kunak. A single road lined by wooden shophouses (possibly a
squatter colony) leads to the jetty and wet market.
In 2002, a 76-bed government hospital was built in the town. At around the
same time, a new highway linking Kunak to the town of
Semporna was also opened.
Sources:
Wikipedia
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