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Sandakan ( Malaysian: [ˈsandaˈkan]) formerly known at various times as Elopura, is the capital of the Sandakan District in Sabah, Malaysia. It is the second largest city in Sabah after Kota Kinabalu. It is located on the Sandakan Peninsula and east coast of the state in the administrative centre of Sandakan Division and was the former capital ...
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Sandakan ( Tulisan Jawi: سنداکن ), merupakan salah sebuah bandaraya utama di Sabah dan merupakan bandar kedua terbesar di negeri tersebut. Kedudukan Sandakan di Teluk Sandakan menjadikannya sebuah pelabuhan yang baik. Sandakan berada di sebelah pantai timur pulau Borneo dan mempunyai penduduk berjumlah 479,121 orang (2009).
- kurun ke 15–1658
- Sabah
- Malaysia
- Bahagian Sandakan, Sabah
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Sandakan formerly known at various times as Elopura, is the capital of the Sandakan District in Sabah, Malaysia. It is the second largest city in Sabah after Kota Kinabalu. It is located on the Sandakan Peninsula and east coast of the state in the administrative centre of Sandakan Division and was the former capital of British North Borneo. In 2010, the city had an estimated population of ...
Sandakan is an important town to Australian and British World War II history with the infamous Death Marches commencing here in 1945 and ending in Ranau. After the war, the capital was moved to Jesselton (now Kota Kinabalu ). "Sandakan" is derived from the Suluk word "sanda", meaning to pawn, and "kan" being the suffix.
Sandakan. Looking out to distant isles across the Bay of Sandakan, where fishing trawlers dot the teal-blue waters, the former colonialist capital of British Borneo is a buzzing little city used by travelers as a gateway to the Sungai Kinabatangan and Sepilok. German merchants, Dutch and Chinese planters, Arab and Indian traders, and pearl ...
