Tenghilan

Tenghilan
Other transcription(s)
 • Chinese丁基兰
Tenghilan Town
Tenghilan Town
Tenghilan is located in Borneo
Tenghilan
Tenghilan
Coordinates: 6°15′26.4″N 116°20′12.89″E / 6.257333°N 116.3369139°E / 6.257333; 116.3369139
Country Malaysia
State Sabah
DivisionWest Coast
DistrictTuaran
Area
 • Total4 km2 (2 sq mi)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total203
 The population around Tenghilan town only and does not include the whole of the other villages in Tenghilan.
Time zoneUTC+8 (MST)
Postal code
89260
Area code088
Neighborhood AreaTopokon, Tuaran
Tamu (Weekly Market)Thursday

Tenghilan is a small town and mukim under the administration of the Tamparuli minor district office. It is located in the Tuaran District of the West Coast Division of Sabah, Malaysia. The Tenghilan area is centered around a small town of the same name located near the road that connects Kota Kinabalu and Kota Belud.[1] In 2010, its population was estimated at 203 inhabitants, mostly of Kadazan-Dusun origin.[2] The town, which covers about 400 hectares of land, is located about 17 km northeast of Tuaran, and 25 km southwest of Kota Belud.[3]

Tenghilan hosts a commercial district established in 1930 by British colonial authorities. Businesses in this area were developed by the Chinese and Kadazan-Dusun communities. Currently, the majority of the town’s businesses are located on 8 rows of shops and are Chinese-owned. Recently, several two-story units have been built for commercial use.

  1. ^ "Tenghilan". wikimapia.org. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  2. ^ "Population by ethnic group, Local Authority area and state, Malaysia" (PDF). Department of Statistics, Malaysia. 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 February 2012. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
  3. ^ Chong, Lee Suan (2016). "Surviving Dusun Tindal Musical Philosophy in Kampung Tinuhan, Tenghilan". Australian Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences. 10: 254–259.