Putatan

This article is about the town in the state of Sabah, East Malaysia. For the administrative district where it is part of, see Putatan District. For the barangay in Muntinlupa, Philippines, see Putatan, Muntinlupa. For the federal constituency represented in the Dewan Rakyat, see Putatan (federal constituency).

Putatan
Pekan Putatan
Town and district capital
One Place Mall in Putatan
One Place Mall in Putatan
Location of Putatan
Coordinates: 5°53′00″N 116°03′00″E / 5.88333°N 116.05000°E / 5.88333; 116.05000
Country Malaysia
State Sabah
DivisionWest Coast
DistrictPutatan
Population
 (2021)
 • Total100,000

Putatan (Malay: Pekan Putatan) is a municipality in the capital of the Putatan district in the West Coast Division of Sabah, Malaysia. Its population was estimated to be around 100,000 in 2021.[1] It is one of the satellite town of Kota Kinabalu metropolitan area together with neighbouring Petagas town. Putatan railway station is one of the stops for Sabah State Railway while INTI College Sabah Campus became the main campus for Kota Kinabalu in Putatan town.[2]

  1. ^ "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 5 November 2017.
  2. ^ "INTI College Sabah". INTI International University. Retrieved 15 March 2017.