Membakut District

This article is about the city. For the state constituency, see Membakut (state constituency).

Membakut Daerah Membakut
District
Membakut
Coordinates: 5°28′0″N 115°47′0″E
Country	Malaysia
State	Sabah
Area
• Total	132.8 km2 (51.3 sq mi)
Population  (2010)
• Total	21,900
• Density	160/km2 (430/sq mi)
Website	pdmembakut.sbh.gov.my

Membakut District (Malay: Daerah Membakut) is an administrative district in the Malaysian state of Sabah, part of the Interior Division. The Membakut railway station located in the district is one of the stops for Sabah State Railway.

History

Since October 2023, Membakut has become one of the full districts (daerah penuh) of Sabah, East Malaysia. Before elevated into a full district, it was once called Pekan Kecil Membakut or in English: Small Town of Membakut and was declared as a Small District in 1977. The office building of the Small District of Membakut was completed in 1978. The Gazette, dated 9 February 2023, declared that Membakut was upgraded to a full district. Since 30 March 2022, the Membakut District Launching Ceremony was held on 14 October 2023 and was completed by the 16th Sabah's Chief Minister Hajiji Noor. With the rating as a full district, the area that used to be only 132.8 square km has increased to 1,480 square km. For district demarcation, the Membakut District covers the Lumat area up to Kayau.

Notable people

• Mohd Arifin Mohd Arif (The Divisional local leader of Membakut, one of GRS founding members, and former State Minister of Special Tasks, born 1963)

External links

• (in Malay) Membakut District Office