19-679: Kimanis (Chinese: 金馬利) is a town and also a parliamentary constituency in Papar District , West Coast Division of Sabah , Malaysia . It is located approximately 45 kilometres south of the city of Kota Kinabalu , halfway between Papar and Beaufort . Kimanis was part of the Brunei Sultanate until the 1800s. During the Brunei Civil War which broke out from 1660 to 1673, the Sultan of Brunei at that time, Sultan Muhyiddin offered Kimanis to
38-581: A lease over part of northern Borneo area from the Sultanate of Brunei in the late 19th century. The area was then taken over by the British under the administration of North Borneo . The British built a railway track; the Kimanis railway station became one of the stops on the present-day Sabah State Railway . In 2006, there was a proposal to relocate the current Kota Kinabalu International Airport to Kimanis. However
57-677: A native Malay ethnic group that lives in Brunei , the federal territory of Labuan , the southwestern coast of Sabah and the northern parts of Sarawak . The Bruneian Malays are a subgroup of the larger ethnic Malay population found in the other parts of the Malay World, namely Peninsular Malaysia and the central and southern areas of Sarawak including neighbouring lands such as Singapore , Indonesia and Southern Thailand , having visible differences especially in language and culture, even though they are ethnically related to each other and follow
76-648: Is also the location of the District Education Office), SK Pengalat, SK Kinarut, SK St. Mary Limbahau, SK Takis, SJKC Cheng Hwa and much more. Tourism is an important industry in Papar, arguably coming after the agriculture industry. Many resorts can be found along the coast. Some of the tourist attractions in the district are: [REDACTED] Media related to Papar District at Wikimedia Commons Bruneian Malay people Bruneian Malays ( Malay : Orang Melayu Brunei , Jawi : اورڠ ملايو بروني ) are
95-578: Is an administrative district in the Malaysian state of Sabah , part of the West Coast Division which includes the districts of Kota Belud , Kota Kinabalu , Papar, Penampang , Putatan , Ranau and Tuaran . The capital of the district is in Papar Town . The name 'Papar' comes from a Bruneian word meaning 'flat or open land'. As with most of the west coast of Sabah, it was originally ruled by
114-523: The Bruneian sultanate . Its first local leader was Datu Amir Bahar, of Bajau descent. It was then handed to Overbeck and Dent brothers in 1877 by the Sultanate of Brunei . The first British officer to serve in Papar was H.L. Leicester, who took office in February 1878 aiming to increase Papar's revenues. He was replaced by Alfred Hart Everett after failing to improve Papar's economic outlook. According to
133-629: The Sabah–Sarawak Gas Pipeline (SSGP). In November 2024, it was reported that a new solar glass manufacturing plant will be constructed that will further boost the economy growth in the town and create new jobs in the community. Kimanis is within the municipal area of the Papar District Council ( Majlis Daerah Papar ). This Sabah location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Papar District The Papar District ( Malay : Daerah Papar )
152-661: The Sultan of Sulu for his assistance in ending the war, but Sulu had dishonored the agreement made and Sultan Muhyiddin retract all promises made to the Sulu Sultanate. The Sulu Sultanate then issued a false claim that the Sultan of Brunei ceded the entire Sabah to Sulu. During the reign of Sultan Abdul Momin , Kimanis was leased as the base for the American Trading Company of Borneo owned by Joseph William Torrey , Thomas Bradley Harris and Chinese investors, which obtained
171-524: The 1921 Brunei Ethnic Categories Census, which is different from the 1906 and 1911 census which only mentioned " Barunays " (Brunei's or Bruneian). It is possibly indicated a shift on the self-perception by the Bruneians about their Malay identity. The earliest recorded documentation by the West about Brunei is by an Italian known as Ludovico di Varthema , who also said the "Bruneian people have fairer skin tone than
190-517: The Chinese mainland due to its historical sources dependent on Chinese support. It is widely believed that the Brunei Kingdom was founded in 14th century by the first Sultan, Alak Batatar. However, from the Chinese records, an older Brunei was in existence as far back as 800 years before the founding of Brunei by Sultan Muhammad Shah , the first Sultan of Brunei. Even though some sources stated that
209-575: The Malays of Brunei came from Yunnan and the Formosa Island (now Taiwan ) through to the Philippines and settled on the coastal Borneo before expanding into Sumatra and Indochina countries like Malay Peninsula, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam as a result of their trading and seafaring way of life, researchers are still unable to trace the origin of the old Brunei. As the official Brunei national dish ,
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#1732844816082228-649: The central and southern parts of Sarawak. They are also defined as a part of the Bumiputera racial classification together as a subgroup within the Malaysian Malay ethnic population along with the Kadazan-Dusuns , Orang Ulu , Ibans , Malaccan Portuguese , Muruts , Orang Sungai , Bajau , Suluks and the Malaysian Siamese . As per an official statistics, the " Bruneian Malays " term only became official after
247-513: The district. As in other districts of Sabah, there are a significant number of illegal immigrants from the nearby southern Philippines , mainly from the Sulu Archipelago and Mindanao , many of whom are not included in the population statistics. Papar is known as the West Coast Division education hub. Institut Kemahiran Belia Negara (National Youth Skill Institute) or IKBN and Maktab Rendah Sains MARA (MARA Science College) or MRSM are
266-554: The federal Education Ministry's control via the state education department, whilst institutions termed as SMA are under state government administration through the state's Islamic Affairs department. Papar education complex type area is situated at Kinarut which includes the IKBN, MRSM, SMK(A) Tun Datu Mustapha and SMA Toh Puan Hajah Rahmah. A number of primary schools also can be found in the district such as SK Sacred Heart Biau, SK Padawan, SK Limputong, SK St. Joseph, SK Benoni, SK Surati (which
285-623: The first IKBN and MRSM built in Sabah. There are also Jabatan Pembangunan Sumber Manusia or "JPSM" which has been developed in late 1990s. Among the main secondary schools are SMK Pengalat, SMK Majakir , SMK Benoni, SMK Takis , SMK Kinarut, SMK Bongawan, SM St. Joseph , SMK Kimanis and SMK St. Mary Limbahau . Papar has the most religious schools among districts; SMK(A) Tun Datu Mustapha, SMK(A) Limauan, new SMA Toh Puan Hajah Rahmah and SMA Islamiah Papar. Amongst all government schools, institutions termed as SMK are under central government administration under
304-550: The government decided it was economically more feasible to renovate and extend the present airport. The national oil and gas company, Petronas construct a terminal there known as Sabah Oil and Gas Terminal (SOGT) that was completed in 2014, mainly to process and transport oil and gas from the West Coast Field in South China Sea ; the terminal is also connected with another oil and gas terminal in neighbouring Sarawak through
323-720: The last census in 2020, the population of Papar district is estimated to be around 150,667 inhabitants, comprising Bruneian Malay (especially in Benoni, Buang Sayang, Bongawan, Kampung Laut, Kelanahan, Kimanis, Kinarut), Kadazan-Dusun (especially in Rampazan, Limbahau, Kinarut, Kopimpinan, Lakut, Mondolipau, Koiduan, Ulu Kimanis, Sumbiling, Limputung) and Bajau (mainly in Pengalat Besar, Pengalat Kecil, Kawang, Beringgis). A significant number of Chinese comprising mainly Hakkas (including those of mixed ancestry or "Sino-Natives") also exist in
342-598: The peoples he met in Maluku Islands ". On his documentation back to 1550; We arrived at the island of Bornei (Brunei or Borneo), which is distant from the Maluch about two hundred miles, and we found that it was somewhat larger than the aforesaid and much lower. The people are pagans and are men of goodwill. Their colour is whiter than that of the other sort....in this island justice is well administered... Some historians have suggested that Bruneian Malay have been linked with
361-644: The teachings of Islam . All Bruneian Malays who are born or domiciled in East Malaysia even for generations before or after the independence of the states of Sabah and Sarawak from the British Empire through the formation of Malaysia in 1963 are also considered Malaysian Malays in the national census and were in the same status like the Malaysian Malays domiciled in Peninsular Malaysian states and
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