7-662: Sindumin is a town located in the district of Sipitang in Sabah , Malaysia . The town was previously known as "Mengalong" in the 1960s. It is situated on the Sabah-Sarawak border in the Interior Division of Sabah along the Mengalong river. It is also one of the towns within the Brunei Bay . There are Kedayan , Murut , and Lundayeh /Lun Bawang . This Sabah location article
14-565: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Sipitang Sipitang ( Malay : Pekan Sipitang ) is the capital of the Sipitang District in the Interior Division of Sabah , Malaysia . Its population was estimated to be around 4,298 in 2010. It is the closest town in Sabah to the Sarawak border, and is 44 kilometres south of Beaufort and 144 kilometres south of Kota Kinabalu ,
21-667: Is a dispensary, established in the 1970s. This site was originally a rest house during the British colonial days. It provided limited medical services, among others are external patient service, maternal and infant care clinic, and tuberculosis and malaria control centre. The current Sipitang Hospital is located off Sipitang-Mesapol road. It officially commenced operations on 10 April 1995. As of 2017, there are 4 secondary schools in Sipitang; SMK Pengiran Omar , SMK Pengiran Omar II, SMK Padang Berampah and SMK Sindumin. These schools are all located in
28-470: The ammonia plant will produce 740,000 million metric tons per annum. Sipitang town hosts the biennial GATA ( Gasing and Tamu Besar ) festival since 2003. This festival features cultural events such as traditional games, music and dance performances, mainly of the predominant indigenous group in Sipitang district, that is the Kedayan , Lundayeh / Lun Bawang , Murut and Brunei Malay . A 10 million project for
35-488: The construction of an esplanade and a welcoming arch in Sipitang district was launched in 2007. The esplanade and arch was completed in 2011. The villages of Long Pasia and Long Mio and their surrounding conservation area are located in Sipitang district. The Long Pasia area is one of the popular tourist destination in Sabah, which places among others, the Maga waterfall and Kerangas park. The first medical facility in Sipitang
42-471: The locals are involved in subsistence farming and fishing. The town is set to become one of Sabah's oil and gas industry centre following the state government's decision to build an oil and gas industrial park in Sipitang and the national oil company - Petronas 's decision to build Sabah ammonia and urea plant in this town. The urea plant is planned to double Petronas's current total production capacity of urea to 2.6 million tonnes per annum (mtpa), while
49-418: The state capital and also is 123 kilometres north of Long Pasia , one of the famous attraction in Sabah . The major economic activities in Sipitang are timber related. A pulp and paper mill plant was constructed in 1987 and is operated by Sabah Forest Industries , currently a subsidiary of Indian company, Ballarpur Industries Limited . Generally, these activities does not directly benefit the locals. Most of
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