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Lahad Datu
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Lahad Datu is a town located in Tawau Division, in the east of Sabah, eastern Malaysia on the island of Borneo. Its population was estimated to be around 118,000 in 1991 and 156,059 in the 2000 census. Lahad Datu is surrounded by kilometers of cocoa and oil palm plantations. It is also an important timber exporting port. The town has an airport for domestic flights.
A settlement is believed to have existed here in the 15th century, as excavations have unearthed Ming dynasty Chinese ceramics. Just east of Lahad Datu, is the village of Tunku, a notorious base for Lanun pirates and slave traders in the 19th century. Lahad Datu is a gateway to the Danum Valley Conservation Area, the Tabin Wildlife Reserve in the east, and Madai Caves further south.
Lahad Datu is also home to Sabah's population of Cocos Island Malays, who were settled in this area in the 1950s when the Cocos Islands became part of Australia.
Beside that, Lahad Datu also has Palm Oil refineries, a proposed [1]Palm Oil Industrial Cluster (POIC) is located near the Lahad Datu Port and will be completed by Mid-2007.
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| Divisions | Interior Division • Kudat Division • Sandakan Division • Tawau Division • West Coast Division |
| Cities | Kota Kinabalu (capital) |
| Towns | Beaufort • Beluran • Bingkor • Bongawan • Inanam • Kalabakan • Keningau • Kimanis • Kinabatangan • Kinarut • Kuala Penyu • Kota Belud • Kota Marudu • Kudat • Kunak • Kundasang • Lahad Datu • Membakut • Menggatal • Nabawan • Papar • Donggongon • Pensiangan • Pitas • Putatan • Ranau • Sandakan • Sapulut • Semporna • Sepanggar • Sindumin • Sipitang • Tambunan • Tamparuli • Tawau • Telipok • Telupid • Tenom • Tuaran • Weston |
| Islands | Balambangan Island • Banggi Island • Gaya Island • Jambongan Island • Kapalai Island • Lankayan Island • Layang Layang Island • Libaran Island • Ligitan Island • Mabul Island • Malawali Island • Sebatik Island • Selingan Island • Sipadan Island • Tabawan Island • Tiga Island• Timbun Mata Island |
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