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| native_name = Daerah Beaufort
| native_name = Daerah Beaufort
| native_name_lang = ms
| native_name_lang = ms
| settlement_type = [[Districts of Malaysia#Sabah|District]]
| settlement_type = [[List of districts in Malaysia#East Malaysia|District]]
| image_skyline = Beaufort Sabah MajlisDaerahBeaufort-.jpg
| image_skyline = Beaufort Sabah MajlisDaerahBeaufort-.jpg
| image_alt = Beaufort District Council
| image_alt = Beaufort District Council
| image_caption = Beaufort District Council office.
| image_caption = Beaufort District Council office.
| image_flag =
| image_flag =
| image_seal = Beaufort Official Seal.png
| image_seal =
| image_map = SabahDistricts-Beaufort-pp.png
| image_map = SabahDistricts-Beaufort-pp.png
| image_map1 = Map of Beaufort District, Sabah.svg
| leader_title = District Officer
| leader_title = District Officer
| leader_name = Wong Foo Tin
| leader_name = Mohd. Nazri Ajun
| etymology =
| etymology =
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| seat_type = Capital
| seat_type = Capital
| seat = [[Beaufort, Malaysia|Beaufort]]
| seat = [[Beaufort, Malaysia|Beaufort]]
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| area_magnitude = 1 E9
| area_total_km2 = 1735
| area_total_km2 = 1735
| population_as_of = 2020<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sabah |url=https://www.mycensus.gov.my/index.php/125-newsletter-infographics/1647-sabah-scdp |website=www.mycensus.gov.my}}</ref>
| population_as_of = 2010
| population_total = 64,350
| population_total = 83,463
| population_density_km2 = auto
| postal_code_type = [[Postal codes in Malaysia|Postcode]]
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| postal_code = 89XXX
| registration_plate_type = [[Vehicle registration plates of Malaysia#Sabah|Vehicle registration plates]]
| registration_plate = SB
| website = {{URL|http://www.mdbft.sabah.gov.my/}}<br />{{URL|http://ww2.sabah.gov.my/pd.bft/}}
| website = {{URL|http://www.mdbft.sabah.gov.my/}}<br />{{URL|http://ww2.sabah.gov.my/pd.bft/}}
}}
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The '''Beaufort District''' ({{lang-ms|Daerah Beaufort}}) is an [[Districts of Malaysia#Sabah|administrative district]] in the [[Malaysia]]n state of [[Sabah]], part of the [[Interior Division]] which includes the districts of Beaufort, [[Keningau District|Keningau]], [[Kuala Penyu District|Kuala Penyu]], [[Nabawan District|Nabawan]], [[Sipitang District|Sipitang]], [[Tambunan District|Tambunan]] and [[Tenom District|Tenom]]. The capital of the district is in [[Beaufort, Malaysia|Beaufort Town]].
The '''Beaufort District''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|b|oʊ|f|ər|t}}; {{lang-ms|Daerah Beaufort}}) is an [[Districts of Malaysia#Sabah|administrative district]] in the [[Malaysia]]n state of [[Sabah]], part of the [[Interior Division]] which includes the districts of Beaufort, [[Keningau District|Keningau]], [[Kuala Penyu District|Kuala Penyu]], [[Nabawan District|Nabawan]], [[Sipitang District|Sipitang]], [[Tambunan District|Tambunan]] and [[Tenom District|Tenom]]. The population of Beaufort is composed mainly of [[Bisaya (Borneo)|Bisaya]], [[Bruneian Malay people|Brunei Malays]], [[Kadazan-Dusun|Kadazan-Dusuns]], [[Lun Bawang|Lun Bawang/Lun Dayeh]], [[Muruts]] and [[Malaysian Chinese|Chinese]] (mainly [[Hakkas]]).


== Etymology ==
== Etymology ==
The district was named after the former British [[North Borneo]] Governor [[Leicester Paul Beaufort]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mdbft.sabah.gov.my/index.php/info-beaufort/pengenalan/latarbelakang.html|title=Latar belakang Daerah Beaufort|language=Malay|publisher=Beaufort District Council|accessdate=8 November 2017}}</ref>
The district was named after the former British [[North Borneo]] governor, [[Leicester Paul Beaufort]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mdbft.sabah.gov.my/index.php/info-beaufort/pengenalan/latarbelakang.html|title=Latar belakang Daerah Beaufort|language=ms|publisher=Beaufort District Council|access-date=8 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170912165531/http://www.mdbft.sabah.gov.my/index.php/info-beaufort/pengenalan/latarbelakang.html|archive-date=12 September 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>


== History ==
== History ==
The area of Beaufort was discovered by the British in 1898 during the administration of the [[North Borneo Chartered Company]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ww2.sabah.gov.my/pd.bft/latar.html|title=Profail Daerah Beaufort|language=Malay|publisher=Beaufort District Office|accessdate=8 November 2017|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20171108063226/http://ww2.sabah.gov.my/pd.bft/latar.html|archivedate=8 November 2017|deadurl=yes}}</ref>
The area of Beaufort was discovered by the British in 1898 during the administration of the [[North Borneo Chartered Company]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ww2.sabah.gov.my/pd.bft/latar.html|title=Profail Daerah Beaufort|language=ms|publisher=Beaufort District Office|access-date=8 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171108063226/http://ww2.sabah.gov.my/pd.bft/latar.html|archive-date=8 November 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>


== Demographics ==
== Demographics ==
{{see also|Demographics of Sabah}}
{{see also|Demographics of Sabah}}
{{Historical populations
According to the 2010 census, the population of the district was 64,350 inhabitants.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.statistics.gov.my/portal/download_Population/files/population/04Jadual_PBT_negeri/PBT_Sabah.pdf|title=Population by ethnic group, Local Authority area and state, Malaysia|publisher=Department of Statistics, Malaysia|year=2010|accessdate=5 November 2017|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20120227090315/http://www.statistics.gov.my/portal/download_Population/files/population/04Jadual_PBT_negeri/PBT_Sabah.pdf|archivedate=27 February 2012|deadurl=yes}}</ref> The population is divided among the larger communities and the total area of the district as follows:
|source={{my10|2020la}}
|graph-pos=bottom
|1991|48742
|2000|62200
|2010|64350
|2020|75716
}}

According to the 2020 census, the population by constituency was 52,107 inhabitants.{{my10|2020kf}}
The main indigenous people of Beaufort are [[Bisaya (Borneo)|Bisaya]], [[Brunei Malay]] as well as [[Kadazan-Dusun]] (Dusun Tatana, Klias River Dusun, Kadazan Tangaa' Bakud and Tinagas tribes) and minorities of [[Murut people|Murut]], [[Malaysian Chinese|Chinese]] and [[Lun Bawang|Lun Bawang/Lundayeh]] peoples resident in this district.
{{MyPopuSabah|2020|11754|14004|4875|1123|14053|2176|83|434|3605}}

The population by state legislative assembly are as follows:


{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
! class="hintergrundfarbe6" | Beaufort District
! class="hintergrundfarbe6" | [[Beaufort (federal constituency)]]
! class="hintergrundfarbe6" | 64,350 inhabitants
! class="hintergrundfarbe6" | 52,107 inhabitants
|-
|-
| Beaufort || 12,742
| N.32 [[Klias]] || 28,397
|-
|-
| N.33 [[:ms:Kuala Penyu (kawasan negeri)|Kuala Penyu]] || 23,710
| Bukau || 50
|-
| Gadong || 11
|-
| Kota Klias || 203
|-
| Limbawang || 1
|-
| Lingkungan || 13
|-
| Membakut || 516
|-
| Padas Damit || 125
|-
| [[Weston, Sabah|Weston]] || 334
|-
| Remaining areas || 50,355
|}
|}

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
File:Beaufort Sabah Town-Mosque-01.jpg|Beaufort Mosque.
File:Lumat Sabah LungHwaTemple-02.jpg|Lung Hwa Temple.
File:Beaufort Sabah GerejaBasel-01.jpg|Beaufort Basel Church.
File:Sungai-Padas Bridge-in-Beaufort.jpg|[[Beaufort Bridge]].
</gallery>


== See also ==
== See also ==
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| publisher = Singapore, Govt. print. dept
| publisher = Singapore, Govt. print. dept
| pages = 190
| pages = 190
| ref = harv
}}
}}
* {{cite web
* {{cite web
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| first = Owen
| first = Owen
| year = 1922
| year = 1922
| url = http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924023151933
| url = https://archive.org/stream/cu31924023151933
| title = British North Borneo - An Account of its History, Resources and Native Tribes
| title = British North Borneo - An Account of its History, Resources and Native Tribes
| work = [[Cornell University Library|Cornell University Libraries]]
| work = [[Cornell University Library|Cornell University Libraries]]
| publisher = Constable & Company Ltd, London
| publisher = Constable & Company Ltd, London
| pages = 157
| pages = 157
| ref = harv
}}
}}
* {{cite book
* {{cite book
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| year = 1965
| year = 1965
| title = A History Of Modern Sabah (North Borneo 1881–1963)
| title = A History Of Modern Sabah (North Borneo 1881–1963)
| url = https://archive.org/details/historyofmoderns0000treg
| url-access = registration
| publisher = University of Malaya Press
| publisher = University of Malaya Press
| ref = harv
}}
}}


== External links ==
== External links ==
{{wikivoyage-inline|Beaufort (Sabah)}}
{{commons category-inline|Beaufort District}}
* {{ms li}} [http://www.mdbft.sabah.gov.my/ Beaufort District Council]
* {{in lang|ms}} [http://www.mdbft.sabah.gov.my/ Beaufort District Council]
* {{ms li}} [http://ww2.sabah.gov.my/pd.bft/ Beaufort District Office]
* {{in lang|ms}} [http://ww2.sabah.gov.my/pd.bft/ Beaufort District Office]


{{Sabah}}
{{Sabah}}
{{Districts of Malaysia}}


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Latest revision as of 14:32, 10 May 2024

Beaufort District
Daerah Beaufort
District
Beaufort District Council
Beaufort District Council office.
Location of Beaufort District
Location of Beaufort District
Coordinates: 5°20′44.84″N 115°44′40.43″E / 5.3457889°N 115.7445639°E / 5.3457889; 115.7445639
Country Malaysia
State Sabah
DivisionInterior
CapitalBeaufort
Government
 • District OfficerMohd. Nazri Ajun
Area
 • Total1,735 km2 (670 sq mi)
Population
 (2020[1])
 • Total83,463
 • Density48/km2 (120/sq mi)
Postcode
89XXX
Vehicle registration platesSB
Websitewww.mdbft.sabah.gov.my
ww2.sabah.gov.my/pd.bft/

The Beaufort District (/ˈboʊfərt/; Malay: Daerah Beaufort) is an administrative district in the Malaysian state of Sabah, part of the Interior Division which includes the districts of Beaufort, Keningau, Kuala Penyu, Nabawan, Sipitang, Tambunan and Tenom. The population of Beaufort is composed mainly of Bisaya, Brunei Malays, Kadazan-Dusuns, Lun Bawang/Lun Dayeh, Muruts and Chinese (mainly Hakkas).

Etymology[edit]

The district was named after the former British North Borneo governor, Leicester Paul Beaufort.[2]

History[edit]

The area of Beaufort was discovered by the British in 1898 during the administration of the North Borneo Chartered Company.[3]

Demographics[edit]

See also: Demographics of Sabah
Historical population
YearPop.±%
199148,742—    
200062,200+27.6%
201064,350+3.5%
202075,716+17.7%
Source: [4]

According to the 2020 census, the population by constituency was 52,107 inhabitants.[5] The main indigenous people of Beaufort are Bisaya, Brunei Malay as well as Kadazan-Dusun (Dusun Tatana, Klias River Dusun, Kadazan Tangaa' Bakud and Tinagas tribes) and minorities of Murut, Chinese and Lun Bawang/Lundayeh peoples resident in this district.

Ethnic composition of Beaufort District (2020)
Ethnicities Percentage
Malays
(incl. Bruneian Malays)
 
 24.23%
Kadazan-Dusun
 
 28.87%
Bajau
 
 10.05%
Murut
 
 2.32%
Other Bumiputeras
 
 28.97%
Chinese
 
 4.49%
Indians
 
 0.17%
Others
 
 0.89%
Composition of Malaysian and non-Malaysian
in Beaufort District (2020)
Nationality Percentage
Malaysian
 
 93.08%
Non-Malaysian
(incl. illegal immigrants)
 
 6.92%
Ethnicity 2020
Pop. %
Malays
(incl. Bruneian Malays)		 11754 22.56%
Kadazan-Dusun 14004 26.88%
Bajau 4875 9.36%
Murut 1123 2.16%
Other Bumiputeras 14053 26.97%
Chinese 2176 4.18%
Indians 83 0.16%
Others 434 0.83%
Malaysian total 48502 93.08%
Non-Malaysian 3605 6.92%
Total 52107 100.00%


The population by state legislative assembly are as follows:

Beaufort (federal constituency) 52,107 inhabitants
N.32 Klias 28,397
N.33 Kuala Penyu 23,710

Gallery[edit]

  • Beaufort Mosque.
    Beaufort Mosque.
  • Lung Hwa Temple.
    Lung Hwa Temple.
  • Beaufort Basel Church.
    Beaufort Basel Church.
  • Beaufort Bridge.
    Beaufort Bridge.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Sabah". www.mycensus.gov.my.
  2. ^ "Latar belakang Daerah Beaufort" (in Malay). Beaufort District Council. Archived from the original on 12 September 2017. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
  3. ^ "Profail Daerah Beaufort" (in Malay). Beaufort District Office. Archived from the original on 8 November 2017. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
  4. ^ "Key Findings of Population and Housing Census of Malaysia 2020 Local Authority Area" (pdf) (in Malay and English). Department of Statistics, Malaysia. ISBN 978-967-253-697-0. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 July 2023. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
  5. ^ "Key Findings of Population and Housing Census of Malaysia 2020" (pdf) (in Malay and English). Department of Statistics, Malaysia. ISBN 978-967-2000-85-3.

Further reading[edit]

External links[edit]

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