About My Home Town

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Kota Marudu is a town and district in , Sabah, Malaysia. The district covers approximately 1,917 square kilometres. It is located in the north of Sabah and is bordered by the districts of Kudat, Kota Belud, Pitas, and Beluran. It is located 130km north of the state capital, Kota Kinabalu, along the federal highway linking Kota Kinabalu with the town of Kudat, near the northern tip of Borneo.

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Places of interest in Kota Marudu include Sorinsim Waterfall, located 40 km from the main town, and Taman Sagabon, an agriculture research station on Buyut lake.

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Sorimsim Waterfall

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Taman Sagabon

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Tasik Buyut

( On my next blog I will tell you the history of Tasik Buyut. If you can see there a leak a top of the hill, weird right<>?? )

The district celebrates an annual Maize Festival in honour of the agricultural product's contribution to the district's socioeconomic development. The line-up of activities includes a variety of exhibitions, competitions, traditional sports and a beauty pageant.

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The Kota Marudu tamu is held every Sunday at Pekan Goshen and every Thursday at Pekan Tandek . Big or small, tamus or alfresco markets open wherever people need to trade. It also fulfils one of the basic human needs - to be social.
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Kota Marudu was formerly known as 'Bandau', which derives from the Kadazan-Dusun word 'Mondou'. In native folklore, a Mondou is a mythical buffalo-like creature. The district was renamed 'Kota Marudu' after a fort built by local warrior Shariff Osman at Marudu Bay to protect the area from British colonists.

Kota Marudu was formerly known as 'Bandau', which derives from the Kadazan-Dusun word 'Mondou'. In native folklore, a Mondou is a mythical buffalo-like creature. The district was renamed 'Kota Marudu' after a fort built by local warrior Shariff Osman at Marudu Bay.
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In 2010, Kota Marudu's population was estimated at 66,374 people.The main ethnic groups represented in Kota Marudu are the Dusun (particularly the Kimaragang Dusun, Talantang Kota Marudu and Tobilung), Rungus, Bajau, Orang Sungai and the Chinese.

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