Sandakan

E112556

city coastal city port city

Sandakan is a coastal city in Sabah, Malaysia, known historically as a major port and gateway to the biodiverse rainforests and wildlife of Borneo.

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All labels observed (3)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city ⓘ coastal city ⓘ port city ⓘ
administrativeStatus	municipal council area ⓘ
climate	tropical rainforest climate ⓘ
country	Malaysia ⓘ
formerName	Elopura ⓘ
governingBody	Sandakan self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Sandakan Municipal Council
hasAirport	Sandakan Airport ⓘ
hasNearbyAttraction	Gomantong Caves ⓘ Kinabatangan River ⓘ Labuk Bay Proboscis Monkey Sanctuary ⓘ Rainforest Discovery Centre ⓘ Sepilok Orangutan Rehabilitation Centre ⓘ Turtle Islands Park ⓘ
hasPort	Sandakan self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Sandakan Port
historicalRole	former capital of British North Borneo ⓘ major timber-exporting port ⓘ
is	gateway to Borneo rainforests ⓘ gateway to wildlife areas in Borneo ⓘ major port in Sabah ⓘ second-largest city in Sabah ⓘ
knownFor	biodiverse rainforests ⓘ ecotourism ⓘ rich wildlife ⓘ timber industry history ⓘ
languageUsed	English ⓘ Malay ⓘ Sabah Malay ⓘ various Chinese dialects ⓘ
locatedIn	Sabah ⓘ
locatedInRegion	East Coast of Sabah ⓘ
locatedOn	Borneo ⓘ northeast coast of Borneo ⓘ
locatedOnWaterbody	Sulu Sea ⓘ
majorReligion	Buddhism ⓘ Christianity ⓘ Islam ⓘ other indigenous beliefs ⓘ
partOf	East Malaysia ⓘ Sandakan Division ⓘ
primaryEconomicSector	fisheries ⓘ palm oil ⓘ services ⓘ tourism ⓘ
timeZone	Malaysia Time ⓘ
utcOffset	+8 ⓘ

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Celebes Sea → hasBorderingCity → Sandakan ⓘ

Borneo campaign (1945) → location → Sandakan ⓘ

Sabah → contains → Sandakan ⓘ

Sandakan → governingBody → Sandakan self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sandakan Municipal Council

Sandakan → hasPort → Sandakan self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sandakan Port

East Malaysia → hasMajorCity → Sandakan ⓘ

British North Borneo → capital → Sandakan ⓘ

British North Borneo → administrativeCenter → Sandakan ⓘ

British North Borneo → mainPort → Sandakan ⓘ

Tawau → connectedByRoadTo → Sandakan ⓘ