The Kota Kinabalu District (Malay: Daerah Kota Kinabalu) is an administrative district in the Malaysian state of Sabah, part of the West Coast Division which includes the districts of Kota Belud, Kota Kinabalu, Papar, Penampang, Ranau and Tuaran. The capital of the district is in Kota Kinabalu City.

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1991	209,175	—
2000	355,435	+69.9%
2010	452,058	+27.2%
2020	500,421	+10.7%
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According to the 2020 census, the population of the district was 500,421. The main ethnic groups were the Chinese (20%), Kadazan-Dusun (15%), Bajaus (16%), Malays (8%) and Muruts (6%). As in most other parts of Sabah, there was also a significant number of illegal immigrants from the southern Philippines - mainly from the Sulu Archipelago and Mindanao - many of whom are not included in the population statistics.

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  Kota Kinabalu City Mosque.
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  Kota Kinabalu Basel Church.
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  Mary Immaculate Catholic Church.
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  Kota Kinabalu Latter Day Saint Church.
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  Kota Kinabalu Seventh Day Adventist Church.
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  Che Sui Khor Moral Uplifting Society.
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  Pu Tuo Si Temple.
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  Gurdwara Sahib Kota Kinabalu.
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  Kota Kinabalu city centre.

• Districts of Malaysia

• Treacher, W. H (1891). "British Borneo: sketches of Brunai, Sarawak, Labuan, and North Borneo". University of California Libraries. Singapore, Govt. print. dept. p. 190.
• Rutter, Owen (1922). "British North Borneo - An Account of its History, Resources and Native Tribes". Cornell University Libraries. Constable & Company Ltd, London. p. 157.
• Tregonning, K. G. (1965). A History Of Modern Sabah (North Borneo 1881–1963). University of Malaya Press.

Media related to Kota Kinabalu District at Wikimedia Commons

• (in Malay) Kota Kinabalu City Hall