Sipitang

Sipitang is a town, district and also a parliamentary constituency located in the Interior Division of Sabah, east Malaysia on the island of Borneo. The population of the district was 12,076 in 1980<ref name = Town and Regional Planning Sabah"> Town and Regional Planning Sabah, ed. (2009), Town and Regional Planning Sabah, retrieved 12 September 2008  </ref> and 24,349 in 1991. In 2000, the population grew to 29,256 while in 2010, 34,862.<ref name = Population and housing Census of Malaysia 2010 - Preliminary Count Report"> Department of Statistics, Malaysia, ed. (2010), Population and housing Census of Malaysia 2010 - Preliminary Count Report (PDF), retrieved 7 August 2011  </ref> It is the closest town in Sabah to the Sarawak border, and is 44 kilometres south of Beaufort and 144 kilometres south of Kota Kinabalu, the state capital.

Other than the Sipitang town center; Sipitang district is further divided into 3 sub-division; i.e. Mesapol, Sindumin and Melamam. Mesapol comprises at least 14 villages, which includes Kampung Melalia, Kampung Lubok Darat and Kampung Naluyan. Sindumin has 22 villages, among others are Kampung Mengalong, Kampung Banting and Kampung Siputol. Meanwhile, Malamam consists of at least 20 villages, e.g. Randulang, Long Mio and Long Pasia.