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Kudat

Kudat () is the capital of the Kudat District in the Kudat Division of Sabah, Malaysia. Its population was estimated to be around 29,025 in 2010. It is located on the Kudat Peninsula, about north of Kota Kinabalu, the state capital, and is near the northernmost point of Borneo. It is the largest town in the heartland of the Rungus people which is a sub-ethnic group of the majority Kadazan-Dusun race and is therefore a major centre of Rungus culture. It is also notable for being one of the first parts of Sabah to be settled by Chinese Malaysians, particularly from the Hakka dialect group. It is

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Settlement.name: Kudat
Settlement.official_name: Pekan Kudat
Settlement.settlement_type: Town and district capital
Settlement.translit_lang1: Other
Settlement.translit_lang1_type1: Jawi
Settlement.translit_lang1_info1: کودات
Settlement.translit_lang1_type2: Chinese
Settlement.translit_lang1_info2: Gǔdá
Settlement.image_skyline: Downtown Kudat.JPG
Settlement.image_alt: Kudat town centre
Settlement.image_caption: Kudat town centre.
Settlement.image_seal: Lembaga Bandaran Kudat.png
Settlement.image_map: SabahDistricts-Kudat-pp.png
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: State
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Division
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Kudat
Settlement.subdivision_type3: District

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Official website: www.sabah.gov.my/pd.kdt
Image: Downtown Kudat.JPG

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Contents

Etymology
History
Founding of Kudat town
Importation of Chinese labourers
World War II
Post-war
Culture
Hakka Chinese community
Tourism
Kudat town
Coastal features
Rungus culture
Transport
Land
Air
Sea
Climate
Notable people
References
External links

== Etymology == What is now the Kudat area was originally named 'Tomborungan' by the local Rungus natives. It was named after the Tomborungus River, which has since disappeared. According to local lore, when the early British settlers asked for the name of the place, the local Rungus people misunderstood them and thought that they were asking for the name of a species of coarse grass which grows in abundance in the area. The grass is known as kutad in the Rungus dialect. This was eventually corrupted to 'Kudat' and replaced the old name of 'Tomborungan'.