- " -I A :Sabahi' Gaz,etteer '\ Joseph Tangah and K. M. Wong ~ 116° E 1 Balambangan c;) 7°N l '~\......,'""'-fK' 1.. ~Pitas I SOUTH CIllNA SEA { <-, r~---~ Kota Kota Marudu Bel~d r - B;lud j K~ta 1 /' + I I ,~ ':'l~ { A Mt. Tambuyukon ~'\~i/ Kota Kinabalu (7 A IMt. ( I Kin~balu S'l A I / __ 6°N _-::t~..h-_----L. ~~/_Kinabalu / i--/Kota Kinabalu / South I ~?+-+----L Penampang \',\ -, . \ Labuk Y- ___ ,,--- ~r-.--T? Ranau ~ .-/I "" _J \ I x,\ c:::l (I f'\./'f I) I J Papar , ~'\ Tambuna,! / '" Mt. Kfingaran ~,~ I .I A Mt. T';'!s Madi / Kuala Penyu j~ r ./ .'-.j " //Beaujor0,. / _Beau~\ ~ j r-.-I' Keningau ( ( SABAH ~ '-- ' ,/' ~,~~... / \ . ( le, "';;' '" ·l-·J. J{ +:""::1 '\ + l\ J ~ -i§ I Tenom---tj--+---+-~~---L~ BRUNEI /~ ~ ( J ( ") Y t + ..J P' ".....,! I 1"-----,, ... ""'\. + '\ I\, /enszangan Lx + + I "-+ .,./~ ~ ~ ~ + Zltle, t -17\.,.'" - -I' ~ . ~ ~ ~ -j +i- ... .,. le \ r .,. 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I ')( l( 'X. l( ~ Lahad Datu ....----.... 1 I x'" l( 5° N I r'~/I ) 11 I • xli I fl ~ I Ci"'""'-.._ X IIl1x I le \.../1 1\, Timbun Mata !x'" \. _"'""-.. .--- + ,../ ....... ___ t 0 + Thw~ ~ + + r+ + + + + +1+ + + + + + + H· ++ +t CELEBESEJ SEA 119~ Produced with the financial support of GOVERNMENT OF MALAYSIA ITTO INTERNATIONAL TROPICAL TIMBER ORGANIZATION CD\ OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION, U.K. Tree Flora of Sabah and Sarawak Editorial Committee - Chairman: E. Soepadmo (Forest Research Institute Malaysia). Members: Abdul Latiff Mohamed (Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia), Ruth Kiew (Universiti Pertanian Malaysia), H.s. Lee (Sarawak Forestry Department), K.M Wong (Sabah Forestry Department). Editorial assistant (Volume One): R.CK. Chung (Forest Research Institute· Malaysia). Advisors: P.s. Ashton (Harvard University, U.S.A.), J Dransfield (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, u.K.), C Kalkman (Rijksherbarium, Leiden, the Netherlands), T. C Whitmore (University of Cambridge, u.K.). A Sabah Gazetteer Joseph Tangah and K.M. Wong Forest Research Centre, Forestry Department, Sabah, Malaysia Published by Sabah Forestry Department and Forest Research Institute Malaysia 1995 Copyright © Sabah Forestry Department and Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM), 1995 Forest Research Centre, Forestry Department, Sabah, Malaysia First published 1995 A Sabah Gazetteer by Joseph Tangah and K.M. Wong ISBN 983-9592-36-X Printed in Malaysia by Print Resources Sdn. Bhd., 47301 Petaling Jaya, Selangor Daml Ehsan Contents Page Foreword vu Introduction 1 Acknowledgements 2 PART l. Human Settlements 3 PART 2. Hill and Mountain Peaks 24 P ART 3. Mountain Ranges 27 PART 4. Islands 30 P ART 5. Rivers and Streams 39 PART 6. Roads 81 PART 7. Forest Reserves, Wildlife Reserves and Protected Areas 98 Foreword In the endeavour to prepare a Tree Flora for the botanically rich states of Sabah and Sarawak in Malaysian Borneo, one of the main concerns has also been to assemble an up-to-date data base which incorporates information on species. It was at once realised that this opportunity comes hand-in-hand with information from numerous specimens that will be made available by specialists involved in the project, making the data set as scientifically sound as can be. This gazetteer is one of those steps towards such a specialised data base, tabulating information that serves as a primordial vocabulary on localities within that data base. By itself, too, the gazetteer will be a handy reference to all who are concerned with the scientific and systematic management of natural resources and land use in Sabah, and in the development of geographical information systems. A gazetteer, as one can sense while using the enormous amount of information systematically arranged therein, is no easy thing to compile. We are therefore pleased to see this work come to fruition, and we congratulate the authors, Joseph Tangah and K.M. Wong, on their effort in its preparation, which has taken a huge amount of time in pouring through all the maps that are available. As managers of research, we are tremendously pleased at the cooperation between institutions that have brought forth this publication, and we would also like to particularly acknowledge the pivotal role played by the financial support of the Overseas Development Administration (OD A), u.K., and the International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO) which, together with funding provided by the Malaysian Government through its IRP A (Intensification of Research by Priority Areas) programme, has permitted the Tree Flora project and its associated studies to proceed smoothly. In the final hours of the day, the documentation achieved, such as this gazetteer, will be the products that are used for further resource planning and management. Haji Awang Tengah bin Haji Awang Amin Director, Sabah Forestry Department, Malaysia Dato' Dr Salleh Mohd. Nor Director-General, Forest Research Institute Malaysia vii Sabah Gazetteer INTRODUCTION In preparing to set up a data base for botanical infonnation related to the Tree Flora of Sabah and Sarawak Project, it was soon realised that many place names require to be standardised for practical purposes, and that a comprehensive gazetteer is thus far not available for Sabah. This is particularly needed not only for spellings (the variations of which can cause confusion) but also to ensure that settlements are not listed under different districts (as district boundaries can change) and referred to, such as on different reference specimens collected through the decades, by different names (as names can also change through different historical periods). Although we have endeavoured to obtain the infonnation from as many maps as are available, we have followed the latest map available when there has been doubt or confusion. It is emphasised that this gazetteer is a guide to localities in Sabah based on infonnation from published maps. It is not a list of all localities that appear on plant specimen labels, as such localities, when not corresponding to specific localities identified in published maps, can only be pinpointed specially in relation to marked localities. The gazetteer will, nevertheless, provide coordinate references that will be useful in referring to all the most significant localities in Sabah, and as a basis for the dermition of areas for use in conservation data bases and geographical infonnation systems. The gazetteer is organised with the following sections: Part 1. Human Settlements Part 2. Hill and Mountain Peaks Part 3. Mountain Ranges Part 4. Islands Part 5. Rivers and Streams Part 6. Roads Part 7. Forest Reserves, Wildlife Reserves and Protected Areas. General conventions In this gazetteer, the following conventions are adopted: ALPHABETICAL ARRANGEMENT & SYNONYMS. All indexed names are arranged alphabetically, in the rrrst column. Known variations in the spelling of place names are listed, and their correspondence to the spelling accepted here is indicated by an equation sign ( = ) before the accepted name. The same notation is adopted for indicating synonyms (different names designated for the same location) not accepted here. HOMONYMS. Sometimes, two or more different localities have the same name. Such homonyms will appear together on the list, and no other special indication is provided if they are found in different districts or are sufficiently far apart (e.g., there are two entries each for the settlements Apin Apin, Lingkungan, and Malapi). OMISSION OF HYPHENATION. Within the languages of the region are found a number of words which are repeated to fonn a separate meaning or a special tenn. In the names listed here, such words are not hyphenated, although from the point of view of language, such tenns are typically composed of repeated words linked by a hyphen. As most of the names in Sabah with such a fonn have been consistently gazetted and used without hyphenation, we have followed this as a convention. Examples are Api Api, Lakai Lakai, Layang Layangan, Limau Limawan, and Manok Manok. 1 Sabah Gazetteer GRID BOXES & COORDINATE SYSTEM. The grid box in which a location is situated is a 15' X 15' box area, defmed by the lower northing and the left easting on the map. The detailed grid reference of a location, where applicable is given as a reading with up to 3 sets of numbers: degrees (0), minutes ( , ), and seconds ("), in the coordinates column. For mountain ranges, some large islands, river courses, roads and reserves, precise coordinates are not applicable and, instead, all grid boxes in which these features occur are listed. However, coordinates for the northernmost, southernmost, westernmost and easternmost extents_ of large islands and reserves are provided. ADMINISTRATIVE DISTRICTS. The administrative district in which a location is classified is given in a column titled District. Sources of information Information for this gazetteer was obtained from the following maps: "Sabah" (Directorate of National Mapping, Malaysia, Edition 2-PPNM, No. 37A, 1976, at 1: 500,000 and No. 37C, 1981, at 1:50,000); "Sabah