Tenom

Tenom

Pekan Tenom
Tenom Pekan Tenom
Town and district capital
	Tenom town centre.
	Coordinates: 5°08′00″N 115°57′00″E / 5.13333°N 115.95000°E
Country	Malaysia
State	Sabah
Division	Interior
District	Tenom
Population (2010)
• Total	5,148

Tenom (Malay: Pekan Tenom, Malay pronunciation: [te.nom]) is the capital of the Tenom District in the Interior Division of Sabah, Malaysia. Its population was estimated to be around 5,148 in 2010.^[1] It is located about 176 kilometres south of Kota Kinabalu and 128 kilometres north of Long Pasia, which is one of the famous attractions in Sabah. In the early days of British colonial rule in Malaysia, the town was called Fort Birch. The town is considered the unofficial capital of the Murut community, whose most important festival, the annual Pesta Kalimaran (Kalimaran Festival), is held in the town. It is also the main gateway to other areas within the Murut heartland and the minority of Lundayeh.

^ "Population by ethnic group, Local Authority area and state, Malaysia" (PDF). Department of Statistics, Malaysia. 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 February 2012. Retrieved 5 November 2017.

[1] "Population by ethnic group, Local Authority area and state, Malaysia" (PDF). Department of Statistics, Malaysia. 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 February 2012. Retrieved 5 November 2017.

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