Tuaran
Tuaran is the town and capital of the Tuaran District in the West Coast Division of Sabah, Malaysia. It is located 34 kilometres north of the state capital Kota Kinabalu, and is strategically situated along the main highway linking Kota Kinabalu with the north of Sabah.
- Town with about 102,000 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 10 metres (50 feet)
- …is also known as “Tuaran Village”
- Description: district capital in Sabah, Malaysia
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tamparuli.
Tuaran
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Latitude
6.17629° or 6° 10′ 35″ north
Longitude
116.23281° or 116° 13′ 58″ east
Open location code
6PRR56GM+G4
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Tuaran” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “تواران”
- Asturian: “Tuaran”
- Central Bikol: “Tuaran”
- Chinese: “斗亚兰”
- Chinese: “斗亚兰县”
- Chinese: “斗亞蘭”
- Chinese: “鬥亞蘭縣”
- Dutch: “Tuaran”
- French: “Tuaran”
- German: “Tuaran”
- Indonesian: “Tuaran”
- Japanese: “トゥアラン”
- Kadazan Dusun: “Tuaran”
- Korean: “투아란”
- Malay: “Tuaran”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Tuaran”
- Norwegian: “Tuaran”
- Persian: “توران (مالزی)”
- Persian: “توران”
- Spanish: “Tuaran”
- Tamil: “துவாரான்”
- Urdu: “توآران”
- Vietnamese: “Tuaran”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Dewan Sri Sulaiman and Majlis Daerah Tuaran.
Sabah: Highlights
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