Mekarah
Mekarah is a triangulation station in Sandakan Division, Sabah. Mekarah is situated nearby to Puu Jih Shi Buddhist Temple.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Puu Jih Shi Buddhist Temple and St. Mary’s Cathedral.
Puu Jih Shi Buddhist Temple
Buddhist temple
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Puu Jih Shih Temple is a Buddhist temple located at the hilltop of Tanah Merah at Sandakan Bay in Sandakan, Sabah, Malaysia. The temple was built in 1987 and officiated by Joseph Pairin Kitingan, the Chief Minister of Sabah at the time. Puu Jih Shi Buddhist Temple is situated 1 km southwest of Mekarah.
St. Mary’s Cathedral
Church
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St. Mary's Cathedral, or Sandakan Cathedral, is the cathedral and mother church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sandakan in Sandakan, Sabah, Malaysia. St. Mary’s Cathedral is situated 2 km east of Mekarah.
Agnes Keith House
Museum
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Agnes Keith House is a historic house museum in Sandakan District, Sandakan Division, Sabah, Malaysia. The museum is named after Agnes Newton Keith, an American author known for her three autobiographical accounts of life in British North Borneo. Agnes Keith House is situated 2½ km east of Mekarah.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sandakan.
Sandakan
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Sandakan is a city of almost 440,000 people in Sabah, Borneo. It is the gateway to Sepilok Orangutan Sanctuary and the Labuk Bay Proboscis Monkey Sanctuary.
Mekarah
- Type: Triangulation station
- Location: Sandakan Division, Sabah, Malaysia, Southeast Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
5.8408° or 5° 50′ 27″ northLongitude
118.0916° or 118° 5′ 30″ eastElevation
227 metres (745 feet)Open location code
6PQWR3RR+8JGeoNames ID
7064183
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In Other Languages
“Mekarah” goes by many names.
- Malay: “Mekarah”
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