SE Asia
Malaysia
Sabah

Kota Kinabalu

The capital of on the island of , this Malaysian city is a growing resort destination due to its proximity to tropical islands, sandy beaches, lush rainforest and .
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  • Type: City with 500,000 residents
  • Description: state capital of Sabah, Malaysia
  • Also known as: “Jesselton”, “KK”, and “Nature Resort City”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Likas Stadium and Suria Sabah.

Stadium
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is a multi-purpose stadium in Likas, Kota Kinabalu, , . It is mainly used for football and athletics, located within the Likas Sports Complex.

Shopping center
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is a shopping centre located in the city of Kota Kinabalu, , . Completed in July 2009, the mall sits on an 11-acre site facing the South China Sea with a scenic view of the .

Mosque
Photo: Cccefalon, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is the state mosque of , located at Sembulan roundabout between Jalan Mat Salleh and Jalan Tunku Abdul Rahman in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tanjung Aru Sabah.

Village
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The capital of on the island of , this Malaysian city is a growing resort destination due to its proximity to tropical islands, sandy beaches, lush rainforest and .

Kota Kinabalu

Latitude
5.978° or 5° 58′ 41″ north
Longitude
116.0729° or 116° 4′ 22″ east
Population
500,000
Elevation
5 metres (16 feet)
IATA airport code
BKI
United Nations Location Code
MY BKI
Open location code
6PQRX3HF+65
Open­Street­Map ID
node 303545829
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1733432
Wiki­data ID
Q137271
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Kota Kinabalu” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كوتا كينابالو”
  • Armenian: “Կոտա Կինաբալու”
  • Armenian: “Կոտա-Կինաբալու”
  • Asturian: “Kota Kinabalu”
  • Azerbaijani: “Kota Kinabalu”
  • Banjar: “Kuta Kinabalu, Malaysia”
  • Bengali: “কোটা কিনাবালু”
  • Bosnian: “Kota Kinabalu”
  • Bulgarian: “Кота Кинабалу”
  • Burmese: “ကိုတာ ကင်နာဘာလူးမြို့”
  • Catalan: “Kota Kinabalu”
  • Cebuano: “Kota Kinabalu (kapital sa estado)”
  • Cebuano: “Kota Kinabalu”
  • Central Bikol: “Kota Kinabalu”
  • Chinese: “Kota Kinabalu”
  • Chinese: “亚庇”
  • Chinese: “亞庇”
  • Chinese: “哥打京那巴魯”
  • Chinese: “哥打基纳巴卢”
  • Czech: “Kota Kinabalu”
  • Danish: “Kota Kinabalu”
  • Dutch: “Kota Kinabalu”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كوتا كينابالو”
  • Esperanto: “Kinabalu”
  • Estonian: “Kota Kinabalu”
  • Finnish: “Kota Kinabalu”
  • French: “Jesselton”
  • French: “Kota Kinabalu”
  • Georgian: “კოტა-კინაბალუ”
  • German: “Kota Kinabalu”
  • Greek: “Κότα Κιναμπάλου”
  • Gujarati: “કોટા કિનાબાલુ”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Â-pí”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Kota Kinabalu”
  • Hebrew: “קוטה קינבאלו”
  • Hindi: “कोता किनाबालू”
  • Hungarian: “Kota Kinabalu”
  • Iban: “Kota Kinabalu”
  • Indonesian: “Bandaraya Di Bawah Angin”
  • Indonesian: “Jesselton”
  • Indonesian: “Kota Kinabalu”
  • Italian: “Kota Kinabalu”
  • Japanese: “コタ・キナバル”
  • Japanese: “コタキナバル”
  • Javanese: “Kota kinabalu”
  • Javanese: “Kutha Kinabalu”
  • Kadazan Dusun: “Kota Kinabalu”
  • Kannada: “ಕೊತ ಕಿನಾಬಲು”
  • Kannada: “ಕೋಟಾ ಕಿನಾಬಲು”
  • Komering: “Kuta Kinabalu”
  • Korean: “코타키나바루”
  • Korean: “코타키나발루（야비）”
  • Korean: “코타키나발루”
  • Latvian: “Kotakinabalu”
  • Lithuanian: “Kota Kinabalu”
  • Macedonian: “Кота Кинабалу”
  • Malay: “Bandar Kota Kinabalu”
  • Malay: “Kota Kinabalu”
  • Malay: “کوتا کينابالو”
  • Malayalam: “കോട്ട കിനബാലു”
  • Marathi: “कोटा किनाबालू”
  • Minangkabau: “Kota Kinabalu”
  • Northern Frisian: “Kota Kinabalu”
  • Norwegian: “Kota Kinabalu”
  • Ossetian: “Кота-Кинабалу”
  • Persian: “کوتا کینابالو”
  • Polish: “Kota Kinabalu”
  • Portuguese: “Kota Kinabalu”
  • Romanian: “Kota Kinabalu”
  • Russian: “Джесселтон”
  • Russian: “Кота-Кинабалу”
  • Scots: “Kota Kinabalu”
  • Serbian: “Кота Кинабалу”
  • Sinhala: “කොටා කිනබලු”
  • South Azerbaijani: “کوتا کینبالو”
  • Spanish: “Kota Kinabalu”
  • Swedish: “Kota Kinabalu”
  • Tagalog: “Kota Kinabalu”
  • Tamil: “கொத்தா கினபாலு”
  • Tamil: “கோத்தா கினபாலு”
  • Telugu: “కోట కినబలు”
  • Thai: “โกตากินะบะลู”
  • Thai: “โกตากีนาบาลู”
  • Turkish: “Kota Kinabalu”
  • Ukrainian: “Кота-Кінабалу”
  • Urdu: “کوتا کینابالو”
  • Uzbek: “Kota-kinabalu”
  • Vietnamese: “Kota Kinabalu”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Kota Kinabalu”
  • West Coast Bajau: “Kota Kinabalu”
  • Western Panjabi: “کوتا کینابالو”
  • Wu Chinese: “亚庇”
  • Yue Chinese: “亞庇”
  • “Kota Kinabalu”

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