Tanah Merah

Tanah Merah is a suburb in Sandakan Division, Sabah. Tanah Merah is situated near the neighborhood Nam Tung City, as well as near the hamlet Kampung Pukat.

Places of Interest

Highlights: Puu Jih Shi Buddhist Temple and St. Mary’s Cathedral.

Puu Jih Shi Buddhist Temple

Buddhist temple

Photo: Cccefalon, CC BY-SA 3.0.

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.

St. Mary’s Cathedral

Church

Photo: Cccefalon, CC BY-SA 3.0.

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 3 km east of Tanah Merah.

Agnes Keith House

Museum

Photo: Cccefalon, CC BY-SA 3.0.

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 3½ km northeast of Tanah Merah.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sandakan.

Sandakan

Photo: Cccefalon, CC BY-SA 3.0.

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.

Tanah Merah

Type: Suburb
Postal code: 90000
Category: locality
Location: Sandakan Division, Sabah, Malaysia, Southeast Asia, Asia
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Latitude

5.83141° or 5° 49′ 53″ north

Longitude

118.08792° or 118° 5′ 17″ east

Open location code

6PQWR3JQ+H5

OpenStreetMap ID

node 1780053331

OpenStreetMap feature

place=suburb

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In Other Languages

“Tanah Merah” goes by many names.

Chinese: “石咀镇”

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Nam Tung City and Kampung Pukat.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Tanah Merah Market and Pondok Polis Nam Tung.

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