Kepayan
Kepayan is a sub-district, or a neighbourhood, within the city of Kota Kinabalu in Sabah, Malaysia.
Kepayan is a sub-district, or a neighbourhood, within the city of Kota Kinabalu in Sabah, Malaysia. It is located within Kota Kinabalu city district, and borders with the district of Penampang. The Kota Kinabalu International Airport, Sabah Contingent Police Headquarters as well as the Kota Kinabalu Central Prison, are all located in Kepayan.
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Worth seeing in and around Kepayan
7 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Petagas War Memorial
The Petagas War Memorial or Petagas War Memorial Garden is a memorial park dedicated to the Second World War victims in Sabah particularly to 324 resistance movement members, who were executed on 21 January 1944 at the site by the Japanese occupying forces of North Borneo for their involvement in the Jesselton Revolt. The park memorial plate lists the names of men of various ethnic groups in North Borneo and from various islands in the Sulu Archipelago including the main resistance leader Albert Kwok and those who assisted or died in Labuan Military Prison.
1.2 km · Park dedicated to victims of World War II · Wikipedia - 02Sabah Art Gallery
The Sabah Art Gallery is an art gallery in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia.
3.7 km · art gallery in Sabah, Malaysia · Wikipedia - 03Tanjung Aru Library
Tanjung Aru Library is a public library in the Greater Kota Kinabalu area of Tanjung Aru, Sabah, Malaysia. It's also the first "Green" library in Malaysia.
3.4 km · public library branch in Tanjung Aru, Sabah, Malaysia · Wikipedia - 04Peak Nam Toong Temple
Peak Nam Toong Temple is a Chinese temple located among housing estate beside Lorong Bunga Bakawali 3 in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia.
3.1 km · Chinese temple in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia · Wikipedia - 05Tun Datu Mustapha Memorial
Datu Mustapha bin Datu Harun was a Malaysian politician who served as the 3rd Chief Minister of Sabah from May 1967 to November 1975 and the 1st Yang Di-Pertua Negara from September 1963 to September 1965 and President of the United Sabah National Organisation. He was an important figure in Sabah and sometimes known as "Father of Independence" of Sabah due to his direct involvement in negotiations leading to the formation of Malaysia from 1961 to 1963.
2.8 km · state memorial in Sabah, Malaysia · Wikipedia - 06Aeropod
The Aeropod is a mixed development projects comprising hotel, a retail mall, retail offices, residential suites, corporate offices and green parks in Tanjung Aru, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia. The projects are being done in five stages.
2.7 km · building in Sabah, Malaysia · Wikipedia - 07Perdana Park
Perdana Park is a recreational park in Tanjung Aru, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia.
3.4 km · Park in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia · Wikipedia
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Getting to Kepayan
- Airports
- Kota Kinabalu (BKI), 2 km · Brunei (BWN), 167 km
- Stations
- Kota Kinabalu International Airport, 2 km · Tanjung Aru railway station, 2.6 km · Putatan railway station, 3.9 km · Secretariat railway station, 3.9 km
- Bandar Seri Begawan → Kepayan169 km · quickest by road, 4h 21m · $20–28
- Kuching → Kepayan800 km · quickest by air, 4h 33m · RM310–480
- Puerto Princesa → Kepayan517 km · quickest by air, 4h 55m · ₱4,820–7,470
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Kepayan
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Kepayan. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inTerminal 1 serves full-service airlines such as Malaysia Airlines, Asiana Airlines, while Terminal 2 serves air cargo, a tourist helicopter service, and charter flights.
- Get inYou can also catch buses/minibuses doing the shorter run to Ranau.
- Get inMinibuses leave once full from Terminal Bas Bandaran Berjaya (Updated August 2022).
- Get inYou can also make the journey by minivans but you may have to change at Beaufort or even at Papar and Sipitang.
- Get inCatch them from the minivan station opposite Wawasan Plaza.
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Next door to Kepayan
Kepayan is 6 km from Kota Kinabalu, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Tanjung AruDistrict of Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia2.8 km