Kota Kinabalu District
The Kota Kinabalu District is an administrative district in the Malaysian state of Sabah, part of the West Coast Division which includes the districts of Kota Belud, Kota Kinabalu, Papar, Penampang, Ranau and Tuaran.
The Kota Kinabalu District is an administrative district in the Malaysian state of Sabah, part of the West Coast Division which includes the districts of Kota Belud, Kota Kinabalu, Papar, Penampang, Ranau and Tuaran. The capital of the district is in Kota Kinabalu City.
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Worth seeing in and around Kota Kinabalu District
10 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.
- 01Sabah Museum
The Sabah Museum is the state museum of Sabah, Malaysia. It is sited on 17 hectares of land at Bukit Istana Lama in Kota Kinabalu, the state capital.
1.1 km · museum in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah · Wikipedia - 02Sabah State Mosque
Sabah State Mosque is the state mosque of Sabah, in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia. It is located at Bulatan Sembulan on Jalan Tunku Abdul Rahman.
1.2 km · mosque in Malaysia · Wikipedia - 03Likas Stadium
Likas Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Likas, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia. It is mainly used for football and athletics, located within the Likas Sports Complex.
3.1 km · stadium in Malaysia · Wikipedia - 04Atkinson Clock Tower
The Atkinson Clock Tower is the oldest standing structure in Kota Kinabalu. It was originally known as the Atkinson Memorial Clock Tower and sits in solitary on the bluff along Signal Hill Road overlooking this seaside city and capital of Sabah, Malaysia.
1.5 km · clock tower in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah · Wikipedia - 05Sacred Heart Cathedral, Kota Kinabalu
Sacred Heart Cathedral is the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kota Kinabalu, and the seat of its current archbishop, John Wong Soo Kau. The current cathedral was built from 1979 to 1981, with its dedication held on 21 November 1981.
600 m · church in Sabah, Malaysia · Wikipedia - 06Merdeka Square, Kota Kinabalu
Merdeka Square is a square located in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia. The square has a capacity of around 5,000.
1.4 km · square in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia · Wikipedia - 07Sabah Art Gallery
The Sabah Art Gallery is an art gallery in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia.
2.2 km · art gallery in Sabah, Malaysia · Wikipedia - 08Tanjung 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.
2.9 km · public library branch in Tanjung Aru, Sabah, Malaysia · Wikipedia - 09Sutera Harbour
Sutera Harbour is a resort located in the city of Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia. It comprises two 5-star hotels, a 27-hole golf course designed by Graham Marsh, a 104-berth marina and an exclusive golf and country club with extensive recreational facilities facing the South China Sea with a background view of the Tunku Abdul Rahman National Park.
1.4 km · building in Sabah, Malaysia · Wikipedia - 10Sabah State Library
Sabah State Library is a state department under the State Ministry of Education and Innovation Sabah which manages each of the public library branches in Sabah state of Malaysia which is in turn a constituent feeder library of the National Library of Malaysia. The headquarters and the main state library are located on Tasik Road, off Maktab Gaya Road in Luyang of Kota Kinabalu since June 2004.
1.6 km · library department in Malaysia · Wikipedia
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Getting to Kota Kinabalu District
- Airports
- Kota Kinabalu (BKI), 5 km · Brunei (BWN), 170 km
- Stations
- Secretariat railway station, 1.3 km · Tanjung Aru railway station, 3 km
- Bandar Seri Begawan → Kota Kinabalu District178 km · quickest by road, 4h 35m · $21–29
- Kuching → Kota Kinabalu District809 km · quickest by air, 4h 48m · RM330–520
- Puerto Princesa → Kota Kinabalu District509 km · quickest by air, 5h 10m · ₱4,840–7,500
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No local-transport research exists yet for Kota Kinabalu District
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 Kota Kinabalu District. 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.
From Wikivoyage: Kota Kinabalu, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Kota Kinabalu District
- Tanjung AruDistrict of Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia3.9 km
- Kota Kinabalu City HallCity Council of Kota Kinabalu1.4 km
- Gaya StreetUnofficial "China Town" of KK1.7 km