Kinabatangan

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Kinabatangan is a district located in Sandakan Division, in the east of Sabah, Malaysia on the island of Borneo. Its population was estimated to be around 86,783 in 2000. Kinabatangan is mostly populated with Bangsa Sungei, one of the Indigenous Group in Sabah.

Economic activities are centered around oil palm plantations, forestry and wood-based industries.

The nearby Kinabatangan River is an area with tropical lowland rainforest vegetation and ecosystems. The area is wet and humid and the swampy lowlands are home to Borneo's indigenous Proboscis Monkey

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