Menggatal

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Menggatal is a Malaysian town and sub-district on the west coast of Sabah, on the outskirts of the capital, Kota Kinabalu.

The name 'Menggatal' is largely believed to refer to the name of a tree that cause skin itchiness, hence the name which means 'causing itchiness' in Malay.

The sub-district was originally populated sparsely by the native Dusuns, but of late have seen a large presence of Filipino and Indonesian immigrants, many of which have been naturalised (both legally and illegally) and many remain in squatter colonies.

The state's main institution of learning, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, was built in 1999 upon the victory of the Malay-dominated coalition of Barisan Nasional in the state elections. The Federal government has since also embarked on a massive construction of government offices in the area.

The town proper still consists of a few blocks of pre-war Chinese shophouses, albeit with new blocks of shophouses alongside them.

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Coordinates: 6°01′N, 116°09′E