Beaufort is a town located in Interior Division of Sabah in east Malaysia on the island of Borneo. Its population was estimated to be around 48,700 in 1991. It is a quiet provincial town about 90 kilometres south of Kota Kinabalu, with shophouses built high above the roads to avoid the periodic floods of the Padas River (Sungai Padas). Interior Division is an administrative division of Sabah, east Malaysia, on the island of Borneo. ... State motto: Sabah Maju Jaya Capital Kota Kinabalu Governor Ahmadshah Abdullah Chief Minister Hj. ... Borneo and Sulawesi Borneo (politically divided between Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei) is the third largest island in the world. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Kota Kinabalu (354,153 estimated population 2000, 900,000 including suburban areas), formerly Jesselton, is the capital of Sabah, east Malaysia, on the island of Borneo. ...
Beaufort is a stop on the North Borneo Railway, and its railway station dates from 1905.
Beaufort is normally visited by tourists for the white-water rafting through the nearby Padas Gorge on the Padas River which is rated Grade 2 to 3. Rafting is a recreational activity utilizing a raft to navigate a river or other body of water. ...
Sabah, Tenom, Keningau, and Pensiangan districts along some tributaries of the Padas River, and along the Dalit, Keramatoi, Nabawan, Pamentarian, and Mesopo rivers, and the lower Sook River valley, and the headwaters of the Talankai and Sapulut rivers.
TAGAL MURUT [MVV] 28,000 to 48,000 in Sabah, Malaysia (1987 SIL); 2,000 Alumbis in Kalimantan (1987 SIL); 30,000 to 50,000 in all countries (1991 SIL).
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