Bongawan is a town in the state of Sabah in Malaysia. It is located in the West Coast Division and is approximately 60 kilometres south of Kota Kinabalu. It is one of the major stops for the North Borneo Railway. State motto: Sabah Maju Jaya State anthem: Sabah Tanah Airku Capital Kota Kinabalu Ruling party Barisan Nasional - Yang di-Pertua Negeri Ahmadshah Abdullah - Ketua Menteri Musa Aman History - Brunei Sultanate 19th century - British North Borneo 1882 - Japanese occupation 1941-1945 - British control 1946 - Accession into Malaysia 1963 Area - Total 76... West Coast Division is an administrative division of Sabah, east Malaysia, on the island of Borneo. ... Nickname: KK Location in Malaysia Country Malaysia State Sabah Establishment Granted city status on 2 February 2000 - Mayor Datuk Illiyas Ibrahim Population (2000) - City 457,326 - Metro 900,000 approx. ... The North Borneo Railway was an enterprise of the British North Borneo Company, who built the initial rail line from the Bukau River, north to Beaufort and south to Weston, on Brunei Bay, in the 1890s in what later became Sabah. ...
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