Sabah Tanah Airku is the anthem of the Malaysian state of Sabah. An anthem is a choral composition to an English religious text sung in church services. ... State motto: Sabah Maju Jaya Capital Kota Kinabalu Governor Ahmadshah Abdullah Chief Minister Hj. ...
Text of same
Sabah tanah airku
Negeri kita yang tercinta
Pemuda pemudi
Semua marilah
Bangunlah bersatu semua
Marilah bersama serta maju jaya
Merdeka sepanjang masa
Bersatu segala bangsa sentosa
Sabah negeri merdeka
The Official English Translation
Sabah Tanah Airku
Sabah, tanahairku (Sabah, my homeland)
Negeri kita yang tercinta (Our beloved state)
Pemuda-pemudi semua, marilah (Men and women, come)
Bangunlah bersatu semua (Arise altogether)
Marilah bersama serta maju jaya (Come together and grow success)
Merdeka sepanjang masa (Independent always)
Bersatu segala, bangsa sentosa (Unite all, nation prospers)
Sabah negeri merdeka. (Sabah, the independent state)
Sabah is the second largest state in Malaysia and is also known as Negeri di bawah bayu which means "The Land Below The Wind".
Sabah is generally mountainous, with the Banjaran Crocker range of central mountains varying in height from about 1,000 metres to 3,000 metres, which at its peak of Mount Kinabalu rises up to 4000 metres, and with several lower ranges of hills near the coasts.
Sabah was taken over by the British North Borneo Company in 1881, and became a protectorate of the British Empire with internal affairs still administered by the company in 1888.
Sabah is the second largest state in Malaysia and is also known as "The Land Below The Wind".
The Philippines claims the whole of Sabah as part of its territory, based upon the Sultanate of Brunei's cession of its north-east territories to the Sultanate of Sulu in 1703, because of military assitance given by the latter to the former.
Sabah is not known for producing many well-known media figures, but the few it has produced have made their mark.