Tenom is a town located in Interior Division of Sabah, east Malaysia on the island of Borneo. Its population was estimated to be around 46,200 in the year 2000. The principal ethnic groups are Murut (60%), followed by Chinese (20%), Malay (10%), and Kadazan-Dusun (8%). The area is primarily an agricultural zone, with soy beans, maize, vegetables and cacao the major crops. Tenom is one of Sabah's more scenic interior locations, with the Crocker Range towering impressively immediately behind town. It also known as the "gateway to Murut country". 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. ... The Murut are an indigenous ethnic group inhabiting northern inland regions of Borneo. ... Malays (Dutch, Malayo, ultimately from Malay: Melayu) are a diverse group of people living in the Malay archipelago and Malay peninsula in South East Asia. ... The Kadazan is the largest ethnic group in Sabah (a state in Malaysia) making up about one third of the population. ... Dusun is the name of a tribe or ethnic and linguistic group in the Malaysian state of Sabah. ... Binomial name Glycine max Soybeans (US) or soya beans (UK) (Glycine max) are a high-protein legume (Family Fabaceae) grown as food for both humans and livestock. ... Binomial name Zea mays L. Maize (Zea mays ssp. ... Binomial name Theobroma cacao L. For the town in French Guiana see Cacao, French Guiana Cacao (Theobroma cacao) is a small (4-8 m tall) evergreen tree in the family Malvaceae (formerly Sterculiaceae), native to tropical South America, but now cultivated throughout the tropics. ...
The town was formerly called Fort Birch in the colonial period. In the center of Tenom is a statue to Ontoros Antonom (1885-1915), who led the Rundum Revolt of the Murut people against the British colonists in the Rundum District of Tenom in 1915.
The Sabah Agricultural Park (Lagud Sebrang Agriculture Research Station), the Tenom Orchid Centre and the Murut Cultural Center are located outside of town.
Murut is the final stop for passengers on the North Borneo Railway.
TENOM is a small, quiet town in the interior of Sabah.
It is at the Tenom Orchid Centre that intensive efforts are being made for the preservation, propogation, research and documentation of the orchid species found in Borneo in general and Sabah in particular.
The Tenom Orchid Centre was established in September 1979 within the 625-hectare Tenom Agriculture Research Station in Lagud Sebrang, 15 kilometres from Tenom town.
Tenom is a town located in Interior Division of Sabah, east Malaysia on the island of Borneo.
Tenom is one of Sabah's more scenic interior locations, with the Crocker Range towering impressively immediately behind town.
In the center of Tenom is a statue to Ontoros Antonom (1885-1915), who led the Rundum Revolt of the Murut people against the British colonists in the Rundum District of Tenom in 1915.
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