Sandakan (Malaysian: [ˈsandaˈkan]) formerly known at various times as Elopura, is the capital of the Sandakan District in Sabah, Malaysia. It is the second...
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The Sandakan Death Marches were a series of forced marches in Borneo from Sandakan to Ranau which resulted in the deaths of 2,434 Allied prisoners of war...
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Sandakan Airport (IATA: SDK, ICAO: WBKS) is a domestic airport which serves Sandakan in Sandakan District, Sabah, Malaysia. It is located 14 km (8.7 mi)...
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The Sandakan camp, also known as Sandakan POW Camp (Malay: Kem Tawanan Perang Sandakan), was a prisoner-of-war camp established during World War II by...
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Sandakan is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Lakshan Sandakan (born 1991), Sri Lankan cricketer Nilanka Sandakan (born 1996), Sri Lankan...
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Sandakan Jaya Teknik Multi Purpose Boat or Sandakan Jaya Teknik MPB is the multipurpose combat boat in service with the Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN). The...
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Sandakan Division (Malay: Bahagian Sandakan) is an administrative division of Sabah, Malaysia. It stretches diagonally from the northeastern coast of...
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Paththamperuma Arachchige Don Lakshan Rangika Sandakan, commonly known as Lakshan Sandakan (born 10 June 1991), is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer...
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Gilwell Scouts Nature Park Sandakan (Gilwell SNP Sandakan) is located in Sandakan, Sabah on the isle of Borneo in Sabah, which is the second largest state...
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The Sandakan District (Malay: Daerah Sandakan) is an administrative district in the Malaysian state of Sabah, part of the Sandakan Division which includes...
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Sandakan No. 8 (サンダカン八番娼館 望郷, Sandakan hachiban shōkan: Bōkyō, aka Sandakan 8 and Brothel 8) is a 1974 Japanese drama film directed by Kei Kumai, starring...
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Nilanka Sandakan (born 9 June 1996) is a Sri Lankan cricketer. He made his first-class debut for Moors Sports Club in the 2016–17 Premier League Tournament...
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seat of the Sabah State government. Other major towns in Sabah include Sandakan and Tawau. The 2020 census recorded a population of 3,418,785 in the state...
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The Sandakan War Monument (Malay: Tugu Peringatan Perang Sandakan) is a monument established by the British located in the town of Sandakan, Malaysia...
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The Sandakan Memorial Park (Malay: Taman Peringatan Sandakan) is a memorial site built in the former grounds of the former Sandakan camp in the Malaysian...
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Sandakan Heritage Trail (Malay: Jejak Warisan Sandakan) is a trail connecting several historical sites in Sandakan, a town in the east Malaysian state...
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The Sandakan Peninsula (Malay: Semenanjung Sandakan) is a peninsula in Sandakan District, Sabah, Malaysia. It consists of broad coastal and forested areas...
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capital; for example, the town of Sandakan is the capital of the Sandakan District, as well as the capital of Sandakan Division. Some larger districts are...
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The Sandakan Jamek Mosque (Malay: Masjid Jamek Sandakan or also known as Masjid Jamek Sheik Hasabollah At-Tohiri) is a mosque in Sandakan, Sabah, Malaysia...
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Sandakan Japanese Cemetery (Japanese: サンダカン日本墓地; Malay: Tanah Perkuburan Jepun Sandakan) is an old graveyard in Sandakan, Sabah, Malaysia. Located on a...
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Sandakan (Dioecesis Sandakaanus) is located in east Malaysia. It is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Kota Kinabalu...
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Sandakan is a federal constituency in Sandakan Division (Sandakan District), Sabah, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat since 1971...
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or Sandakan Cathedral, is the cathedral and mother church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sandakan (Dioecesis Sandakaanus or Keuskupan Sandakan) in...
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Sandakan Harbour Square is an urban renewal project that was built under a reclaimed land in the Sandakan city. It was a project comprising a new central...
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authorities in the Philippines, and an attempt to raise the Spanish flag over Sandakan was met with interference by a British warship. To prevent further conflict...
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313 18 Malacca City Malacca 453,904 9 Petaling Jaya Selangor 771,687 19 Sandakan Sabah 439,050 10 Selayang Selangor 764,327 20 Alor Setar Kedah 423,868...
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1927 by H.P. Hertslet 1913 - Sabah, by Reverend Thomas Cecil Alexander in Sandakan Scout Association of Malaysia Sabah Branch 1913 - Sarawak, by Reverend...
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The 2019 Sandakan by-election was a by-election held on 11 May 2019 for the Dewan Rakyat seat of Sandakan. It was called following the death of incumbent...
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From the Sandakan camp site, only six of some 2,500 prisoners survived after they were forced to march in an event known as the Sandakan Death March...
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Julius Dusin Gitom (section Bishop of Sandakan)
Catholic Church who has been serving as the first bishop of the Diocese of Sandakan since 2007. Julius Dusin Gitom was born on 14 October 1957 at Kampung Lokos...
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