Tawau Division
Administrative District Profile
Kalabakan
Gazetted as an independent administrative district from Tawau, Kalabakan borders North Kalimantan. It sits along the frontier of trans-Borneo connectivity and houses expansive commercial industrial timber zones.
Local conditions
Live environmental and topography data
Temperature Anomaly
+1.1°C
vs 1991–2020 baseline
Monthly Rainfall
81%
of historical seasonal average
Elevation Range
20m – 450m
Topographic baseline
The district in numbers
Official latest releases from DOSM & State Agencies
People
31,200
DOSM Q1 2026 estimate
Median Income
RM 3,450
DOSM Household Survey
Poverty Incidence
7.9%
e-Kasih / DOSM 2024
Primary Economic Base
Plantation Agribusiness, Forest Plantations & Border Logistics
Education Facilities
Registered primary, secondary, and tertiary public institutions.
15 primary · 3 secondary
Healthcare Access
District hospitals, maternal centers, and rural health clinics (Klinik Desa).
Kalabakan Health Clinic · 6 rural clinics