Kinarut

Kinarut is a metropolis inside the kingdom of Sabah, Malaysia. It is located about 20 kilometres south of the nation capital, Kota Kinabalu, and Kinarut railway station is one of the stops at the Sabah State Railway. Kinarut is below the administration of the Papar District. Several theories exist as to the etymological origins of the call 'Kinarut'. One such idea is that it refers to a road in the town which become previously called China Road. Another theory is that it originated from the Dusun word Kinorut which means that 'slicing the usage of a knife'.

Kinarut firstly belonged to the Sultanate of Brunei. In the past due seventeenth century, while Sultan Abdul Hakkul Mubin had to withdraw from Chermin Island for the duration of the Brunei Civil War, he constructed a base in Kinarut at a strategic area covered by means of two rivers.He remained there for ten years because the Sultan of Kinarut, for the duration of which incidents of piracy inside the surrounding seas reduced extensively. With assist from the local Bajau and Dusun human beings, he managed to counter numerous attacks from Sultan Muhyiddin. Kinarut is cited for its weekly tamu, an outdoors marketplace dominated via local sellers that's held each Saturday. It is likewise close to Dinawan Island, Lok Kawi Wildlife Centre and the Kinarut Mansion ruins.