Kudat

Kudat is the capital of the Kudat District inside the Kudat Division of Sabah, Malaysia. Its populace turned into expected to be round 29, half in 2010. It is placed 190 kilometres north of Kota Kinabalu, the country capital, and is near the northernmost point of Borneo. It is the most important metropolis inside the heartland of the Rungus people which is a sub-ethnic group of most people Kadazan-Dusun race and is consequently a prime centre of Rungus tradition. It is also wonderful for being one of the first components of Sabah to be settled by using Chinese Malaysians, particularly from the Hakka dialect group.

In the past, Kudat was known locally as "Tanjong Berungus" and every now and then additionally called "Tambarungan". During the early arrival of Chinese buyers at Tanjung Berungus, they had been amazed to peer a form of grass developing anywhere. The desperation forced them to invite the locals comprising the Rungus tribes who're the native inhabitants of the place who later defined to them that the grass are known as "Kutad" of their language. The vicinity then have become the centre of meeting among the nearby and Chinese investors to carry out trading activities. However, for the reason that Chinese pronunciation was erroneous, the term "Kudat" ultimately emerging and became synonymously used some of the human beings.