Sepanggar is a sub-district of Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia. It is located around Sepanggar Bay which houses the Sepanggar Bay Container Terminal, a major naval base for the Royal Malaysian Navy as well as the Sepanggar Bay Oil Terminal. The main campus for Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS), Universiti Teknologi MARA Sabah Branch, Kota Kinabalu Polytechnic and Kota Kinabalu Industrial Park (KKIP) are situated here. Sepanggar is also a parliamentary constituency (P.171) with three state legislative assembly constituencies therein, i.e. Karambunai (N.16), Darau (N.17) and Inanam (N.18).
Sepanggar | |
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 Highway facing the Sepanggar Bay. | |
  Sepanggar | |
| Coordinates: 6°05′N 116°09′E / 6.083°N 116.150°E | |
| Country |  Malaysia |
| State |  Sabah |
Features and development
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Sepanggar is currently experiencing a surge in development due to the expansion of Kota Kinabalu. The recently completed Sepanggar Container Port Terminal has taken over all container handling operations from Kota Kinabalu Port. This port was built to complement and help ease the congestion currently experienced at Kota Kinabalu Port.[1] Besides this, various completed and uncompleted projects for residential and commercial purposes have sprouted around Sepanggar; in line with the government's plan to turn Sepanggar into another urban centre or suburb, part of the greater metropolitan area of Kota Kinabalu.[2] The Royal Malaysian Navy is also having a submarine base here, which is to become the Navy's first and principal base throughout Malaysia. On 18 November 2017, the 600-metre-long double-track Sepanggar Tunnel has opened, and the tunnel has two lanes connecting Kota Kinabalu Industrial Park (KKIP) with Sepanggar Container Port and several surrounding areas.[3][4]
References
edit- ^ "Sapangar Container Port Terminal ready" Archived 13 May 2013 at the Wayback Machine, Daily Express News. 8 August 2006
- ^ "Rapid Survey of Development Opportunities & Constraints (Doc) for Kota Kinabalu" Archived 30 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine, Sabah Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM). 1 February 1999
- ^ Roshan (14 November 2017). "Terowong Sepanggar Dilancar, Lonjak Operasi Kawasan Industri". Bernama (in Malay). Sayang Sabah. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
- ^ Leolerry Lajius (14 November 2017). "Terowong Sepanggar mula dibuka 18 November ini" (in Malay). Sayang Sabah. Retrieved 28 November 2017.