Sandakan District

Sandakan District Daerah Sandakan
District
Sandakan Municipal Council office.
Seal
Coordinates: 5°50′20″N 118°6′55″E / 5.83889°N 118.11528°E / 5.83889; 118.11528
Country	Malaysia
State	Sabah
Division	Sandakan
Capital	Sandakan
Government
• President (Sandakan Municipal Council)	Benedict Asmat
Area
• Total	2,266 km2 (875 sq mi)
Population  (2010)
• Total	396,290
Website	mps.sabah.gov.my/portal/

The Sandakan District (Malay: Daerah Sandakan) is an administrative district in the Malaysian state of Sabah, part of the Sandakan Division which includes the districts of Beluran, Kinabatangan, Sandakan, Telupid, and Tongod. The capital of the district is in Sandakan City.

There are three members of parliament (MPs) representing the three parliamentary constituencies in the district: Libaran (P.184), Batu Sapi (P.185), and Sandakan (P.186).