Kunak
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Kunak
Pekan Kunak | |
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Town and district capital | |
 A roundabout in Kunak. | |
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| Coordinates: 4°41′00″N 118°15′00″E / 4.68333°N 118.25000°E | |
| Country |  Malaysia |
| State |  Sabah |
| Division | Tawau |
| District | Kunak |
| Population (2010) | |
• Total | 13,823 |
Kunak (Malay: Pekan Kunak) is the capital of the Kunak District in the Tawau Division of Sabah, Malaysia. Its population was estimated to be around 13,823 in 2010.[1] The population consists mainly of Bajau and Suluk peoples. There is also a sizeable Chinese minority, involved in running many of the shops in downtown Kunak as well as the planting of oil palms in the outskirts.
Kunak has three main secondary schools: SMK Kunak Jaya, SMK Kunak and SMK Madai. It is also home to a Chinese primary school, SRJK(C) Pai Sheng, and several Malay-medium primary schools including SK Kunak 1, SK Kunak Jaya and SK Ladang Binuang. A resettlement scheme for Cocos Islanders is situated a few kilometres away, near the Giram Oil Palm Estate (run by Sime Darby Berhad). A jetty is situated about five km from the town, in an area named Pengkalan Kunak. A single road lined by wooden shophouses (possibly a squatter colony) leads to the jetty and wet market. In 2002, a 76-bed government hospital was built in the town. At around the same time, a new highway linking Kunak to the town of Semporna was also opened.
Food
Kunak is renowned for its red chili cultivation, producing some of the region's most sought-after chili peppers.[2]
