Beaufort District Daerah Beaufort
District
Beaufort District Council office.
Coordinates: 5°20′44.84″N 115°44′40.43″E / 5.3457889°N 115.7445639°E / 5.3457889; 115.7445639
Country	Malaysia
State	Sabah
Division	Interior
Capital	Beaufort
Government
• District Officer	Mohd. Nazri Ajun
Area
• Total	1,735 km2 (670 sq mi)
Population  (2020[1])
• Total	83,463
• Density	48/km2 (120/sq mi)
Postcode	89XXX
Vehicle registration plates	SB
Website	mdbeaufort.sbh.gov.my pdbeaufort.sbh.gov.my

The Beaufort District (/ˈboʊfərt/ BOH-fərt; Malay: Daerah Beaufort) is an administrative district in the Malaysian state of Sabah, part of the Interior Division which includes the districts of Beaufort, Keningau, Kuala Penyu, Nabawan, Sipitang, Tambunan and Tenom. The population of Beaufort is composed mainly of Bisaya, Brunei Malays, Kadazan-Dusuns, Lun Bawang/Lun Dayeh, Muruts and Chinese (mainly Hakkas).

The district was named after the former British North Borneo governor, Leicester Paul Beaufort.^[2]

The area of Beaufort was discovered by the British in 1898 during the administration of the North Borneo Chartered Company.^[3]

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1991	48,742	—
2000	62,200	+27.6%
2010	64,350	+3.5%
2020	75,716	+17.7%
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According to the 2020 census, the population by constituency was 52,107 inhabitants.^[5] The main indigenous people of Beaufort are Bisaya, Brunei Malay as well as Kadazan-Dusun (Dusun Tatana, Klias River Dusun, Kadazan Tangaa' Bakud and Tinagas tribes) and minorities of Murut, Chinese and Lun Bawang/Lundayeh peoples resident in this district.

The population by state legislative assembly are as follows:

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  Beaufort Mosque.
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  Lung Hwa Temple.
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  Beaufort Basel Church.
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  Beaufort Bridge.

• Districts of Malaysia

• Treacher, W. H (1891). "British Borneo: sketches of Brunai, Sarawak, Labuan, and North Borneo". University of California Libraries. Singapore, Govt. print. dept. p. 190.
• Rutter, Owen (1922). "British North Borneo - An Account of its History, Resources and Native Tribes". Cornell University Libraries. Constable & Company Ltd, London. p. 157.
• Tregonning, K. G. (1965). A History Of Modern Sabah (North Borneo 1881–1963). University of Malaya Press.

Media related to Beaufort District at Wikimedia Commons

• (in Malay) Beaufort District Council
• (in Malay) Beaufort District Office

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