Back to history

Do you know where do they get the name "Kota Kinabalu"?

Here is what I learned in the 20 minutes taxi ride to the airport.

Back to history, the first group of China people that came to Malaysia were located in Sabah. The reason that they came, is no other reason but to do business, how typical it is? Chinese = Business!!
(why I mentioned so much of China in my blog.. scratching head, just coincident)

Last time Kota Kinabalu, were contain mountains, jungles and it's surrounded by the sea. The only transport is by boat. The China people settled there and spread their seeds in the country. They are very rich, so they kind of take over the whole island.

So came a rich China man who became one of the most influential person in the Island, he married a local and he love his wife very much. However.. I can't remember whether was it the man died or the wife died. Anyway, so he bought the whole Island and name it after himself and his wife.

"Kina" actually mean "Cina" and "balu" actually mean "wife". He dedicated this island to the wife.

Ironicly, there was no person that originally come from Kota Kinabalu. Originally the island and mountain only filled with plants and animals, human were not existed there. There is no one that original from Kota Kinabalu, the people that are staying in KK now are from all over Sabah.

thank you Encik Azmi for ur info..