Pitas, Malaysia
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Pitas
Pekan Pitas | |
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Town and district capital | |
 Shoplots in Pitas. | |
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| Coordinates: 6°43′00″N 117°04′00″E / 6.71667°N 117.06667°E | |
| Country |  Malaysia |
| State |  Sabah |
| Division | Kudat |
| District | Pitas |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,419.35 km2 (548.01 sq mi) |
| Population (2010) | |
• Total | 895 |
Pitas (Malay: Pekan Pitas) is the capital of the Pitas District in the Kudat Division of Sabah, Malaysia. Its population was estimated to be around 895 in 2010.[1] The local populace is made up predominantly of ethnic Rungus (majority), Orang Sungai, Tombonuo and Kimaragang descent, with a small number of Malaysian Chinese and other ethnic minorities. Due to its geographical isolation and the general unsuitability of the land for agriculture, Pitas has one of the highest rates of poverty in Sabah.
Climate
Pitas has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) with heavy to very heavy rainfall year-round.
| Climate data for Pitas | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 29.6 (85.3) |
29.9 (85.8) |
30.6 (87.1) |
31.6 (88.9) |
32.0 (89.6) |
31.6 (88.9) |
31.4 (88.5) |
31.4 (88.5) |
30.9 (87.6) |
30.8 (87.4) |
30.4 (86.7) |
29.9 (85.8) |
30.8 (87.5) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 26.2 (79.2) |
26.3 (79.3) |
26.8 (80.2) |
27.6 (81.7) |
27.9 (82.2) |
27.5 (81.5) |
27.2 (81.0) |
27.2 (81.0) |
26.8 (80.2) |
27.0 (80.6) |
26.8 (80.2) |
26.4 (79.5) |
27.0 (80.6) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 22.8 (73.0) |
22.8 (73.0) |
23.1 (73.6) |
23.6 (74.5) |
23.8 (74.8) |
23.5 (74.3) |
23.1 (73.6) |
23.1 (73.6) |
22.8 (73.0) |
23.2 (73.8) |
23.2 (73.8) |
23.0 (73.4) |
23.2 (73.7) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 456 (18.0) |
261 (10.3) |
188 (7.4) |
93 (3.7) |
156 (6.1) |
149 (5.9) |
135 (5.3) |
121 (4.8) |
136 (5.4) |
190 (7.5) |
269 (10.6) |
467 (18.4) |
2,621 (103.4) |
| Source: Climate-Data.org[2] | |||||||||||||
References
- ^ "Population by ethnic group, Local Authority area and state, Malaysia" (PDF). Department of Statistics, Malaysia. 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 February 2012. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
- ^ "Climate: Pitas". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
External links
Media related to Pitas at Wikimedia Commons
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