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Sandakan

Sandakan is a city of almost 440,000 people (2020) in Sabah, Borneo. It is the gateway to Sepilok Orangutan Sanctuary and the Labuk Bay Proboscis Monkey Sanctuary. Wikivoyage

Population 396,290 (Wikidata)

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Before you go

Emergency numbers in Malaysia

Visas and entry What your passport needs for Malaysia
Tourist office · 590 m Tourist Information Centre

Getting there

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Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

Markets

  • Pasar Minggu

    1. Monday: closed
    2. Tuesday: closed
    3. Wednesday: closed
    4. Thursday: closed
    5. Friday: closed
    6. Saturday: closed
    7. Sunday: 05:00–17:00

    05:00–17:00

    740 m from the centre

  • Sandakan Central Market

    Pasar Umum Sandakan

    Covered hall

    No hours mapped

    800 m from the centre

  • Bandar Ramai Ramai Wet Market

    Pasar Bandar Ramai Ramai

    No hours mapped

    1.5 km from the centre

  • Pasar Sim Sim

    Covered hall

    No hours mapped

    2.7 km from the centre

  • Mile 1 1/2 Market

    Pasar Batu 1 1/2

    No hours mapped

    2.9 km from the centre

Markets mapped on OpenStreetMap, with their hours where someone has added them. Check locally before you go.

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