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{{About|the city|the state constituency|Kuala Penyu (state constituency)}}
{{EngvarB|date=November 2017}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2017}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name                    = Kuala Penyu
| native_name             = Pekan Kuala Penyu
| native_name_lang        = ms
| settlement_type         = Town and [[List of capitals in Malaysia#District capitals|district capital]]
| image_skyline           =
| image_alt               = Kuala Penyu town centre
| image_caption           = Kuala Penyu town centre.
| image_map               = SabahDistricts-KualaPenyu-pp.png
| etymology               =
| nickname                =
| coordinates             = {{coord|5|34|12.72|N|115|35|38.39|E|region:MY|display=inline, title}}
| subdivision_type        = [[Countries of the world|Country]]
| subdivision_name        = {{flag|Malaysia}}
| subdivision_type1       = [[States and federal territories of Malaysia|State]]
| subdivision_name1       = {{flag|Sabah}}
| subdivision_type2       = [[Divisions of Malaysia|Division]]
| subdivision_name2       = [[Interior Division|Interior]]
| subdivision_type3       =
[[Districts of Malaysia|District]]
| subdivision_name3       =
[[Kuala Penyu District|Kuala Penyu]]
| seat_type               =
| seat                    =
| population_as_of        = 2010
| population_total        = 659
}}
'''Kuala Penyu Town''' ({{langx|ms|Pekan Kuala Penyu}}) is the capital of the [[Kuala Penyu District]] in the [[Interior Division]] of [[Sabah]], [[Malaysia]]. Its population was estimated to be around 659 in 2010,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.statistics.gov.my/portal/download_Population/files/population/04Jadual_PBT_negeri/PBT_Sabah.pdf|title=Population by ethnic group, Local Authority area and state, Malaysia|publisher=Department of Statistics, Malaysia|year=2010|access-date=5 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120227090315/http://www.statistics.gov.my/portal/download_Population/files/population/04Jadual_PBT_negeri/PBT_Sabah.pdf|archive-date=27 February 2012|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> with ethnic [[Dusun people|Dusun]] Tatana sub-group forming the largest single ethnic group.
== Geography ==
Kuala Penyu is located on the [[Klias Peninsula]], which was once originally covered with [[mangrove swamp]] forests. Much of these mangrove swamps were destroyed by land developers that later realised that the soils were much too acidic to support [[palm oil]].
==Climate==
Kuala Penyu has a [[tropical rainforest climate]] (Af) with heavy to very heavy rainfall year-round.
{{Weather box
|width = auto
| location = Kuala Penyu
| metric first = Yes
| single line  = Yes
| Jan high C = 29.9
| Feb high C = 29.9
| Mar high C = 30.8
| Apr high C = 31.5
| May high C = 31.6
| Jun high C = 31.4
| Jul high C = 31.0
| Aug high C = 31.0
| Sep high C = 30.8
| Oct high C = 30.6
| Nov high C = 30.4
| Dec high C = 30.2
| Jan mean C = 26.8
| Feb mean C = 26.8
| Mar mean C = 27.5
| Apr mean C = 28.0
| May mean C = 28.1
| Jun mean C = 28.0
| Jul mean C = 27.5
| Aug mean C = 27.6
| Sep mean C = 27.4
| Oct mean C = 27.3
| Nov mean C = 27.2
| Dec mean C = 27.1
| year mean C =
| Jan low C = 23.7
| Feb low C = 23.8
| Mar low C = 24.2
| Apr low C = 24.6
| May low C = 24.7
| Jun low C = 24.6
| Jul low C = 24.1
| Aug low C = 24.2
| Sep low C = 24.0
| Oct low C = 24.0
| Nov low C = 24.0
| Dec low C = 24.0
|rain colour=green
|Jan rain mm=205
|Feb rain mm=92
|Mar rain mm=122
|Apr rain mm=160
|May rain mm=286
|Jun rain mm=294
|Jul rain mm=240
|Aug rain mm=267
|Sep rain mm=334
|Oct rain mm=369
|Nov rain mm=383
|Dec rain mm=269
|source 1 = Climate-Data.org<ref>{{cite web
|url = https://en.climate-data.org/location/36109/
|title = Climate: Kuala Penyu
|publisher=Climate-Data.org
|access-date = 30 October 2020}}</ref>
}}
== Demographics ==
According to general unrecorded consensus, most Kuala Penyuan are farmers with some younger generations are migrating to towns. It is widely diversified with unrecorded consensus has it that majority are embracing or practising Christianity or Islam, while some are still sticking to animism. As a part of clarification on ethnic group in Kuala Penyu, it's fair enough to mention that every one of them specifically by percentage base on previous official record through consensus report year 2010 was stated 659 peoples, where the most races as follow; ethnic [[Dusun people]] of the Dusun Tatana and Bisaya sub-groups, Bruneian Malay, Kedayan, Bajau, Chinese, Indian and others.
== Gallery ==
<gallery>
File:Aerial View Of Kuala Penyu.jpg|A geographic view of Kuala Penyu.
File:KualaPenyu Sabah Masjid-1.jpg|A mosque in Kuala Penyu.
File:KualaPenyu Sabah OldShophouses-1.jpg|Old shoplots in Kuala Penyu.
</gallery>
==See also==
*[[Sitompok Bridge]]
== References ==
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== External links ==
{{commons category-inline|Kuala Penyu}}
{{Sabah}}
[[Category:Kuala Penyu District]]
[[Category:Towns in Sabah]]