Elopura

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Elopura is the former name of Sandakan, a major coastal town in Sabah, Malaysia, historically known as an important trading and administrative center in North Borneo.

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Elopura canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former place name
historical name
associatedWith British North Borneo Company
countryAfterIndependence Malaysia
countryDuringColonialPeriod British Empire
formerNameOf Sandakan
hasCurrentName Sandakan
hasEconomicActivity agricultural export
shipping
timber export
trade
hasFunction port town
hasGeographicalFeature coastal town
hasRole administrative center
trading center
historicallyKnownAs important administrative center in North Borneo
important trading center in North Borneo
historicalPeriod early 20th century
late 19th century
languageOfName Malay
locatedIn Sandakan
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Sabah
locatedInCountry Malaysia
locatedInRegion North Borneo
locatedInTimeZone Malaysia Time
locatedOn Borneo
locatedOnBodyOfWater Sandakan Bay
Sulu Sea
partOf British North Borneo (historical)
partOfHistoricalEntity Crown Colony of North Borneo
partOfState Sabah
replacedByName Sandakan
usedAsNameFor major coastal town in Sabah

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Sandakan formerName Elopura