About Tawau
Tawau is a city in Sabah, Malaysia with a population of 372,615. It is the 29th largest of the 350 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Malaysia, and the 1,526th largest worldwide. It lies 1,802 km from Kuala Lumpur.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#3of 19
Elevation
0 m
Time zone
Asia/Kuching
Coordinates
4.245, 117.891
Record updated
2022-12-06
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured.
Nearby Cities
All 350 in MalaysiaClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.