The Historical Evolution of Shaba Island

Formerly known as North Borneo (English: North Borneo), it was ruled by Britain in 1881, and on September 16th, 1963, it broke away from British rule together with Sarawak and joined Malaya and Singapore to form the Federation of Malaysia.

There are 32 kinds of indigenous people living here, among which the Dushun people/Qatari mountain people are the main ones, who mainly believe in Christianity and Catholicism, while others are Bajau people (mainly believe in Islam) and Murut people. They celebrate the Tadau Kaamatan every May, and the official holidays are on May 3th and 31st. It was only in the 19th century that a large number of Chinese immigrated here, mainly from Yangxi Hakka, Guangfu, chaozhou people, Fujian, Hainan and some from Tianjin and Hubei since the 2th century.