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Sandakan

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Sandakan (səndəkän`), city (1991 pop. 157,180), Sabah, Malaysia, on N Borneo, on Sandakan Harbor, an inlet of the Sulu Sea. It is the trade hub for an agricultural and lumbering region. Sandakan was the capital of British North Borneo (now Sabah) until 1947, when it was supplanted by Kota Kinabalu Kota Kinabalu (kōt`ə kĭn'əbəl
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Sandakan
a port in Malaysia, on the NE coast of Sabah: capital (until 1947) of North Borneo. Pop.: 347 334 (2000)


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IRVING, Texas -- Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM) announced today that its subsidiary, Esso Exploration International Limited, and Mitra Energy Limited (MEL) have entered into an agreement to explore for hydrocarbons in the deepwater Sandakan Basin southwest of the Philippine Islands.
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