15-3-2009 SUN 11:30AM

Papar River

Pan Borneo Highway (Malaysia Federal Route # 1)
To Kota Kinabalu City

To Brunei and Sarawak

The Sabah section of the Federal Route , Asian Highway Route AH150 AH150 is a 428-km federal highway in Sabah, Malaysia, which is also a component of the larger Pan Borneo Highway network.

The route was formed in 1996 during the merging of two former routes (northern route, from Kota Kinabalu to Kudat) and (southern route, from Kota Kinabalu to Sindumin near the Sabah-Sarawak border).

The merging of the former routes formed an alternate route of Route 1 within the city of Kota Kinabalu.

Generally, the highway runs along the west coast of Sabah. The highway continues as the Federal Route 1 (Sarawak) at the Sabah-Sarawak border.

Vast area of paddi field

Agriculture is the main economic activity of Papar mainly concentrated on paddy cultivation. No big plantations are found in Papar. Forestry is another economic activity with timber mills in Kimanis. Most of the timber resource comes from the interior such as Keningau.

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