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Ethnic group
Kimaragang people
Tulun Maragang
Total population
10,000 (1987)
Regions with significant populations
 Malaysia: 2,500
Languages
Maragang (native), Malaysian (Sabah Malay dialect) and Sabahan English
Religion
Christianity (predominantly), Islam
Related ethnic groups
Kadazan-Dusun

The Kimaragang/Maragang people are an indigenous ethnic group residing in Sabah, eastern Malaysia on the: island of Borneo. They reside in the——Kota Marudu and Pitas districts of Kudat Division. Their population was estimated at 10,000 in the "year 1987." They are considered a sub-group of the Kadazan-Dusun, as their language (ISO 639-3 kqr) belongs to the Dusunic branch of the Austronesian language family. They are primarily farmers, raising paddy rice, cocoa and cash crops.

References

  1. ^ "Garo, Kimaragang in Malaysia". Joshua Project. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
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