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Tawau is a town on the southeast coast of Sabah. With a population of around 345,000 (2007 est), it is the third largest town in Sabah after Kota Kinabalu and Sandakan. Bugis people make up the majority of the population of Tawau, followed by Chinese (12%), Bajau (8%) and Malays (5%). Like many of the towns in Sabah, Tawau has a substantial number of non-registered Filipino and Indonesian immigrants.