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Sandakan is a town that was created on September 27, 2022 by Zeder95 in northern Borneo as an independent settlement. On March 23, 2023, the nation of [[Aurora:Malaysia|Malaysia]] was founded by Zeder95 and Sandakan became the capital of Malaysia.  
Sandakan was the capital of [[Aurora:Malaysia|Malaysia]] on the Aurora map. Sandakan was created on September 27, 2022 by [https://www.planetminecraft.com/member/zeder95/ Zeder95] in northern Borneo as an independent settlement. On March 23, 2023, the nation of [[Aurora:Malaysia|Malaysia]] was founded by Zeder95 and Sandakan became the capital of Malaysia.
 
Sandakan featured traditional Malay architecture made from various types of wood and being inspired by real-world traditional Malay houses, as well as a mosque built from marble and sandstone, and a small shop, a nether portal and a subway station connecting Sandakan to the Borneo Ice Highway system. For a long time, there was also a Malaysia flag mapart (128 x 128 blocks) next to Sandakan floating on the sea, which was also sold in the shop.
 
As a one-player-town in a one-player-nation, Sandakan has been kept up from September 2022 until April 2026 (when the Aurora Map was taken offline), being only shortly disbanded and reestablished in December 2024. 


[[File:Sandakan_Map.png|500px|thumb|Overview of Sandakan|left]]
[[File:Sandakan_Map.png|500px|thumb|Overview of Sandakan|left]]
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'''<big>Main town</big>'''  
'''<big>Main town</big>'''  


The main town of Sandakan consists of Zeder95s house and two addiotional houses, which are all built in a traditional malay style of building using dark wooden planks, wooden stilts to protect against floods and high roofs to protect against the heat. The main town also contains a four-level beacon, a nether portal and "Sandakan" and "Malaysia" banners.  
The main town of Sandakan consisted of Zeder95s house and two additional houses, which were all built in a traditional Malay style of building using dark wooden planks, wooden stilts to protect against floods and high roofs to protect against the heat. The houses were inspired by real-world Malay architecture. 
 
The main town also contained a level 4 beacon, a nether portal, a tunnel to bedrock level and "Sandakan" and "Malaysia" banners. Sniffers raised by Zeder95 romaed the town.  
[[File:Sandakan_Overview.png|500px|thumb||left]]     
[[File:Sandakan_Overview.png|500px|thumb||left]]     


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'''<big>The shop</big>'''
'''<big>The shop</big>'''
   
   
In the public shop of Sandakan, mapart of the Malaysia flag is sold, along with various other items such as sculk, obsidian, amethyst, spore blossoms, mangrove propagules, recovery compasses and various food and plant items.  
In the public shop of Sandakan, mapart of the Malaysia flag (which was built right next to Sandakan on the ocean) was sold, along with various other items such as sculk, obsidian, amethyst, spore blossoms, mangrove propagules, recovery compasses and various food and plant items.  
[[File:Malaysia_Map_2.png|500px|thumb|The Malaysia Flag mapart being sold in the Sandakan store|left]]
[[File:Malaysia_Map_2.png|500px|thumb|The Malaysia Flag mapart being sold in the Sandakan store|left]]


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'''<big>Sandakan Mosque</big>'''
'''<big>Sandakan Mosque</big>'''
   
   
The Sandakan Mosque is a public mosque built in malaysian mosque architecture style that is open to travellers and tourists. The Sandakan mosque welcomes people of all religions and cultures.  
The Sandakan Mosque was a public mosque built in Malay mosque architecture style that was open to travellers. It was built from sandstone and marble and had a yellow and blue carpet and a Quran on a lectern. The Sandakan mosque welcomed people of all religions and cultures and was a place to pray to god, contemplate and find inner peace.  
[[File:Sandakan_Mosque.png|500px|thumb|The mosque of Sandakan|left]]
[[File:Sandakan_Mosque.png|500px|thumb|The mosque of Sandakan|left]]


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'''<big>Sandakan Ice Highway Station</big>'''
'''<big>Sandakan Ice Highway Station</big>'''
   
   
Sandakan is connected to the ice highway network of Borneo, with an overground station building connecting to the underground station.  
Sandakan was connected to the ice highway network of Borneo, with an overground station building connecting it to the underground station.  
[[File:Sandakan4.png|500px|thumb|An overview of Sandakan with the Ice highway station on the left|left]]
[[File:Sandakan4.png|500px|thumb|An overview of Sandakan with the Ice highway station on the left|left]]


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'''<big>The Malaysia flag</big>'''
'''<big>The Malaysia flag</big>'''
   
   
In August 2023 a giant flag of Malaysia was built by Zeder95 as a mapart on the ocean northeast of Sandakan. The flag mapart can be bought in the Sandakan store.  
In August 2023 a giant flag of Malaysia was built by Zeder95 as a 128 x 128 mapart on the ocean northeast of Sandakan. The flag mapart was available to buy in the store.  
[[File:Malaysia_flag_mapart_1.png|500px|thumb|The Malaysia flag near Sandakan|left]]
[[File:Malaysia_flag_mapart_1.png|500px|thumb|The Malaysia flag near Sandakan|left]]