[1] During World War II, Inanam was the base where the Kinabalu Guerillas led by Albert Kwok operated to fight the Japanese.

[2] The town population consists of mainly the native Dusun as well as the Bajau and the dominant minority Chinese who operate the shops.

[3][4] A considerable number of them however were controversially naturalised and relocated into low-cost housing settlements provided by the Malaysian government.

[6] A substantial part of the sub-district near the town centre consists of a light industrial area.

Towards the interior, traditional Dusun villages scatter the hill slopes, with fruit orchards and rubber smallholdings.