Bau District, Sarawak

Bau
District
Aerial view of Bau District. Centre of the image is the town of Bau and Tasik Biru.
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Coordinates: 1°25′0″N110°0′9″E / 1.41667°N 110.00250°E / 1.41667; 110.00250
Country	Malaysia
State	Sarawak
Seat	Bau

Map of Bau District

Bau is a district, in Kuching Division, Sarawak, Malaysia. ^{[1] [2]} Its seat is the town of Bau.

Geography

The gold deposits in Bau Township occur in the Jugan Hills in marine sedimentary rocks of late Jurassic to early Cretaceous age, primarily limestone. ^{[3] [4]} The gold comes from hydrothermal sources activated by local volcanism. ^[4] The gold is found in four distinct configurations: disseminated throughout the mineralized sediments; as silica replacement; in breccias having magno-calcite quartz veining; and occasionally as porphyritic skarns. ^{[5] [6]}

The limestone cliffs in the area support a wide range of endemic flora, including the rare pitcher plant Nepenthes northiana . ^[7]

Towns and villages

Bau

The town of Bau houses the seat of Bau District council. ^[8]

Siniawan

Siniawan started night market business in 2010. ^[9]

Paku

Facilities at Paku hot springs was renovated in 2021. ^[10]

Taiton

The Taiton area has range of mountains, caves, lakes and temples. ^[11]

List of attractions

1. Pekan Bau (Bau Town)

• Tasik Biru (Blue Lake), Bau
• ROXY Tasik Biru Resort City (under construction)
• Fook Teck Temple (Golden Hill Temple), Bau
• Gua Hantu (Ghost Cave), Bau
• Bau Recreation Park (Taman Rekreasi Pekan Bau)
• Bau Landmark, Pekan Bau
• Dataran Bau (Bau Town Square)
• Rock Garden Bau
• Dewan Suarah Bau
• St. Stephen Catholic Church, Bau
• Petra Methodist Church (SCAC), Bau
• Ming Ming Food Junction, Bau
• Bau Golden Square (under construction)
• Sigon Dorod Cafe (Kampung Skiat Lama, Bau)
• Dered Krian National Park (also known as Taman Negara Gunung Krian), Bau
• Orchid Lake (Tasik Orchid), Bau
• Serembu Extreme Park (Taman Ekstrem Serembu), Bau
• Paku Rock Maze Garden, Bau
• Paku Town (Pekan Paku), Bau
• Air Panas Paku (Paku Hot Spring)

2. Siniawan (Siniawan Town)

• Siniawan Night Market (Pasar Malam Pekan Siniawan), Siniawan
• Siniawan Waterfront (Tebingan Siniawan)
• Siniawan Waterfront Bridge (new attraction)
• Boli Asuh Siniawan
• Swee Guk Kung Temple, Siniawan
• ROXY Hotel Siniawan
• Premier Food Republic (Siniawan, Bau)
• Serembu Eco Park, Siniawan
• Bung Muan Heritage Centre (James Brooke Heritage)
• Bung Muan (Gunung Serembu)

Demographics

Total population of every areas in Bau, Sarawak. These population are exactly based on their ethnics in Sarawak.

The majority of population in Bau are mostly Bidayuh community, while Siniawan are predominantly Chinese. There are only few communities from Malay and Iban in this district.

1. Pekan Bau (Bau Town)

• Bidayuh : 25,768
• Chinese : 5,930
• Malay : 614
• Iban : 280
• Orang Ulu : 12
• Indian : –
• Other ethnics : –

TOTAL : 32,604

2. Opar

• Bidayuh : 1,782
• Malay : 56
• Iban : 10
• Chinese : 5
• Orang Ulu : –
• Indian : –
• Other ethnics : –

TOTAL : 1,853

3. Siniawan (Serembu)

• Chinese : 3,915
• Bidayuh : 1,027
• Malay : 790
• Iban : 14
• Orang Ulu : 6
• Indian : –
• Other ethnics : –

TOTAL : 5,752

References

1. "Malaysia Districts". Statoids.com. Retrieved 3 November 2010.
2. "Malaysia: Administrative Division". City Population. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
3. "Zedex Minerals Ltd (ASX:ZDX) Bau Global JORC Resource Now 1.612 M oz Au". ABN Newswire. 5 November 2008. Archived from the original on 28 May 2017.
4. Sillitoe, Richard H.; Bonham, Harold F. (1990). "Sediment-hosted gold deposits: Distal products of magmatic-hydrothermal systems". Geology. 18 (2): 157–161. Bibcode:1990Geo....18..157S. doi:10.1130/0091-7613(1990)018<0157:SHGDDP>2.3.CO;2.
5. "Bau Gold Project, Sarawak, Malaysia". Mining Technology (Kable). 2014. Archived from the original on 14 August 2015.
6. Pour, Amin Beiranvand; Hashim, Mazlan (2014). "Structural geology mapping using PALSAR data in the Bau gold mining district, Sarawak, Malaysia". Advances in Space Research. 54 (4): 644–654. Bibcode:2014AdSpR..54..644P. doi:10.1016/j.asr.2014.02.012.
7. Hansen, Eric (October 2001) "Where rocks sing, ants swim, and plants eat animals: finding members of the Nepenthes carnivorous plant family in Borneo" Discover 22(10): pp.60-68;
8. "Sejarah Majilis Daerah Bau (History of Bau District Council)". Official website of Bau District Council. Archived from the original on June 8, 2022. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
9. Irene, C (17 October 2021). "Siniawan night market reopens for business". The Borneo Post. Archived from the original on 7 July 2022. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
10. Mail, Rintos (26 March 2021). "Paku hot springs being revitalised as tourist attraction in Bau district, says Serembu rep". The Borneo Post. Archived from the original on 7 June 2021. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
11. Tieng Hee, Ting. "Enjoying 'green and gold' splendours of Bau". The Borneo Post. Archived from the original on 19 September 2021. Retrieved 19 August 2022.