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| Coordinates: 3°27′00″N115°10′00″E / 3.45°N 115.16667°E Coordinates: 3°27′00″N115°10′00″E / 3.45°N 115.16667°E | |
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| Elevation | 416 m (1,365 ft) |
Long Datih is a Christian Kelabit longhouse settlement in the mountainous interior of Sarawak, Malaysia. [1] It lies approximately 576.1 kilometres (358 mi) east-north-east of the state capital Kuching.
The Kelabit are an indigenous Dayak people of the Sarawak/North Kalimantan highlands of Borneo with a minority in the neighbouring state of Brunei. They have close ties to the Lun Bawang. The elevation there is slightly over 1,200 meters. In the past, because there were few roads and because the area was largely inaccessible by river because of rapids, the highlands and the Kelabit were relatively untouched by modern western influences. Now, however, there is a relatively permanent road route on which it is possible to reach Bario by car from Miri. The road is marked but driving without a local guide is not advisable, as it takes over 11 hours of driving to reach Bario from Miri through many logging trail junctions and river crossings.
Sarawak is a state of Malaysia. The largest among the 13 states, with an area almost equal to that of Peninsular Malaysia, Sarawak is located in northwest Borneo Island, and is bordered by the Malaysian state of Sabah to the northeast, Kalimantan to the south, and Brunei in the north. The capital city, Kuching, is the largest city in Sarawak, the economic centre of the state, and the seat of the Sarawak state government. Other cities and towns in Sarawak include Miri, Sibu, and Bintulu. As of the 2015 census, the population of Sarawak was 2,636,000. Sarawak has an equatorial climate with tropical rainforests and abundant animal and plant species. It has several prominent cave systems at Gunung Mulu National Park. Rajang River is the longest river in Malaysia; Bakun Dam, one of the largest dams in Southeast Asia, is located on one of its tributaries, the Balui River. Mount Murud is the highest point in Sarawak.
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The village converted to Christianity in the 1940s; a visitor in 1960 described how, as well as Sunday services in the village chapel, prayers were held in each longhouse at the start of each day. [2]
Neighbouring settlements include:
- Long Lellang 1.9 kilometres (1.2 mi) northeast
- Aro Kangan 5.7 kilometres (3.5 mi) northeast
- Long Merigong 13.1 kilometres (8.1 mi) west
- Long Labid 13.4 kilometres (8.3 mi) northeast
- Long Salt 16.3 kilometres (10.1 mi) south
- Long Seniai 24.1 kilometres (15.0 mi) west
- Long Aar 26.5 kilometres (16.5 mi) northeast
- Lio Matoh 32.4 kilometres (20.1 mi) south
- Pa Tik 33.2 kilometres (20.6 mi) northeast
- Long Metapa 33.2 kilometres (20.6 mi) southeast
Long Lellang is a small village in the Kelabit highlands of Sarawak, Malaysia. It lies approximately 578 kilometres (359 mi) east-north-east of the state capital Kuching.
Aro Kangan is a settlement in the remote mountainous interior of Sarawak, Malaysia. It lies approximately 581.4 kilometres (361 mi) east-north-east of the state capital Kuching.
Long Merigong is a settlement in Sarawak, Malaysia. It lies approximately 564.7 kilometres (351 mi) east-north-east of the state capital Kuching.
