Lubok Antu District

For the federal constituency represented in the Dewan Rakyat, see Lubok Antu (federal constituency).

Lubok Antu
District
Seal Towns of Sarawak
Lubok Antu
Coordinates: 1°3′0″N111°50′0″E / 1.05000°N 111.83333°E / 1.05000; 111.83333
Country	Malaysia
State	Sarawak
Division	Sri Aman
District	Lubok Antu
Seat	Lubok Antu
Government
• Type	Council-manager government
• Chairman	Encik Akoi Anak Ejau
Area
• Total	3,142.55 km2 (1,213.35 sq mi)
Population  (2024 [1] )
• Total	39,079
• Density	12/km2 (32/sq mi)
Postal code	95900
International dialling code prefix	+6083 (landline only)
Website	lubokantudc.sarawak.gov.my at archive.today (archived 2012-12-19)

Lubok Antu District (Malay: Daerah Lubok Antu) is a district in the Sri Aman Division of the state of Sarawak, Malaysia. ^[2] It borders on Indonesia and a Malaysian border crossing checkpoint is located here. The checkpoint on the Indonesian side is called the Nanga Badau Border Crossing Checkpoint located in the village of Badau, West Kalimantan. The seat of Lubok Antu District is the town of Lubok Antu.

Demographics

Ethnic composition of Lubok Antu District (2024)
Ethnicities / Nationality			Percentage
Malays			0.63%
Iban			87.39%
Bidayuh			0.07%
Melanau			0.06%
Other Bumiputeras			0.04%
Chinese			11%
Indians			0%
Others			0%
Non-Malaysian			0.82%

Ethnicity	2024
	Pop.	%
Malays	246	0.63%
Iban	34152	87.39%
Bidayuh	28	0.07%
Melanau	22	0.06%
Other Bumiputeras	14	0.04%
Chinese	4297	11%
Indians	0	0%
Others	0	0%
Malaysian total	38759	99.18%
Non-Malaysian	320	0.82%
Total	39079	100.00%

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1990	5,120	—
1995	9,354	+82.7%
2004	14,582	+55.9%
2010	18,761	+28.7%
2015	27,385	+46.0%
2024	39,079	+42.7%
Source: [3]

This district has about more than 39,000 people; they are predominantly Iban, and there are also some Chinese and Malay residents. ^[4] Most residents are worked from agriculture, livestocks, entrepreneurship, and commercial services.

Geography

The Batang Ai river runs through the district. There is a suspension bridge which leads to the village of Kampung Pasir. ^[4] A dam completed in 1985 caused the displacement of thousands of people when their homes were flooded. ^[5] In 2018 a suspension bridge at Nanga Kesit collapsed because of flooding. ^[6]

Government

Lubok Antu is governed by the Lubok Antu District Council which is a local government organisation formed under the State Government's Local Authorities Ordinance, 1956. The council has the right to implement council by-laws from enactments and ordinance as approved by the State Government which, includes taxation, rentals and finance autonomy.

The council consists of a chairman, or a chairperson, a vice-chairman, and 26 council members who are appointed by the Yang Dipertua Negeri Sarawak under section 12, Local Authorities Ordinance, 1996. ^[7]

Transport

Bus Express

Main article: Transportation in Sarawak

Operating Route	Operator	Remark
Miri-Bintulu-Sibu-Sarikei-Betong-Lubok Antu	Borneo Bus

Climate

Lubok Antu has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) with heavy to very heavy rainfall year-round.

Climate data for Lubok Antu
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	30.1 (86.2)	30.3 (86.5)	31.2 (88.2)	31.7 (89.1)	32.1 (89.8)	31.9 (89.4)	31.9 (89.4)	31.8 (89.2)	31.6 (88.9)	31.5 (88.7)	31.2 (88.2)	30.7 (87.3)	31.3 (88.4)
Daily mean °C (°F)	26.1 (79.0)	26.2 (79.2)	26.9 (80.4)	27.1 (80.8)	27.5 (81.5)	27.1 (80.8)	27.0 (80.6)	27.0 (80.6)	26.9 (80.4)	26.9 (80.4)	26.8 (80.2)	26.5 (79.7)	26.8 (80.3)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	22.2 (72.0)	22.2 (72.0)	22.6 (72.7)	22.6 (72.7)	22.9 (73.2)	22.4 (72.3)	22.1 (71.8)	22.2 (72.0)	22.3 (72.1)	22.4 (72.3)	22.4 (72.3)	22.3 (72.1)	22.4 (72.3)
Average rainfall mm (inches)	337 (13.3)	259 (10.2)	335 (13.2)	266 (10.5)	323 (12.7)	227 (8.9)	175 (6.9)	217 (8.5)	264 (10.4)	280 (11.0)	336 (13.2)	381 (15.0)	3,400 (133.8)
Source: Climate-Data.org [8]

Villages

• Sebeliau

References

1. "Sarawak Population". sarawak.gov.my. Sarawak Government. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
2. Jasin, Basir (1 January 1996). "Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous Radiolaria from chert blocks in the Lubok Antu melange, Sarawak, Malaysia". Journal of Southeast Asian Earth Sciences. 13 (1): 1–11. doi:10.1016/0743-9547(96)00001-3. ISSN   0743-9547.
3. "TABURAN PENDUDUK MENGIKUT PBT & MUKIM 2010". Department of Statistics, Malaysia. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
4. "Lubok Antu is no ghost town". Borneo Post, June 7, 2017
5. "Displaced by dam, Lubok Antu settlers lament lack of land". Free Malaysia Today, February 22, 2018
6. "Villagers cut off after bridge collapse in Nanga Kesit in Sarawak". The Star, 15 Nov 2018
7. Hamid, Siti Mardinah Binti Abdul; Hamali, Jamil Bin Haji; Abdullah, Firdaus (15 June 2016). "Performance Measurement for Local Authorities in Sarawak". Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences. IRSSM-6 The 6th International Research Symposium in Service Management. 224: 437–444. doi: 10.1016/j.sbspro.2016.05.416 . ISSN   1877-0428.
8. "Climate: Lubok Antu". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 29 October 2020.