Rumah Asun | |
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  Rumah Asun | |
| Coordinates: 1°50′00″N111°40′00″E / 1.83333°N 111.66667°E Coordinates: 1°50′00″N111°40′00″E / 1.83333°N 111.66667°E | |
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| Administrative Division | Kanowit |
| Elevation | 91 m (299 ft) |
Rumah Asun is a settlement in the Kanowit division of Sarawak, Malaysia. [1] [2] It lies approximately 150.9 kilometres (94 mi) east of the state capital Kuching.
Kanowit is a town and the capital of a district of the same name, located within the Sibu Division, Sarawak, Malaysia, comprising 2,253.5 square kilometres. As of 2010, Kanowit's population is 28,985. It is built on the mouth of Kanowit River at the bank of Rajang River, approximately 174 kilometers from the coast of South China Sea. It takes 45 minutes to reach the town by land transport and an hour by boat from Sibu. The main ethnic groups are Iban, Chinese, Malay, and Melanau.
Sarawak is a state of Malaysia. Being the largest among 13 other states with the size almost equal to West 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.
Malaysia is a country in Southeast Asia. The federal constitutional monarchy consists of 13 states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two similarly sized regions, Peninsular Malaysia and East Malaysia. Peninsular Malaysia shares a land and maritime border with Thailand in the north and maritime borders with Singapore in the south, Vietnam in the northeast, and Indonesia in the west. East Malaysia shares land and maritime borders with Brunei and Indonesia and a maritime border with the Philippines and Vietnam. Kuala Lumpur is the national capital and largest city while Putrajaya is the seat of federal government. With a population of over 30 million, Malaysia is the world's 44th most populous country. The southernmost point of continental Eurasia, Tanjung Piai, is in Malaysia. In the tropics, Malaysia is one of 17 megadiverse countries, with large numbers of endemic species.
Neighbouring settlements include:
- Rumah Milang 2.6 kilometres (1.6 mi) southeast
- Rumah Adam 2.6 kilometres (1.6 mi) northeast
- Rumah Galau 2.6 kilometres (1.6 mi) southwest
- Rumah Jimban 3.7 kilometres (2.3 mi) south
- Rumah Siminai 3.7 kilometres (2.3 mi) north
- Rumah Tuba 4.1 kilometres (2.5 mi) southeast
- Rumah Beli 4.1 kilometres (2.5 mi) northeast
- Rumah Nyumbang 4.1 kilometres (2.5 mi) southwest
- Rumah Nyawai 4.1 kilometres (2.5 mi) southwest
- Rumah Penghulu Linau 5.2 kilometres (3.2 mi) northwest
Rumah Nyumbang is a settlement in the Kanowit division of Sarawak, Malaysia. It lies approximately 146.9 kilometres (91 mi) east of the state capital Kuching.
