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| Granted Municipal Status | 2021 (Postpone) |
Serian is a district, in Serian Division, Sarawak, Malaysia. [1] [2]
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| Country | Malaysia |
| State | Sarawak |
| Granted Municipal Status | 2021 (Postpone) |
Serian is a district, in Serian Division, Sarawak, Malaysia. [1] [2]
Serian is a town, and the capital of the Serian separated on 11 April 2015 from Samarahan Division, Sarawak, Malaysia. It is located about 40 miles (64 km) from Kuching. Sub-district headquarters towns are Balai Ringin and Tebedu.
Bidayuh is the collective name for several indigenous groups found in southern Sarawak, Malaysia and northern West Kalimantan, Indonesia, on the island of Borneo, which are broadly similar in language and culture. The name Bidayuh means 'inhabitants of land'. Originally from the western part of Borneo, the collective name Land Dayak was first used during the period of Rajah James Brooke, the White Rajah of Sarawak. At times, they were also lesser referred to as Klemantan people. They constitute one of the main indigenous groups in Sarawak and West Kalimantan and live in towns and villages around Kuching and Serian in the Malaysian state of Sarawak, while in the Indonesian province of West Kalimantan they are mainly concentrated in the northern Sanggau Regency. In Sarawak, most of Bidayuh population can be found within 40 km of the geographical area known as Greater Kuching, within the Kuching and Serian Division. They are the second-largest Dayak ethnic group in Sarawak after the Iban and one of the major Dayak tribes in West Kalimantan.
Samarahan Division is one of the twelve administrative divisions in Sarawak, Malaysia. Formerly part of the First Division, which included Kuching, it became a separate Division on 24 July 1986, with a total area of 4,967.4 square kilometres.
Kuching Division is one of the twelve administrative divisions in Sarawak, Malaysia. Formerly part of what was called the "First Division", it is the center and the starting point of modern Sarawak. Kuching Division has a total area of 4,559.5 square kilometres.
Divisions are the primary subdivisions of Sabah and Sarawak, the states in East Malaysia. Each division is subdivided into districts — this is different in Peninsular Malaysia whereby districts are generally the primary subdivisions of a state. Each division is headed by a resident.
Tebedu is a border town in the Serian division of southwestern Sarawak, Malaysia, on the Indonesia-Malaysia border. It lies approximately 63.2 kilometres (39 mi) south of the state capital Kuching. It is the administrative seat for Tebedu District.
The Simunjan District is a district in the Samarahan Division of Sarawak, Malaysia, located between Serian and Sri Aman. It borders Sebuyau and Samarahan and lies approximately 51.4 kilometres (32 mi) east-south-east of the state capital Kuching.
Jalan Kuching–Serian is a major highway in the Kuching, Samarahan and Serian Divisions in Sarawak, Malaysia. This highway is part of the Pan Borneo Highway (AH150), part municipal council road and part state road.
Dato' Sri Richard Riot anak Jaem is a Malaysian politician who has served as Special Envoy of the Prime Minister to East Asia in the Perikatan Nasional (PN) and Barisan Nasional (BN) administrations under Prime Ministers Muhyiddin Yassin and Ismail Sabri Yaakob since May 2020 and Member of Parliament (MP) for Serian since October 1990. He served as Minister of Human Resources and Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs in the BN administration under former Prime Minister Najib Razak and former Minister Anifah Aman from June 2010 to May 2018. He is a member of the Sarawak United People's Party (SUPP), a component party of the Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) coalition. He has also served Deputy President of SUPP since December 2011 and Chairman of the Sarawak Rivers Board (SRB).
Jalan Serian–Tebedu, Federal Route 21, is a major highway in Serian Division, Sarawak, Malaysia. It is a dual lane road that is maintained by PPES Works Sdn. Bhd., a subsidiary of CMS Road. It connects Serian roundabout to Tebedu. Among other major destinations branched out from this route are Riih, Tebakang and Mongkos. It is a major route to West Kalimantan, Indonesia and is frequently used by people from both Malaysia and Indonesia to cross the border. Along this road are many scattered houses, privately owned orchards, churches, primary schools and chapels. It branches out to many small villages such as Kg. Kakai and Kg. Tian. GIATMARA institution of Serian district is also located here.
Balai Ringin is a town and constituency in Serian District, Serian Division, Sarawak, Malaysia, about half an hour drive from Serian town along the Pan Borneo Highway. It lies approximately 75.3 kilometres (47 mi) southeast of the state capital Kuching. The area is predominantly inhabited by Iban tribespeople, though there are a few Malay villages.
Bukit Semuja is a state constituency in Sarawak, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly since 2016.
Kedup is a state constituency in Sarawak, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly since 1996.
Kota Samarahan is a federal constituency in Samarahan Division, Serian Division and Kuching Division, Sarawak, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat since 1990.
Serian is a federal constituency in Serian Division, Sarawak, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat since 1971.
Sri Aman is a federal constituency in Serian Division, Samarahan Division and Sri Aman Division, Sarawak, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat since 1990.
Puncak Borneo is a federal constituency in Kuching Division and Serian Division, Sarawak, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat since 2018.
Tebedu District is a district in the state of Sarawak, Malaysia. It is a part of Serian Division that consists of Serian, Siburan, and Tebedu districts. Before this, Tebedu District was a sub-district under Serian District which was then fully upgraded to a district in its own right. The majority of the population of this district is from the Bidayuh ethnic group.
Entikong is a subdistrict (kecamatan) and also an administrative village (desa) within that subdistrict in Sanggau Regency of West Kalimantan Province, Indonesia. It is the location of the main border crossing between the West Kalimantan and the Malaysian state of Sarawak. The checkpoint on the Malaysian side of the border is called the Tebedu immigration, customs, quarantine and security checkpoint.
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