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Lastly, the Cantonese people, who made up majority of the sinitic people population in the Peninsular Malaysia, not been really attracted to Sarawak. [ 20 ] As of 1989, 30% of Sarawak Chinese population was made up of ethnic Hakka, followed by Fuzhounese (30%), Hokkien (12%), and Cantonese (8%).
People from Sarawak by occupation (2 C) C. Chief ministers of Sarawak (7 P) D. Deputy chief ministers of Sarawak (6 P) K. People from Kuching (1 C, 61 P) L.
Sarawak (/ s ə ˈ r ɑː w ɒ k / sə-RAH-wok, Malay:) is a state [18] [19] of Malaysia.The largest among the 13 states, with an area almost equal to that of Peninsular Malaysia, Sarawak is located in East Malaysia in northwest Borneo, and is bordered by the Malaysian state of Sabah to the northeast, Kalimantan (the Indonesian portion of Borneo) to the south, and Brunei in the north.
State flag of Sarawak The following is a list of prominent people who were born in or have lived in the Malaysian state of Sarawak , or for whom Sarawak is a significant part of their identity. Contents
East Malaysia (Malay: Malaysia Timur), or the Borneo States, [1] also known as Malaysian Borneo, is the part of Malaysia on and near the island of Borneo, the world's third-largest island. East Malaysia comprises the states of Sabah, Sarawak, and the Federal Territory of Labuan. The small independent nation of Brunei comprises two enclaves in ...
People from Sarawak (8 C, 85 P) Politics of Sarawak (10 C, 16 P) S. ... Pages in category "Sarawak" The following 34 pages are in this category, out of 34 total.
The Raj of Sarawak, Kingdom of Sarawak or State of Sarawak, was a kingdom founded in 1841 in northwestern Borneo and was in a treaty of protection with the United Kingdom from 1888. It was formed from a series of land concessions acquired by the Englishman James Brooke from the Sultan of Brunei .
[5] [6] [7] The term kelamantan is used in Sarawak to refer to a group of people who consume sago in the northern part of the island. [8] According to Crowfurd, the word kelamantan is the name of a type of mango (Mangifera) so the island of Borneo is called a mango island by the native. But he adds that the word is fanciful and unpopular. [9]