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Kuching Division (Malay: Bahagian Kuching) 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. Kuching Division consists of three administrative ...
Kuching (/ ˈkuːtʃɪŋ /), officially the City of Kuching, [ 6 ] is the capital and the most populous city in the state of Sarawak in Malaysia. [ 7 ] It is also the capital of Kuching Division. The city is on the Sarawak River at the southwest tip of Sarawak on the island of Borneo and covers an area of 431 km 2 (166 sq mi) with a population ...
Kuching District. / 1.56111°N 110.34167°E / 1.56111; 110.34167. The Kuching District is an administrative district within Kuching Division, Sarawak, Malaysia. It is subdivided into two subdistricts which is Kuching Proper and Padawan. The population of the entire District was 617,887 at the 2010 Census.
Bako National Park (Malay: Taman Negara Bako) is a national park in Kuching District, Kuching Division, Sarawak, Malaysia. Established in 1957, it is the oldest national park in Sarawak. It covers an area of 27.27 square kilometres (10.53 sq mi) at the tip of the Muara Tebas peninsula at the mouth of the Bako and Kuching Rivers.
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.
The Talang Satang National Park is a national park in Kuching Division, Sarawak, Malaysia. [1] It is Sarawak's first marine protected area, and covers the four islands Pulau Talang-Talang Besar, Pulau Talang-Talang Kecil, Pulau Satang Besar and Pulau Satang Kecil and surrounding coral reefs. Talang Satang is open to nature tourism although its ...
St. Joseph's Cathedral, Kuching, a Roman Catholic cathedral in Kuching, Sarawak. Christianity makes up the largest religion in Sarawak. Sarawak is the state with the highest percentage of Christians in Malaysia and the only state with a Christian majority. According to the 2020 census, Christians make up 50.1% of the population of Sarawak. [21]
The Kubah National Park (Malay: Taman Negara Kubah) is a national park in Kuching Division, Sarawak, Malaysia, [1] located at 20 km from the city centre. [2]Wild animals are hidden deep in the rainforest here, and some of the species that live here are bearded pigs, mouse deer, black hornbill and many species of reptiles and amphibians.