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Today, they make up 17.1% of the population of Sarawak (as reported by Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) in 2021), and consist of communities built from the economic migrants of the 19th and early 20th centuries. The Sarawak Sinitic people belong to a wide range of ethnic groups, the most significant being: Hakka; Hokkien; Teochew ...
The Greater Medan metropolitan area, known locally as Mebidangro (an acronym of Medan–Binjai–Deli Serdang–Karo) is a metropolitan area in North Sumatra, Indonesia, which consists of Medan City, Binjai City, Deli Serdang Regency and part (4 districts) of Karo Regency. The metropolitan area was established by a presidential decree in 2011. [3]
Medan Kota is one of 21 districts in the city of Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia. Boundaries of the district (Indonesian: kecamatan): To the north : Medan Area, Medan Perjuangan, Medan Timur; To the south : Medan Amplas; To the east : Medan Denai, Medan Area; To the west : Medan Maimun; In 2004, it had a population of 84.530 inhabitants.
Kaum India di Sarawak; Total population; 6,500 0.2 % of Sarawak total population (2023) [1] Regions with significant populations Malaysia (Significantly in Kuching and Miri) Languages; Tamil (Malaysian Tamil) majority/dominant, Malaysian (Sarawak Malay dialect) and English (Tanglish and Manglish) Other Indian languages: Telugu, Punjabi ...
Easternmost boundary marker on the Indonesian-Malaysia border on Sebatik Island. The territorial division of Borneo gained scant Dutch attention until the arrival of British soldier James Brooke in Sarawak in 1841, which the Dutch East Indies Government in Batavia sensed as a threat to their hegemonic position over Bornean coastal trade.
Pakan is a small town in Pakan District, Sarikei Division, Sarawak, Malaysia.The district population estimates (as of the 2017 census) was 17,600. [3]Most of its inhabitants are ethnic Iban people (95%+) and a few minority Chinese usually concentrated in its town area.
[36] [37] Sarawak was divided into five divisions, corresponding to territorial boundaries of the areas acquired by the Brookes through the years. Each division was headed by a Resident. [38] A barque named Rajah of Sarawak, in honour of James Brooke, operating between Swansea in the UK, Australia, and the East Indies from the late 1840s.
The cession has sparked nationalism among Malay intellectuals. They started the anti-cession movement with their main centre of operation in Sibu and Kuching.Meanwhile, the majority of Chinese supported the cession because the British would bring more economic benefits to Sarawak and illegal gambling and the opium trade would be banned under British rule which would also benefit the economy.