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Kuching (/ ˈkuːtʃɪŋ / KOO-ching), [needs Malay IPA] 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 ...
Greater Kuching refers to the urbanised areas surrounding the metropolitan city of Kuching in Malaysia. Kuching is the capital of the state of Sarawak and is the largest city in the state. [1] [2] The area comprising a total area of 2030.94 square kilometres. Greater Kuching was fully inspired from Greater Kuala Lumpur, but only in Sarawak.
Borneo Cultures Museum. The Borneo Cultures Museum (Malay: Muzium Budaya Borneo) is a museum located in Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia. It is the largest museum in Malaysia and the second largest in Southeast Asia. The museum displays artifacts relating to the history and cultural heritage of Sarawak’s local people, as well as others on Borneo ...
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 ...
330/km 2 (860/sq mi) Time zone. UTC+8 (MST) • Summer (DST) UTC+8 (Not observed) 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. Map of Kuching District.
Tua Pek Kong. The oldest Tua Pek Kong Temple, located in Tanjung Tokong, Penang, Malaysia, from which worship of Tua Pek Kong originated before its spread throughout Malaysia, Singapore, and parts of Indonesia. [1] Tua Pek Kong (Chinese: 大伯公; Tâi-lô: Tuā-peh-kong) is a Taoist deity in the pantheon of Peranakan folk religion practiced ...
Built in 1889. Open on 4 August 1891. The Sarawak State Museum (Malay: Muzium Negeri Sarawak) is the oldest museum in Borneo. [1] It was founded in 1888 and opened in 1891 in a purpose-built building in Kuching, Sarawak.
Category. : Kuching. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kuching. Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Kuching. This is a category for everything related to the city of Kuching, capital of the Malaysian state of Sarawak. It should not be confused with the Kuching Division, which is a larger administrative area in which Kuching city is located.