Kanowit
Sign in to saveKanowit (Malay: Pekan Kanowit) is a town and the capital of Kanowit District, Sibu Division, Sarawak, Malaysia, comprising 2,253.5 square kilometres. As of 2010, Kanowit's population is 28,985. It is built on the mouth of Kanowit River at the bank of Rajang River, approximately 174 kilometers from the coast of South China Sea. It takes 45 minutes to reach the town by land transport and an hour by boat from Sibu. The main ethnic groups are Iban, Chinese, Malay, and Melanau.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Kanowit is referenced by 333 other articles, and connects out to Asajaya, Lubok Antu and Daro District.
Vinony files it under Kanowit District and Towns in Sarawak.
Its subject is documented across 9 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Locality
- Kanowit
- Region
- Sarawak
- Country
- Malaysia
- Population
- 24,700
- Timezone
- Asia/Kuching
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- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- Malaysia
- Located in
- Kanowit District
- Time zone
- UTC+08:00
- Official website
- www.kanowitdc.sarawak.gov.my
- Image
- Town on Rejang River - panoramio.jpg
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Kanowit (Malay: Pekan Kanowit) is a town and the capital of Kanowit District, Sibu Division, Sarawak, Malaysia, comprising 2,253.5 square kilometres. As of 2010, Kanowit's population is 28,985. It is built on the mouth of Kanowit River at the bank of Rajang River, approximately 174 kilometers from the coast of South China Sea. It takes 45 minutes to reach the town by land transport and an hour by boat from Sibu. The main ethnic groups are Iban, Chinese, Malay, and Melanau.
The town takes its name from the Kanowit, a Melanau ethnic group called Rajang by the Ibans (ISO 639-3: kxn). The language is still spoken by the Kanowit people living in the area.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kanowit” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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