Sibu

{{Infobox settlement | name = Sibu | official_name = Sibu Town | settlement_type = Town and district capital | nickname = "Swan City" | motto = | image_skyline = Sibu composite image.png | imagesize = | image_caption = Clockwise from top right: Wong Nai Siong Memorial Garden, Jade Dragon Temple, An-Nur Mosque, Masland Methodist church, Tua Pek Kong Temple, Wisma Sanyan, and swan statue. | image_flag = | image_seal = Sibu Municipal Council official logo.svg | seal_type = | image_blank_emblem = | blank_emblem_type = | image_map = | map_caption = Location of Sibu in Sarawak | pushpin_map = Malaysia Sarawak#Malaysia#Southeast Asia#Asia | pushpin_mapsize = 275px | pushpin_map_caption = Sibu in Malaysia | coordinates = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = Malaysia | subdivision_type1 = State | subdivision_name1 = Sarawak | subdivision_type2 = Division | subdivision_name2 = Sibu | subdivision_type3 = District | subdivision_name3 = Sibu | established_title = Founded by James Brooke | established_date = 1862 | established_title1 = Settled by Wong Nai Siong | established_date1 = 21 January 1901 | established_title2 = Municipality | established_date2 = 1 November 1981 | government_footnotes = | government_type = Sibu Municipal Council | leader_title = Chairman | leader_name = Clarence Ting Ing Horh | leader_title1 = Resident | leader_name1 = Abang Mohamad Porkan Abang Budiman | total_type = Sibu city | area_footnotes = | area_magnitude = | area_total_km2 = 129.5 | area_blank1_title = | area_blank1_km2 = | area_blank2_title = | area_blank2_km2 = | area_note = | elevation_m = 0 | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_max_footnotes = | elevation_max_m = 59 | elevation_min_footnotes = | population_metro = 240,165 | timezone1 = MST | utc_offset1 = +8 | timezone1_DST = Not observed | utc_offset1_DST = +8 | postal_code_type = Postal code | postal_code = 96xxx | blank_name = Area code(s) | blank_info = 084 (landline only) | blank1_name = Vehicle registration | blank1_info = QS HQ | website = | footnotes = 2 to 129.5 km2. In 1994, Sibu Airport and Sibu Hospital were constructed. In 2001, Wisma Sanyan construction was completed. Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia, Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah visited Sibu from 16 to 17 September 2001 to close a month-long Malaysian Independence Day Celebration at Sibu Town Square.

Between 1999 and 2004, Sibu Municipal Council decided to adopt the swan as a symbol of Sibu to inspire the people to work towards the goal of becoming a city in the future. Since then, a Swan statue has been erected near the Sibu wharf terminal and another statue is located in the town centre. Sibu is also nicknamed as "Swan City". This came from a legend where famine in Sibu ended when a flock of swans flew through the skies of Sibu. There is another story where the Sibu Chinese immigrants regarded Sibu Melanau people as "Go" people because a staple food of Melanau staple food was "Sago".