Simanggang
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- Settlement.name
- Simanggang
- Settlement.nickname
- Benak Town
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town and district capital
- Settlement.image_blank_emblem
- Flag of Sarawak.svg
- Settlement.blank_emblem_type
- Towns of Sarawak
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Aerial view of Sri Aman, Sarawak, Malaysia (3).jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 300px
- Settlement.image_caption
- Aerial view of Simanggang and Lupar River
- Settlement.image_seal
- The Seal of Sri Aman District Council.png
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Malaysia
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- left
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Malaysia
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 300
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Malaysia
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Sarawak
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Division
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- Instance of
- city
- Country
- Malaysia
- Located in
- Sri Aman
- Official website
- www.sriamandc.sarawak.gov.my
- Image
- Aerial view of Sri Aman, Sarawak, Malaysia (3).jpg
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- Sri Aman
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Simanggang is a town and the capital of Sri Aman District and Sri Aman Division in Sarawak, east Malaysia. Located on the Lupar River, it is , a three-hour drive, from Kuching, the capital of Sarawak. It is a trade center for the timber, oil palm, rubber, and pepper of its mostly agricultural district.
Simanggang is famous for the benak, or tidal bore, of the Batang Lupar River. The tidal bore comes in from the river mouth and fills up the river very rapidly in the course of about 10 minutes. The wave crest at Simanggang is up to high. This is one of approximately 48 rivers and estuaries in the world where this phenomenon happens. What is special about Simanggang's benak is that it occurs every day, the only river in the world that does that.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Simanggang” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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