What is the population of Lawas, Sarawak?

Lawas has a population of approximately 38,385 according to the latest available open data.

Where is Lawas, Sarawak located?

Lawas is located in Sarawak, Malaysia, at approximate coordinates 4.8597°, 115.4082°.

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Lawas

Total population

38,385

Elevation80 m

Coordinates4.86°, 115.41°

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Elevation

80 m

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Overview

Lawas is a small town and the capital of Lawas District, Limbang Division, Sarawak, Malaysia. This district area is 3,811.90 square kilometres, and population was 46,200. It is 1,200 km from the state capital, Kuching and 200 km from the capital city of Sabah, Kota Kinabalu.

History & geography

History

On 7 September 1901, the British North Borneo Company (BNBC) had obtained the administrative rights of the Lawas river from Brunei Sultanate in order to stem the smuggling of weapons that worked against the BNBC government in North Borneo (present day Sabah) and the trading of slaves in the interior of the Lawas district. There were two types of rights exist in the Brunei administrative system: sungai kerajaan (government river) and sungai tulin (private river). Government control on the river includes the rights to all the minerals mined from the river and the right to interfere if there is any political disturbances around the river. Private ownership of the river functioned like a private inheritance which includes the right collect taxes from the residents living near the river.

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