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Belaga is the capital of the Belaga District (19,403.2 square kilometers) in the Kapit Division of Sarawak in east Malaysia. It is located on the upper reaches of the Rajang River. The district population as of 2002 was 25,300. Belaga grew up in the early 1900s when a few Chinese traders set up shops and started trading with the Orang Ulu, supplying essentials such as kerosene, salt and manufactured goods. Kapit Division, formed on April 2, 1973, is the seventh of eleven administrative divisions in Sarawak, east Malaysia, on the island of Borneo. ...
State motto: United, Industrious, Dedicated (Malay: Bersatu, Berusaha, Berbakti ) Capital Kuching Governor T.Y.T Tun Datuk Patinggi Abang Muhammad Salahuddin Chief Minister Y.A.B. Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Haji Abdul Taib Bin Mahmud / Pehin Sri Dr. Hj. ...
The Rajang River is a river in East Malaysia, in northwest Borneo. ...
Russian kerosene lamp Kerosene or paraffin oil (British English, not to be confused with the waxy solid also called paraffin wax or just paraffin) is a colorless flammable hydrocarbon liquid. ...
A magnified crystal of a salt (halite/sodium chloride) In chemistry, a salt is any ionic compound composed of positively charged cations and negatively charged anions so that the product is neutral and without a net charge. ...
Belaga is a good place to start exploring the Sarawak's interior and there are many Kayan and Kenyah longhouses along the Balui and Belaga rivers and along the Rejang rivers we have the Punan, Sekapan, Kejaman and Tanjung longhouses. It is connected with Kapit by boat known locally as express boat (4.5 hours) and with Bintulu by air (once a week) and by trunk road. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...
In archaeology and anthropology, a long house or longhouse is a type of long, narrow single room building built by peoples in various parts of the world including Asia, Europe and North America. ...
Kapit is a town, and the capital of the Kapit District (15,595. ...
Bintulu is a coastal town, and the capital of the Bintulu District (7,220. ...
To the north is a massive dam project, the Bakun Dam. The damn is the largest dam in Asia outside of China. The dam is intended to provide electricity for Sarawak, but its construction has been delayed several times due to economic circumstances. As of 2005, the federal government intends to continue the project, as billions of ringgit have already been spent on it. The dam has been accused of uprooting 11,000 Orang Ulu from their traditional homes with minimal compensation, clear-cutting hundred of square kilometers of ancient virgin tropical rainforest with consequent losses of hundreds of endangered plants and endangered animals, increasing the presence of water-borne diseases, and forever changing the natural environment of Sarawak. The Bakun Hydroelectric Project was originally conceived in 1993 by then-Prime Minister Mahathir. ...
Scrivener Dam, in Canberra, Australia, was engineered to withstand a once-in-5000-years flood event A dam is a barrier across flowing water that obstructs, directs or retards the flow, often creating a reservoir, lake or impoundment. ...
Lightning strikes during a night-time thunderstorm. ...
2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, also known as tropical rain forests, are a tropical and subtropical biome. ...
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