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Miri Division is the one of the eleven administrative divisions of Sarawak, east Malaysia, on the island of Borneo. It has a total area of 26,777.1 square kilometers, and is the second largest division after Kapit Division. Image File history File links Flag_of_Sarawak. ...
Location in Malaysia Coordinates: Country Malaysia State Sarawak Establishment Local Authority (Granted city status in 2005) Government - Mayor Dato Wee Han Wen Area - City 4,707. ...
This is a list of the countries of the world sorted by area. ...
Population density by country, 2006 Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. ...
Malaysian vehicle license plates are the license plates displayed on all motorized road vehicles in Malaysia, as required by law. ...
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. ...
Borneo is the third largest island in the world. ...
Kapit Division, formed on April 2, 1973, is the seventh of eleven administrative divisions in Sarawak, east Malaysia, on the island of Borneo. ...
The population of Miri Division (year 2000 census) was 316,400. Ethnically, the population was mostly Iban, Chinese, Malay and Melanau. Due to the petroleum industry, there is also a large foreign worker population. A Modern Iban Longhouse in Kapit Division The Ibans were formerly known during the colonial period by the British as Sea Dayaks and are a branch of the Dayak peoples of Borneo. ...
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Pumpjack pumping an oil well near Lubbock, Texas Ignacy Åukasiewicz - inventor of the refining of kerosene from crude oil. ...
Miri Division consists of two districts: Miri and Marudi. Location in Malaysia Coordinates: Country Malaysia State Sarawak Establishment Local Authority (Granted city status in 2005) Government - Mayor Dato Wee Han Wen Area - City 4,707. ...
Marudi is a Sarawakian town which borders the state of Sabah in Malaysia and the small country of Brunei. ...
The economy is largely based on petroleum and natural gas extraction from both onshore and offshore wells, and related petroleum refining, liquified natural gas and chemical production. Another major industry is timber processing from Miri's huge tropical rainforest. Processed wood products, rather than log export has been given priority by the government. Agriculture is includes oil palm, rubber, and pepper as the main products. Tourism, particularly ecotourism, is a growing component of the economy. Natural gas is a gaseous fossil fuel consisting primarily of methane but including significant quantities of ethane, butane, propane, carbon dioxide, nitrogen, helium and hydrogen sulfide. ...
Refining is the process of purification of a substance, usually used of a natural resource that is almost in a usable form, but which is more useful in its pure form. ...
Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) is natural gas which has been artificially condensed into a liquid form by a combination of pressurisation and cryogenic cooling. ...
Amazon river rain forest in Brazil Tropical rainforests are rainforests generally found near the equator. ...
Species Elaeis guineensis Elaeis oleifera The oil palms (Elaeis) coomprise two species of the Arecaceae, or palm family. ...
Latex being collected from a tapped rubber tree Rubber is an elastic hydrocarbon polymer which occurs as a milky colloidal suspension (known as latex) in the sap of several varieties of plants. ...
Binomial name Piper nigrum L. Black pepper (Piper nigrum) is a flowering vine in the family Piperaceae, cultivated for its fruit, which is usually dried and used as a spice and seasoning. ...
Ecotourism means ecological tourism, where ecological has both environmental and social connotations. ...
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