Lubok Antu District
Lubok Antu District | |
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Coordinates: 1°3′0″N 111°50′0″E / 1.05000°N 111.83333°ECoordinates: 1°3′0″N 111°50′0″E / 1.05000°N 111.83333°E | |
Country | ![]() |
State | ![]() |
Division | Sri Aman Division |
District | Lubok Antu District |
Government | |
• Type | Council-manager government |
• Chairman | Encik Jack Aman Luat |
Area | |
• Total | 3,142.55 km2 (1,213.35 sq mi) |
Population (2010[1]) | |
• Total | 27,984 |
• Density | 8.9/km2 (23/sq mi) |
Postal code | 95900 |
International dialling code prefix | +6083 (landline only) |
Website | lubokantudc.sarawak.gov.my at archive.today (archived 2012-12-19) |
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Lubok Antu (Malay: Pekan Lubok Antu) is a district in the Sri Aman Division of the state of Sarawak, Malaysia.[2] It borders on Indonesia and a Malaysian border crossing checkpoint is located here. The checkpoint on the Indonesian side is called the Nanga Badau Border Crossing Checkpoint located in the village of Badau, West Kalimantan.
Population[]
The district has about 42,000 people; they are predominantly Ibans, and there are also some Chinese residents.[3] Most residents make their living from farming (shifting cultivation).[4]
Geography[]
The Batang Ai river runs through the district. There is a suspension bridge which leads to the village of Kampung Pasir.[3] A dam completed in 1985 caused the displacement of thousands of people when their homes were flooded.[4] In 2018 a suspension bridge at Nanga Kesit collapsed because of flooding.[5]
Government[]
Lubok Antu is governed by the Lubok Antu District Council which is a local government organisation formed under the State Government's Local Authorities Ordinance, 1956. The council has the right to implement council by-laws from enactments and ordinance as approved by the State Government which, includes taxation, rentals and finance autonomy.
The council consists of a chairman, or a chairperson, a vice-chairman, and 26 council members who are appointed by the Yang Dipertua Negeri Sarawak under section 12, Local Authorities Ordinance, 1996.[6]
Climate[]
Lubok Antu has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) with heavy to very heavy rainfall year-round.
Climate data for Lubok Antu | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Average high °C (°F) | 30.1 (86.2) |
30.3 (86.5) |
31.2 (88.2) |
31.7 (89.1) |
32.1 (89.8) |
31.9 (89.4) |
31.9 (89.4) |
31.8 (89.2) |
31.6 (88.9) |
31.5 (88.7) |
31.2 (88.2) |
30.7 (87.3) |
31.3 (88.4) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 26.1 (79.0) |
26.2 (79.2) |
26.9 (80.4) |
27.1 (80.8) |
27.5 (81.5) |
27.1 (80.8) |
27.0 (80.6) |
27.0 (80.6) |
26.9 (80.4) |
26.9 (80.4) |
26.8 (80.2) |
26.5 (79.7) |
26.8 (80.3) |
Average low °C (°F) | 22.2 (72.0) |
22.2 (72.0) |
22.6 (72.7) |
22.6 (72.7) |
22.9 (73.2) |
22.4 (72.3) |
22.1 (71.8) |
22.2 (72.0) |
22.3 (72.1) |
22.4 (72.3) |
22.4 (72.3) |
22.3 (72.1) |
22.4 (72.3) |
Average rainfall mm (inches) | 337 (13.3) |
259 (10.2) |
335 (13.2) |
266 (10.5) |
323 (12.7) |
227 (8.9) |
175 (6.9) |
217 (8.5) |
264 (10.4) |
280 (11.0) |
336 (13.2) |
381 (15.0) |
3,400 (133.8) |
Source: Climate-Data.org[7] |
References[]
- ^ "Sarawak Population". sarawak.gov.my. Sarawak Government. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
- ^ Jasin, Basir (1 January 1996). "Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous Radiolaria from chert blocks in the Lubok Antu melange, Sarawak, Malaysia". Journal of Southeast Asian Earth Sciences. 13 (1): 1–11. doi:10.1016/0743-9547(96)00001-3. ISSN 0743-9547.
- ^ a b "Lubok Antu is no ghost town". Borneo Post, June 7, 2017
- ^ a b "Displaced by dam, Lubok Antu settlers lament lack of land". Free Malaysia Today, February 22, 2018
- ^ "Villagers cut off after bridge collapse in Nanga Kesit in Sarawak". The Star, 15 Nov 2018
- ^ Hamid, Siti Mardinah Binti Abdul; Hamali, Jamil Bin Haji; Abdullah, Firdaus (15 June 2016). "Performance Measurement for Local Authorities in Sarawak". Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences. IRSSM-6 The 6th International Research Symposium in Service Management. 224: 437–444. doi:10.1016/j.sbspro.2016.05.416. ISSN 1877-0428.
- ^ "Climate: Lubok Antu". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
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