Biawak (also known as Kampung Biawak) is a settlement in

Lundu District Lundu is a district, in Kuching Division, Sarawak, Malaysia. It is divided into Sematan subdistrict and Lundu, its district seat. Lundu District also often dubbed as the "Honolulu of Sarawak", because of the beautiful scenery beaches, stunning ...

Sarawak Sarawak ( , ) is a States and federal territories of Malaysia, state of Malaysia. It is the largest among the 13 states, with an area almost equal to that of Peninsular Malaysia. Sarawak is located in East Malaysia in northwest Borneo, and is ...

Malaysia Malaysia is a country in Southeast Asia. Featuring the Tanjung Piai, southernmost point of continental Eurasia, it is a federation, federal constitutional monarchy consisting of States and federal territories of Malaysia, 13 states and thre ...

. It lies approximately west of the state capital

Kuching Kuching ( , ), officially the City of Kuching, is the capital and the most populous city in the States and federal territories of Malaysia, state of Sarawak in Malaysia. It is also the capital of Kuching Division. The city is on the Sarawak Ri ...

, very close to the

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with

Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania, between the Indian Ocean, Indian and Pacific Ocean, Pacific oceans. Comprising over List of islands of Indonesia, 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, ...

Kalimantan Kalimantan (; ) is the Indonesian portion of the island of Borneo. It constitutes 73% of the island's area, and consists of the provinces of Central Kalimantan, East Kalimantan, North Kalimantan, South Kalimantan, and West Kalimantan. The non-Ind ...

. The name ''biawak'' is the Malay word for big lizard such as monitor lizard, iguana etc. Neighbouring settlements include: * Kampung Pasir Ulu north * Kampung Pasir Tengah east * Kampung Jantan north * Kampung Tanjam northeast * Tanjan northeast * Kampung Kerengga northeast * Kampung Menera east A

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into

is located near the settlement. The Malaysia immigration, customs, quarantine and security checkpoint is called the Biawak ICQS checkpoint while the Indonesian border crossing checkpoint is Aruk, located in

Sambas Regency Sambas Regency is the most northerly regency in West Kalimantan Province of Indonesia. The regency is one of the original regencies in West Kalimantan, but on 20 April 1999 the southern districts were removed from Sambas Regency to form a new B ...

West Kalimantan West Kalimantan () is a province of Indonesia. It is one of five Indonesian provinces comprising Kalimantan, the Indonesian part of the island of Borneo. Its capital and largest city is Pontianak. It is bordered by East Kalimantan and Central ...

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{{Malaysia border crossings, state=collapsed Lundu District Populated places in Sarawak Indonesia–Malaysia border crossings