Long Selatong is a Kenyah longhouse in the Marudi division of

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 ...

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. It lies approximately east-north-east 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 ...

. The village was the subject of research into subsistence farming between 1976 and 1980 by Chin See Chung of the Department of Botany, University of Malaya. He spent long periods with the people and learned the Kenyah language. He concluded that "in principle, the Kenyah swidden system and resources utilization patterns and strategies are stable, adaptive and compatible with the functioning of the rainforest ecosystem". If the

Baram Dam The Baram Dam, also known as Baram 1 Dam and Baram Hydro-electric Dam Project () is a proposed gravity dam on the Baram River in Sarawak, Malaysia. The site of the dam is inland from Miri, the second largest city in Sarawak. The dam is part of t ...

hydroelectric project goes ahead, Long Selatong will be one of the villages affected by the flooding of 389,000 hectares of jungle. Neighbouring settlements include: *

Long San Long San is a Kenyah settlement in the Marudi division of Sarawak, Malaysia. It lies approximately east-north-east of the state capital Kuching Kuching ( , ), officially the City of Kuching, is the capital and the most populous city in the ...

northwest * Long Akah north * Long Apu south * Long Tap north *

Long Julan Long Julan is a Kenyah people, Kenyah longhouse in the interior of the Miri Division, Miri division of Sarawak, Malaysia. It lies approximately east-northeast of the state capital Kuching. The people belong to the Lepo' Abong ethnic group within ...

south * Long Tebangan north *

Long Anap Long Anap is a longhouse and settlement in the Telang Usan district of Sarawak, Malaysia. It lies approximately east-north-east of the state capital Kuching, in the upper reaches of the Baram River. The village is located on the Baram River bet ...

south * Long Palai south * Long Seniai northeast * Lio Lesong south

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Villages in Sarawak {{Sarawak-geo-stub