Long Selatong is a
Kenyah longhouse
in the
Marudi
Marudi is a town in the Malaysian state of Sarawak, and is a part of the division of Miri. It is the seat of Marudi District, and is located on the banks of Baram River, about upstream from the river mouth. Marudi was the administrative centre ...
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 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 River ...
.
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 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 northwest
*
Long Akah
Long Akah (also known as Long Aka) is an old settlement in the interior of the Telang Usan district of Sarawak, Malaysia, on the upper reaches of the Baram river. It lies approximately east-north-east of the state capital Kuching.
The village ...
north
*
Long Apu south
*
Long Tap north
*
Long Julan south
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Long Tebangan north
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Long Anap south
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Long Palai south
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Long Seniai northeast
*
Lio Lesong
Lio Lesong is a settlement in the Upper Baram region of Sarawak, Malaysia. It lies approximately east-north-east of the state capital Kuching.
Neighbouring settlements include:
*Long Palai northwest
*Long Taan east
*Long Anap northwest
*Long ...
south
References
Villages in Sarawak
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