Sibu District is an administrative district in

Sibu Division Sibu Division is one of the twelve administrative divisions of Sarawak, Malaysia. It has a total area of 8,278.3 square kilometres, and is the third largest division after Kapit Division and Miri Division. The population of Sibu Division (y ...

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covering a total area of 2229.8 km². It can be divided into Sibu Town area (129.5 km²) and the rural areas (2,100.3 km²). The satellite township of Sibu Jaya (26 km away from the Sibu city) is included in the rural areas. Sibu District is under the purview of Sibu District Office located at Sibu Islamic Complex, Sibu City. There are currently two local authorities namely

Sibu Municipal Council The Sibu Municipal Council (Malay language, Malay: ''Majlis Perbandaran Sibu'', abbreviated SMC or MPS) is the municipal council which administers the district of Sibu in the state of Sarawak, Malaysia. History Sibu Municipal Board Sibu Municipal ...

(SMC) and

Sibu Rural District Council Sibu Rural District Council (''Malay: Majlis Daerah Luar Bandar Sibu'') (MDLBS or SRDC) is a local authority which administers Sibu rural areas such as Sibu Jaya and Selangau District. The agency is under the purview of Ministry of Local Governmen ...

(SRDC) that administers Sibu City and Sibu rural areas respectively.

Demographics

There has been a marginal growth of Sibu District population of 2.36% from 1991 to 2000. Meanwhile, from 2000 to 2010, there is a marginal growth of 1.53%.

Ethnicity

City and towns

Sibu

James Brooke built a fort in Sibu in 1862. In 1901, 1,118

Fuzhounese The Fuzhou language ( zh, t=福州話, s=福州话, p=Fúzhōuhuà; Foochow Romanized, FR: ), also Foochow, Hokchew, Hok-chiu, or Fuzhounese, is the Prestige (sociolinguistics), prestige variety of the Eastern Min branch of Min Chinese spoken ...

settlers migrated to Sibu. Today, Sibu is the largest city by the

Rajang River The Rajang River () is a river in Sarawak, northwestern Borneo, Malaysia. The river originates in the Iran Mountains, flows through Kapit, and then towards the South China Sea. At approximately , the river is the seventh-longest in Borneo and th ...

Sibu Jaya

Sibu Jaya is located at 26 km away from Sibu. and 1 km away from

Sibu Airport Sibu Airport is an airport located east south east of Sibu, a town in the state of Sarawak in Malaysia. In 2018, the airport handled 1,579,528 passengers on 20,869 flights and also handled 1,443 metric tonnes of cargo. The airport is the 11t ...

. It is a joint development project between AmCorp Corporation Sdn Bhd and Sarawak Housing and Development Corporation. It was developed as a satellite township to Sibu in 1995. The city is expected to be completed in 2023.

Durin

Pesta Rakyat Durin (Durin Peoples' festival) is held at Durin bazaar every year. Durin Bridge connecting the town of Sibu with Durin bazaar was opened in 2006.

Kemuyang

Kemuyang area is located 23 km away from the town of Sibu. Sibu Kemuyang Youth Camp started operation 1999. Sibu Pastoral Centre is also located here.

Rantau Panjang

Rantau Panjang Integrated Shipyard Shipbuilding Industrial Zone was constructed in 2003.

Pasai Siong

The largest Covid-19 cluster in Sarawak was detected here. The cluster lasted from December 2020 to April 2021, infecting a total of 2,693 people across ten other districts in Sarawak, resulting in 29 deaths.

Climate

References

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