What is "abang"

Abang may refer to:

• Abang (orangutan)
• Abang Haji Openg, the first Yang di-Pertua Negeri (governor) of Sarawak
• Abang Muhammad Salahuddin, the fifth and current Yang di-Pertua Negeri Sarawak
• Abang Mercy, Nigerian journalist, writer and environmental activist
• Abang Haji Abdillah (1862–1946), Sarawak's independence patriot
• Dayang Noor Camelia Abang Khalid or Camelia (born 1974), Malaysian singer and model
• Rantau Abang, small village located in Terengganu, Malaysia
• Tanah Abang, subdistrict of Central Jakarta, Indonesia

Abang is an orangutan taught to make stone tools, as a part of a research experiment to determine if this ability is a characteristic unique to humans, the genus Homo, or to the family Hominidae.