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Bekenu (also known as Bekenu Bazaar or Bakenu) is a small fishing town near Miri, in Sarawak, Malaysia. It lies approximately northeast of the state capital Kuching.
The town has a few rows of shophouses, a fish market, several places to eat, and a pleasant esplanade. The town square faces the Bekenu river, and many of the shophouses date from the 1930s.
The most serious recent flood in Bekenu was in 1962 when shops were flooded up to the first floor and people had to be rescued by fishermen in rowing boats.
Neighbouring settlements include:
- Kampung Kuala Satap north
- Kampung Lusong north
- Kampung Jangalas northwest
- Kampung Ajau northeast
- Kampung Tengah west
- Kampung Sinop east
- Kampung Padang north
- Kampung Sungi Tiris south
- Kampung Teris southwest
Bekenu is a state constituency in Sarawak, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly since 2006.
The state constituency was created in the 2005 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly under the first past the post voting system.
Bekenu may refer to:
- Bekenu
- Bekenu (state constituency), represented in the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly