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Kanowit

Kanowit is a town and the capital of a district of the same name, located within the Sibu Division, Sarawak, Malaysia, comprising 2,253.5 square kilometres. As of 2010, Kanowit's population is 28,985. It is built on the mouth of Kanowit River at the bank of Rajang River, approximately 174 kilometers from the coast of South China Sea. It takes 45 minutes to reach the town by land transport and an hour by boat from Sibu. The main ethnic groups are Iban, Chinese, Malay, and Melanau.

The town takes its name from the Kanowit, a Melanau ethnic group called Rajang by the Ibans. ( ISO 639-3: kxn). The language is still spoken. There still are some Kanowit people living in the Kanowit area. However, the language is doomed to extinction.

The village where Kanowit people live is known as Kampung Bedil, a short trip by boat up the Rajang River from Kanowit town.

Kanowit (federal constituency)

Kanowit is a federal constituency in Sarawak, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat since 1971.

The federal constituency was created in the 1968 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system.

Kanowit (disambiguation)

Kanowit may refer to:

  • Kanowit
  • Kanowit (federal constituency), represented in the Dewan Rakyat