Lubok Antu District (Malay: Daerah Lubok Antu) is a district in the Sri Aman Division of the state of Sarawak, Malaysia.[2] It borders on Indonesia and a Malaysian border crossing checkpoint is located here. The checkpoint on the Indonesian side is called the Nanga Badau Border Crossing Checkpoint located in the village of Badau, West Kalimantan. The seat of Lubok Antu District is the town of Lubok Antu.
Lubok Antu | |
|---|---|
 Seal  Towns of Sarawak | |
 | |
  Lubok Antu | |
| Coordinates: 1°3′0″N 111°50′0″E / 1.05000°N 111.83333°E | |
| Country |  Malaysia |
| State |  Sarawak |
| Division | Sri Aman |
| District | Lubok Antu |
| Seat | Lubok Antu |
| Government | |
| • Type | Council-manager government |
| • Chairman | Encik Jack Aman Luat |
| Area | |
• Total | 3,142.55 km2 (1,213.35 sq mi) |
| Population (2010[1]) | |
• Total | 27,984 |
| • Density | 8.9/km2 (23/sq mi) |
| Postal code | 95900 |
| International dialling code prefix | +6083 (landline only) |
| Website | lubokantudc.sarawak.gov.my at archive.today (archived 2012-12-19) |
Population
editThe district has about 42,000 people; they are predominantly Ibans, and there are also some Chinese residents.[3] Most residents make their living from farming (shifting cultivation).[4]
Geography
editThe Batang Ai river runs through the district. There is a suspension bridge which leads to the village of Kampung Pasir.[3] A dam completed in 1985 caused the displacement of thousands of people when their homes were flooded.[4] In 2018 a suspension bridge at Nanga Kesit collapsed because of flooding.[5]
Government
editLubok Antu is governed by the Lubok Antu District Council which is a local government organisation formed under the State Government's Local Authorities Ordinance, 1956. The council has the right to implement council by-laws from enactments and ordinance as approved by the State Government which, includes taxation, rentals and finance autonomy.
The council consists of a chairman, or a chairperson, a vice-chairman, and 26 council members who are appointed by the Yang Dipertua Negeri Sarawak under section 12, Local Authorities Ordinance, 1996.[6]
Transport
editBus Express
edit| Operating Route | Operator | Remark |
|---|---|---|
| Miri-Bintulu-Sibu-Sarikei-Betong-Lubok Antu | Borneo Bus |
Climate
editLubok Antu has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) with heavy to very heavy rainfall year-round.
| Climate data for Lubok Antu | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 30.1 (86.2) |
30.3 (86.5) |
31.2 (88.2) |
31.7 (89.1) |
32.1 (89.8) |
31.9 (89.4) |
31.9 (89.4) |
31.8 (89.2) |
31.6 (88.9) |
31.5 (88.7) |
31.2 (88.2) |
30.7 (87.3) |
31.3 (88.4) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 26.1 (79.0) |
26.2 (79.2) |
26.9 (80.4) |
27.1 (80.8) |
27.5 (81.5) |
27.1 (80.8) |
27.0 (80.6) |
27.0 (80.6) |
26.9 (80.4) |
26.9 (80.4) |
26.8 (80.2) |
26.5 (79.7) |
26.8 (80.3) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 22.2 (72.0) |
22.2 (72.0) |
22.6 (72.7) |
22.6 (72.7) |
22.9 (73.2) |
22.4 (72.3) |
22.1 (71.8) |
22.2 (72.0) |
22.3 (72.1) |
22.4 (72.3) |
22.4 (72.3) |
22.3 (72.1) |
22.4 (72.3) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 337 (13.3) |
259 (10.2) |
335 (13.2) |
266 (10.5) |
323 (12.7) |
227 (8.9) |
175 (6.9) |
217 (8.5) |
264 (10.4) |
280 (11.0) |
336 (13.2) |
381 (15.0) |
3,400 (133.8) |
| Source: Climate-Data.org[7] | |||||||||||||
Villages
editReferences
edit- ^ "Sarawak Population". sarawak.gov.my. Sarawak Government. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
- ^ Jasin, Basir (1 January 1996). "Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous Radiolaria from chert blocks in the Lubok Antu melange, Sarawak, Malaysia". Journal of Southeast Asian Earth Sciences. 13 (1): 1–11. doi:10.1016/0743-9547(96)00001-3. ISSN 0743-9547.
- ^ a b "Lubok Antu is no ghost town". Borneo Post, June 7, 2017
- ^ a b "Displaced by dam, Lubok Antu settlers lament lack of land". Free Malaysia Today, February 22, 2018
- ^ "Villagers cut off after bridge collapse in Nanga Kesit in Sarawak". The Star, 15 Nov 2018
- ^ Hamid, Siti Mardinah Binti Abdul; Hamali, Jamil Bin Haji; Abdullah, Firdaus (15 June 2016). "Performance Measurement for Local Authorities in Sarawak". Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences. IRSSM-6 The 6th International Research Symposium in Service Management. 224: 437–444. doi:10.1016/j.sbspro.2016.05.416. ISSN 1877-0428.
- ^ "Climate: Lubok Antu". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 29 October 2020.