Serian Division

Serian Division
Town
Serian Lake Garden in 2022
Interactive map of Serian Division
Coordinates: 1°10′0″N 110°34′0″E / 1.16667°N 110.56667°E / 1.16667; 110.56667
Country	Malaysia
State	Sarawak
Local area government(s)	Majlis Daerah Serian (MDS) Siburan District Office
Resident	Jonathan Lugoh
License plate prefix	QC and QV (for all vehicles except taxi)

Serian Division is a administrative division in Sarawak which separated on 11 April 2015 from Samarahan Division. It is about 64 kilometres (40 mi) from Kuching. Sub-district headquarters towns are Balai Ringin and Tebedu.

Serian Division is known for its durians. This has prompted the Serian District Council to erect a giant monument to this "king of fruits" in the middle of the market square. The town is connected to the hinterland by road and by water. Most produce is brought in from Kalimantan, Indonesia as the prices are cheaper there.^{[citation needed]}

Geography

Limestone formations and paddy fields can be seen along the way to Tebedu. Other attractions of Serian include Gua Tiab Bilanting^{[clarification needed]} which is situated at Kampung Pichin and also Bukit Parang^{[clarification needed]} which is located on the Sarawak-Kalimantan border. The southernmost point in Malaysia, Bukit Niat, is also located on the border between Serian Division and Kalimantan, southeast of Tebedu, at a latitude of 0°51'10" N.

There are many waterfalls found in Serian District. Ranchan Waterfall is located at about 5 km (3.1 mi) from Serian town and is easily accessible by road. Simuja Waterfall is another waterfall in Serian but was damaged badly by logging activities. It is about 7 km (4.3 mi) away from town. There is no proper road to the waterfall and visitors have to hike 1–2 km (0.62–1.24 mi) from the Serian-Sri Aman trunk road to get there.

Tebedu (formerly known as Bandar Mutiara), located about 50 km (31 mi) away from Serian town on the Indonesia-Malaysia border, is one of only three official land border crossings between Indonesia and Malaysia.

Tebakang, a small town approximately 12 km (7.5 mi) away from Serian, is home to Mayang Tea plantation, Sarawak's sole tea producer.

Climate

Serian has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) with heavy to very heavy rainfall year-round.

Demographics

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Total population of every areas in Serian, Sarawak. These population are exactly based on their ethnics in Sarawak.

Bidayuh and Iban is the only ethnics that mostly available in Serian, along with other ethnics such as Chinese, Malay, and Melanau.

1. Bandar Serian & Tebakang

• Bidayuh : 36,805
• Iban : 23,940
• Chinese : 16,991
• Malay : 14,787
• Melanau : 221
• Orang Ulu : 73
• Indian : –
• Other ethnics : –

TOTAL : 92,817

2. Siburan (under MDS administrative area)

• Chinese : 16,817
• Bidayuh : 15,482
• Malay : 9,764
• Iban : 4,120
• Indian : 115
• Melanau : 90
• Orang Ulu : –
• Other ethnics : –

TOTAL : 46,388

3. Tebedu

• Bidayuh : 20,146
• Iban : 1,901
• Chinese : 1,822
• Malay : 1,603
• Melanau : 42
• Indian : –
• Orang Ulu : –
• Other ethnics : –

TOTAL : 25,514

4. Balai Ringin

• Iban : 19,348
• Chinese : 6,310
• Bidayuh : 5,077
• Malay : 110
• Indian : –
• Melanau : –
• Orang Ulu : –
• Other ethnics : –

TOTAL : 30,845

Education

• Serian District Education Office (PPD Serian)
• Serian Teacher Activity Center (PKG Serian)

Transport

Administration

See also

• Kuching
• Samarahan
• Batu Kawah
• Bau
• Lundu
• Padawan municipality
• Padawan Municipal Council
• Simanggang
• Betong
• Sarikei

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Serian.

• Official web page of Serian District Council Archived 25 December 2016 at the Wayback Machine