Punang Terusan | |
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town | |
  Punang Terusan Location in Sarawak, Malaysia | |
| Coordinates: 4°17′0″N115°37′0″E / 4.28333°N 115.61667°E Coordinates: 4°17′0″N115°37′0″E / 4.28333°N 115.61667°E | |
| Country | Malaysia |
| State | Sarawak |
| Elevation | 1,105 m (3,628 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (Asia/Brunei) |
Punang Terusan is a town or settlement in Sarawak, Malaysia. It is about 3,628 feet (1,105 meters) above sea level, and the approximate population within a seven-kilometer radius was 1,110 as of 2004. [1]
Sarawak is a state of Malaysia. The largest among the 13 states, with an area almost equal to that of Peninsular Malaysia, Sarawak is located in northwest Borneo Island, and is bordered by the Malaysian state of Sabah to the northeast, Kalimantan to the south, and Brunei in the north. The capital city, Kuching, is the largest city in Sarawak, the economic centre of the state, and the seat of the Sarawak state government. Other cities and towns in Sarawak include Miri, Sibu, and Bintulu. As of the 2015 census, the population of Sarawak was 2,636,000. Sarawak has an equatorial climate with tropical rainforests and abundant animal and plant species. It has several prominent cave systems at Gunung Mulu National Park. Rajang River is the longest river in Malaysia; Bakun Dam, one of the largest dams in Southeast Asia, is located on one of its tributaries, the Balui River. Mount Murud is the highest point in Sarawak.
Malaysia is a country in Southeast Asia. The federal constitutional monarchy consists of 13 states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two similarly sized regions, Peninsular Malaysia and East Malaysia. Peninsular Malaysia shares a land and maritime border with Thailand and maritime borders with Singapore, Vietnam, and Indonesia. East Malaysia shares land and maritime borders with Brunei and Indonesia and a maritime border with the Philippines and Vietnam. Kuala Lumpur is the national capital and largest city while Putrajaya is the seat of federal government. With a population of over 30 million, Malaysia is the world's 44th most populous country. The southernmost point of continental Eurasia, Tanjung Piai, is in Malaysia. In the tropics, Malaysia is one of 17 megadiverse countries, with large numbers of endemic species.
Nearby towns and villages include Long Buang (9.9 nm north), Pa Brayong (11.7 nm north), Long Semado (2.8 nm south), Long Kinoman (1.0 nm south), Long Pa Sia (9.2 nm east), and Long Lapukan (5.1 nm west). [1]
A nautical mile is a unit of measurement used in both air and marine navigation, and for the definition of territorial waters. Historically, it was defined as one minute of a degree of latitude. Today it is defined as exactly 1852 metres. The derived unit of speed is the knot, one nautical mile per hour.
Pa Brayong is a settlement in the Lawas division of Sarawak, Malaysia. It lies approximately 658.5 kilometres (409 mi) east-north-east of the state capital Kuching.
Long Semado is a settlement in the Lawas division of Sarawak, Malaysia. It lies approximately 654.6 kilometres (407 mi) east-north-east of the state capital Kuching.
