Lawas
Sign in to saveLawas () is a small town and the capital of Lawas District, Limbang Division, Sarawak, Malaysia. This district area is 3,811.90 square kilometres, and population (year 2020 census) was 46,200. It is 1,200 km from the state capital, Kuching and 200 km from the capital city of Sabah, Kota Kinabalu.
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Place details
- Locality
- Lawas
- Region
- Sarawak
- Country
- Malaysia
- Population
- 26,002
- Timezone
- Asia/Kuching
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Lawas
- Settlement.translit_lang1
- Other
- Settlement.translit_lang1_type1
- Malay
- Settlement.translit_lang1_info1
- Pekan Lawas
- Settlement.translit_lang1_type2
- Chinese
- Settlement.translit_lang1_info2
- (Traditional)
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town and district capital
- Settlement.image_skyline
- File:Lawas - The Border Town.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Lawas town
- Settlement.image_seal
- File:The Seal of Lawas District Council.png
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Borneo
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- right
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- border city
- Country
- Malaysia
- Located in
- Sarawak
- Elevation
- +80
- Image
- Lawas aerial view.jpg
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- P12749
- Swahili
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Article
24 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Government
- Climate
- Demographics
- Economy
- Transport
- Road
- Water transport
- Air transport
- Public transport
- Planning to build trains to Lawas
- Other utilities
- Education
- Healthcare
- Culture and leisure
- Lawas Mall
- Pasar Tamu Lawas
- Lepapa Hypermarket
- Activities
- Places of interest
- Notable people
- References
- External links
Lawas () is a small town and the capital of Lawas District, Limbang Division, Sarawak, Malaysia. This district area is 3,811.90 square kilometres, and population (year 2020 census) was 46,200. It is 1,200 km from the state capital, Kuching and 200 km from the capital city of Sabah, Kota Kinabalu.
==Etymology== There are several versions of the origin of the name "Lawas". It reportedly came from the Malay word luas which means "spacious". During earlier times, people tended to settle down in spacious areas and thus the town was born. In another version of the story, there was once a group of merchants who were attacked and chased by the pirates at the mouth of the Lawas river. The merchants managed to hid themselves in the middle of the jungle and the pirates could not find them. Feelling relieved and secure, the merchants returned to the sea. In the local dialect, "Lawas" means "relief, safe, and secure".