Batu Niah is a small town in
Miri Division,
Sarawak
Sarawak (; ) is a States and federal territories of Malaysia, 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 M ...
, Malaysia. It is located at 3°48'0" N, 113°45'0" E on the island of
Borneo
Borneo (; id, Kalimantan) is the third-largest island in the world and the largest in Asia. At the geographic centre of Maritime Southeast Asia, in relation to major Indonesian islands, it is located north of Java, west of Sulawesi, and eas ...
.
Batu Niah is
Malay
Malay may refer to:
Languages
* Malay language or Bahasa Melayu, a major Austronesian language spoken in Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei and Singapore
** History of the Malay language, the Malay language from the 4th to the 14th century
** Indonesi ...
for "Niah Cave", and it is the nearest town to the Niah Caves, in
Niah National Park
Niah National Park, located within Miri Division, Sarawak, Malaysia, is the site of the Niah Caves limestone cave and archeological site.
History
Alfred Russel Wallace lived for 8 months at Simunjan District with a mining engineer, Robert Co ...
, which are about 3 kilometres away.
It is about 1.75 hours from
Miri and 2 hours (120 km) from
Bintulu
Bintulu is a coastal town on the island of Borneo in the central region of Sarawak, Malaysia. Bintulu is located 610 kilometres (380 mi) northeast of Kuching, 216 kilometres (134 mi) northeast of Sibu, and 200 kilometres (120 mi) ...
.
About 1859 people live there.
References
External links
Niah National Park Forest Department of Sarawak, Malaysia
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Miri Division
Towns in Sarawak