Long Akah (also known as Long Aka) is an old settlement in the interior of the Telang Usan district of

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, on the upper reaches of the Baram river. It lies approximately east-north-east of the state capital Kuching. The village is an old Chinese trading post, about ten minutes downstream by boat from

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. It is the site of an old Fort built in 1929 as an administrative centre in Charles Vyner Brooke’s era. The structural timber in the two-storey fort is the very hard

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(local name ''Kayu Belian'') and it has undergone some refurbishment, including replacing the timber roof tiles with zinc roofing. Neighbouring settlements include: *

south * Long Tap east * Long Selatong south * Long Tebangan northeast * Long Apu south * Long Seniai northeast * Long Julan south * Long Daloh north *

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south * Long Palai south

Transportation

Long Akah Airport is a STOL airfield, providing access to this remote village from

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and Marudi.

References

{{Sarawak Telang Usan District Villages in Sarawak