Sarikei District is an administrative district in

Sarikei Division Sarikei Division is one of the twelve administrative divisions in Sarawak, Malaysia. Formerly part of the Third Division, which included Sibu and Kapit, Sarikei Division has a total area of , and is the second smallest of the administrative div ...

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, covering an area of . The town of

Sarikei Sarikei is a town, and the capital of Sarikei District (985 square kilometres) in Sarikei Division, Sarawak, Malaysia. It is located on the Rajang River, near where the river empties into the South China Sea. The district population (year 201 ...

is the capital of the Sarikei district.

Demography

There has been a marginal growth of Sarikei District population of 1.33% from 1991 to 2000. Meanwhile, from 2000 to 2010, there is a marginal growth of 1.66%. :

Geography

In July 2010, residents of Sarikei district staying in the rural areas felt a minor tremor in their homes but the cause of the tremor was not found. On 19 April 2019 at 5 am, residents staying at the similar area felt a greater degree of tremor which lasted for a few seconds. According to parameters provided by Indonesian

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, there was an earthquake 27 km south of Sarikei town, with

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of 3.8 with depth of 10 km. However, Sarawak branch of

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denied any earthquake happened in Sarikei.

Towns and villages

Sarikei

The town of Sarikei houses the Sarikei District Office.

Jakar

The town is notable of its prawn mee and

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(Chinese dumpling).

References

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