Tebakang (also known as Tebekang or Tabekang) is a village in the Serian division of

Sarawak 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, ...

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, between Serian and

Tebedu Tebedu (also known as Bandar Mutiara) is a border town in the Serian division of southwestern Sarawak, Malaysia, on the Indonesia-Malaysia border. It lies approximately south of the state capital Kuching. It is the administrative seat for ...

. It is about 15 minutes drive from Serian Town. Tebakang lies approximately south-south-east of the state capital Kuching. The population of Tebakang, over 2000, is predominantly

Bidayuh Bidayuh is the collective name for several indigenous groups found in southern Sarawak, Malaysia and northern West Kalimantan, Indonesia, on the island of Borneo, which are broadly similar in language and culture (see also issues below). The ...

tribespeople and Malays, and the village is divided into two villages by the Sadong River (''Sungai Sadong'' in Malay). The settlement on the main road side is named Kampung

Tebakang and on the other side of the Sadong River is Kampung Melayu Tebakang. The school in Tebakang has seven classrooms, seventeen teachers, and caters for 260 students. During Charles Vyner Brooke's era, Fort Tebakang was built as an administrative centre in 1929. The Tebakang area has some striking

limestone Limestone ( calcium carbonate ) is a type of carbonate sedimentary rock which is the main source of the material lime. It is composed mostly of the minerals calcite and aragonite, which are different crystal forms of . Limestone forms whe ...

hills with vertical cliffs. Neighbouring settlements include: * Kampung Piching west * Kampung Tebakang east * Kampung Pesa north * Kampung Siu south * Kampung Daso northeast * Kampung Kuran east * Kampung Sorah east

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{{Sarawak Villages in Sarawak