Oya is a town and the administrative centre of the
subdistrict A subdistrict or sub-district is an administrative division that is generally smaller than a district.
Equivalents
* Administrative posts of East Timor, formerly Portuguese-language
* Kelurahan, in Indonesia
* Mukim, a township in Brunei, Ind ...
of the
same name in
Mukah Division
Mukah Division is one of the twelve administrative divisions in Sarawak, Malaysia. It was established on 1 March 2002 and it has a total area of 6,997.61 square kilometres.
Mukah Division contains five administrative districts: Mukah, Dalat, ...
, in the
Malaysian state
State most commonly refers to:
* State (polity), a centralized political organization that regulates law and society within a territory
**Sovereign state, a sovereign polity in international law, commonly referred to as a country
**Nation state, a ...
of
Sarawak
Sarawak ( , ) is a States and federal territories of Malaysia, state of Malaysia. It is the largest among the 13 states, with an area almost equal to that of Peninsular Malaysia. Sarawak is located in East Malaysia in northwest Borneo, and is ...
. It is located near the mouth of
Oya River with the
South China Sea
The South China Sea is a marginal sea of the Western Pacific Ocean. It is bounded in the north by South China, in the west by the Indochinese Peninsula, in the east by the islands of Taiwan island, Taiwan and northwestern Philippines (mainly Luz ...
. Oya is about to the west of
Mukah
Mukah ( muːkəh), historically known as Muka, is a coastal town which has served as the capital and the administrative center of the Mukah Division since 1 March 2002.
The district also covers an area of with a population about 49,900 in t ...
, the division's administrative town.
The population of the town was 6,027 in 2020.
Oya has a secondary school, namely Oya National Secondary School (). It also has primary schools: Datu Pengiran Mohamad National School (), Yak Tee (Chinese) National-Type School (), KG Senau National School (), Kampung Bakong Terus National School (), KPG Teh National School ().
References
Mukah Division
Towns in Sarawak
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