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Longhouse on the bank of Renjang River, Kapit Division, Sarawak - Malaysia
Timber, Kapit Division, Sarawak - Malaysia
Kapit, Sarawak - Malaysia
Early morning on Renjang River near Belaga, Kapit Division, Sarawak - Malaysia
Renjang River, Kapit Division, Sarawak - Malaysia
Graves by the Renjang River, Kapit Division, Sarawak - Malaysia
Sarawak - Malaysia
House on Renjang River, Kapit Division, Sarawak - Malaysia
Chinese graveyard in Kapit, Sarawak - Malaysia
Kapit Division, Sarawak - Malaysia
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Kapit Division

Kapit Division, formed on April 2, 1973, is the seventh of eleven administrative divisions in Sarawak, east Malaysia, on the island of Borneo. It has a total area of 38,934 square kilometers, and is the largest of the administrative divisions of Sarawak.

Its population (year 2010 census) was 114,924. Ethnically, the population of Kapit Division was 68.7% Iban, 19.1% Orang Ulu, 7% Chinese, 3.4% Malay, 1.3% Melanau, and 0.3% Bidayuh, and 0.1% "other".

Kapit Division consists of three districts (Kapit, Song and Belaga) and two sub-districts (Nanga Merit and Sungai Asap).

Some 86% of the land area is held in forest reserve. The economy is largely agricultural, based on forestry, oil palm, paddy, rubber, banana, and pepper. Other natural resources include coal. The Bakun Dam is based partly in Kapit Division.

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Sarawak

Sarawak (Malay pronunciation: [saˈrawaʔ]) is one of two Malaysian states on the island of Borneo. Known as Bumi Kenyalang ("Land of the Hornbills"), Sarawak is situated on the northwest of the island, bordering the Malaysian state of Sabah to the northeast, Indonesia to the south, and surrounding Brunei. It is the largest Malaysian state.

The administrative capital is Kuching, which has a population of 658,562. Major cities and towns include Miri (pop. 350,000), Sibu (pop. 209,616) and Bintulu (pop. 189,695). As of the last census (2010), the state population was 2,420,009.

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