Kota Samarahan
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Kota Samarahan or City of Knowledge is a town, and the capital of the Samarahan District (407.1 square kilometers) in Samarahan Division, Sarawak, east Malaysia. It is located about 40 kilometers from Kuching. The district population (year 2000 census) was 50,600.
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[edit] History
Kota Samarahan was once known as Muara Tuang which was at that time a small trading village in the area. The village was linked to Kuching via a road only in the early 1970s. Before that, the only means of transport to the village was via the river. Development in the small village accelerated with the construction of a 25-kilometre road linking Kota Samarahan to Kuching.[1]
[edit] Geography
Kota Samarahan is almost a suburb of the greater metropolitan area of Kuching, in the Kuching Division. It is located about 30 km south east of Kuching. The lands in Samarahan are mostly non-hilly, flat and low-lying. Most of the soils are peat soils which are ideal for cocout, oil palm and pineappes plantation. Most of the development in the Samarahan Division is concentrated in Kota Samarahan.
[edit] Economy
Agriculture is still the main economic activity in Kota Samarahan but light industries are slowly moving in. The service sector, especially the in education related-sector, is increasingly becoming significant in Samarahan. Commercial centres are slowly mushrooming to cater for the increasing population.[2]
[edit] Education
Kota Samarahan has a concentration of universities and educational facilities and thus forms the main Sarawak's research and development centre. Institutions of higher learning in the area include Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Tun Abdul Razak Teacher's Training College, Industrial Training Institute Samarahan (ILP), Technology Park Sarawak, Sarawak International Medical Centre (SIMC), the Dato Traoh International School and Kota Samarahan International Private School.
[edit] Transportation
Prior to the 1990s, the shortest means of access into Samarahan from Kuching was via the ferry at Sungai Kuap other than direct road access via Jalan Datuk Muhamad Musa which takes more distance to travel through. The construction of a bridge has further shortened the road distance from between Kuching-Kota Samarahan to 11 kilometers. This new road, Kuching-Kota Samarahan Expressway, links Kota Samarahan with the major industrial areas of Pending, Demak laut and Sama Jaya. This new road currently undergoing expansion in anticipation of increased traffic between Kuching-Samarahan due to the increasing population in Samarahan.[2].
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[edit] References
- ^ "Sarawak Property Bulletin". C H Williams Talhar Wong & Yeo Sdn Bhd. 2008-06. http://www.wtwy.com/resource/SPB/3q2007.pdf. Retrieved 2009-03-14.
- ^ a b "Sarawak Property Bulletin". C H Williams Talhar Wong & Yeo Sdn Bhd. 2008-06. http://www.wtwy.com/resource/SPB/3q2007.pdf. Retrieved 2009-03-14.
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