Kanowit

E363582

Kanowit is a small riverside town and district in Sarawak, Malaysia, known for its location at the confluence of the Rajang and Kanowit rivers and its ethnically diverse Iban, Chinese, and Malay communities.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Kanowit canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf district ⓘ
town ⓘ
country Malaysia ⓘ
demographicsCharacteristic ethnically diverse community ⓘ
governingBody Kanowit District Office ⓘ
linked to: Kanowit District
hasClimate tropical rainforest climate ⓘ
hasEthnicGroup Bidayuh ⓘ
Chinese ⓘ
Iban ⓘ
Malay ⓘ
Melanau ⓘ
Orang Ulu ⓘ
hasFeature longhouses in surrounding areas ⓘ
riverfront bazaar ⓘ
wooden shophouses ⓘ
hasPostalCodePrefix 96xxx ⓘ
hasReligiousCommunity Buddhism ⓘ
Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
traditional Iban beliefs ⓘ
hasSettlementType riverside town ⓘ
hasSubdivision Kanowit District ⓘ
historicalEvent location of Fort Emma during Brooke era ⓘ
site of early Brooke administration outpost ⓘ
localLanguage Foochow dialect ⓘ
Hokkien dialect ⓘ
Iban language ⓘ
locatedAtConfluenceOf Kanowit River ⓘ
Rajang River ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Sarawak ⓘ
Sibu Division ⓘ
locatedInRegion Central Sarawak ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Malaysia Time ⓘ
locatedNear Sibu ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Kanowit River ⓘ
Rajang River ⓘ
officialLanguage Malay ⓘ
partOf Borneo ⓘ
primaryEconomicActivity agriculture ⓘ
pepper cultivation ⓘ
rubber cultivation ⓘ
small-scale commerce ⓘ
riverSystem Rajang River basin ⓘ
linked to: Rajang River
roadConnection Sibu ⓘ
transportMode river transport ⓘ
road transport ⓘ
utcOffset +8 ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Rajang River → passesThrough → Kanowit ⓘ
Sibu Division → containsTown → Kanowit ⓘ
Kanowit River → flowsThrough → Kanowit ⓘ