Sibu District

Sibu District
Sibu District Office is housed inside the Islamic complex.
Districts of Sarawak
District Office locationSibu
Local area government(s)Sibu Municipal Council (SMC)
Sibu Rural District Council (SRDC)
Area
 • Total
2,229.8 km2 (860.9 sq mi)
Population
 (2024)
 • Total
465,163
 • Density210/km2 (540/sq mi)
Chairman
  • Clarence Ting Ing Horh (SMC)
  • Sempurai anak Petrus Ngelai (SRDC)
License plate prefixQS
EthnicityChinese (44.9%)
Iban (29.8%)
Malay (20.6%)
Melanau (1.9%)
Websitehttps://smc.gov.my/web/home/


Sibu District is an administrative district in Sibu Division, Sarawak, Malaysia covering a total area of 2229.8 km2. It can be divided into Sibu Town area (129.5 km2) and the rural areas (2,100.3 km2). The satellite township of Sibu Jaya (26 km away from the Sibu city) is included in the rural areas. Sibu District is under the purview of Sibu District Office located at Sibu Islamic Complex, Sibu City. There are currently two local authorities namely Sibu Municipal Council (SMC) and Sibu Rural District Council (SRDC) that administers Sibu City and Sibu rural areas respectively.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.