Sarawak or Bumi Kenyalang ("Land of the Hornbills")* is the biggest state in Malaysia.
* click for Image results for hornbill
* click for Hornbill - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Covering a total area of 124,450 km², it makes up 37.5% of the total land area of this South East Asian nation.
With a population of 2,500,000 (2007 estimate), Sarawak only has the population density of 19.1 person per km².
The administrative capital of Sarawak is Kuching (literally means cat or kucing) which has a population of 579,900 (2006 census : Kuching City South - 143,500, Kuching City North - 133,600 and Padawan- 302,800). Sarawak has one of the most extensive protected area networks in Malaysia.
The State's protected area network includes 18 national parks, 4 wildlife sanctuaries and 5 nature reserves covering a total area 512, 387.47 ha (land area and water body).
* Please excuse the quality of the pictures ...
For the full list, details and pictures of these wonderful and breathtaking national parks, wildlife sanctuaries and nature reserves, please click National Parks & Reserves.
It is worth mentioning that among these 18 National Parks, Gunung Mulu National Park * is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The massive cave systems, which contain 12 million cubic meter Sarawak Chamber is the world largest and the Clearwater Cave at 151 km (Feb 2007) is the 10th longest cave in the world.
* click for Mulu National Park official website.
* click for Image results for mulu national park, photos
14 comments:
were you on a trip? somehow it looks like these were taken from a small plane... but i don't know why i think that. what a lot of rivers and tropical looking land! nice for the "big picture."
Yes I was indeed on a trip Em... the pictures were taken while the plane was taking off and landing, namely low altitude so giving the impression that the pictures were taken from a small plane :)
About the rivers and tropical look, well ... this is Sarawak !
Thanks for the visit and comment.
A series of photos really beautiful and atmospheric ..., I think it was a great thrill to stare at them and enjoy taking pictures in this wonderful landscape!
Congratulations!
Hello
Vito
I am not certain why you apologize for the quality of the photos as they are beautiful portrayed out here on the blog. I am pleased to see these... what a beautiful area! Impressive! It is wonderful to hear of so much preservation.
I am very proud as a Sarawakian to share these pictures with you Vito :)
Thanks Michele ... I am glad to read your comment.
Greetings from cat city Kuching :)
Greats clouds, and the rivers looks like snakes. Very beautiful.
Greatings from Spain.
very nice pictures. regards from menorca island, just a 45 x 35 km piece of land in the mediterranean sea
These are typical river shapes found on Sarawak :)
Thanks for the comment Lucía Castillo Gil y Marcos Soriano Covarsí.
Welcome to my blog Pedro :)
I think despite its small size, Menorca island is very beautiful, cultural and distinctive ...
Nice knowing you.
Beautiful shots from the plane, I think me like Peter Pan
:-P
ha ha ha ... perhaps an over-sized Peter Pan :P
Very good. congratulations!
Thanks Wesllão :)
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