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Background Information SARAWAK FACTS AND FIGURES 2012 2
FACTS ON SARAWAK
TOTAL AREA : 124,449 square kilometres
LOCATION : Between latitude 0 50’ and 5 N and longitude 109 36’
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and 115 40’ E
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SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT : Parliamentary democracy with a constitutional monarch
CAPITAL OF SARAWAK : Kuching
MAJOR ETHNIC GROUPS : Malay, Iban, Chinese, Bidayuh, Melanau, Orang Ulu,
Indian and other indigenous groups
MAJOR LANGUAGES : Malay, English, Mandarin, Iban, others local dialects
MAJOR RELIGIONS : Islam, Buddhism, Christian and Hindu
TIME : GMT + 8 hours
US Eastern Standard Time + 13 hours
CLIMATE : Tropical : warm and sunny throughout the year. Daily
temperature range from 33 C (90 F) in the afternoon to
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22 C (70 F) during the night.
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CURRENCY : Ringgit Malaysia (RM) which is divided in 100 cent.
EXCHANGE RATE : Pegged at US$1 = RM3.80 on 2 September 1998.
Ringgit depeg on 21 July 2005.
US$1 = RM3.09 for January - November 2012
FACTS ON SARAWAK
TOTAL AREA : 124,449 square kilometres
LOCATION : Between latitude 0 50’ and 5 N and longitude 109 36’
o
o
o
and 115 40’ E
o
SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT : Parliamentary democracy with a constitutional monarch
CAPITAL OF SARAWAK : Kuching
MAJOR ETHNIC GROUPS : Malay, Iban, Chinese, Bidayuh, Melanau, Orang Ulu,
Indian and other indigenous groups
MAJOR LANGUAGES : Malay, English, Mandarin, Iban, others local dialects
MAJOR RELIGIONS : Islam, Buddhism, Christian and Hindu
TIME : GMT + 8 hours
US Eastern Standard Time + 13 hours
CLIMATE : Tropical : warm and sunny throughout the year. Daily
temperature range from 33 C (90 F) in the afternoon to
o
o
o
22 C (70 F) during the night.
o
CURRENCY : Ringgit Malaysia (RM) which is divided in 100 cent.
EXCHANGE RATE : Pegged at US$1 = RM3.80 on 2 September 1998.
Ringgit depeg on 21 July 2005.
US$1 = RM3.09 for January - November 2012
