Bau-Lundu area

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The Bau-Lundu area is a region in southwestern Sarawak, Malaysia, known as a traditional heartland of the Bidayuh people and characterized by its rural settlements and hilly landscapes.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region
administrativelyIncludes Bau town
Lundu town
borderProximity Indonesia
characterizedBy hilly landscapes
rural settlements
climate equatorial
contains Bau District
Lundu District
country Malaysia
ethnolinguisticRegionFor Bidayuh language
hasCulturalHeritage Bidayuh longhouse villages
Bidayuh traditional customs
hasDemographicFeature predominantly rural population
hasEconomicActivity paddy farming
pepper cultivation
rubber smallholdings
small-scale agriculture
hasLandform hills
hasLandUse agricultural land
smallholder farming
hasReligion Christianity among Bidayuh
traditional Bidayuh beliefs
hasSettlementPattern scattered rural communities
villages
hasTopography low hills
undulating terrain
hasTransportLink Kuching–Lundu road network
knownFor indigenous Bidayuh culture
rural tourism potential
locatedIn Sarawak
southwestern Sarawak
western Sarawak highlands
locatedOn Borneo
majorEthnicGroup Bidayuh
near Kuching
partOf Kuching Division
Malaysian Borneo
linked to: northern Borneo
timeZone Malaysia Time
traditionalHeartlandOf Bidayuh people
utcOffset +8
vegetation tropical rainforest

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Bidayuh people mainDivisionInSarawak Bau-Lundu area