Betong District, Sarawak

Betong District Daerah Betong
District in Malaysia
Other transcription(s)
• Chinese	木中县 (Simplified) 木中縣 (Traditional) Mù zhōng xiàn (Hanyu Pinyin)
• Tamil	பெத்தோங் மாவட்டம்
Betong District Betong District
Coordinates: 1°24′45″N 111°31′30″E
Country	Malaysia
State	Sarawak
Seat	Betong
Local area government(s)	Betong District Council
Area
• Total	2,493.69 km2 (962.82 sq mi)
Population  (2020)
• Total	93,494
• Density	37/km2 (97/sq mi)
Website	betongdo.sarawak.gov.my

Betong (Malay: Daerah Betong) is a district, in Betong Division, Sarawak, Malaysia. The city of Betong, which is the administrative centre of the larger Betong Division, is located in this district.

Betong District was formed in 2002, before which it was called Saribas District and was administratively a part of Sri Aman Division.

Demographics

Total population of every areas in Betong, Sarawak. These population are exactly based on their ethnics in Sarawak.

Bandar Betong is the only town area with the majority of Iban community. Meanwhile Debak and Spaoh is predominantly Malay and Melanau.

1. Bandar Betong

• Iban : 76,852
• Chinese : 5,790
• Malay : 3,244
• Melanau : 213
• Bidayuh : 50
• Orang Ulu : 16
• Indian : –
• Other ethnics : 8

TOTAL : 86,173

2. Debak

• Malay : 2,348
• Melanau : 925
• Iban : 354
• Bidayuh : 21
• Chinese : –
• Orang Ulu : –
• Indian : –
• Other ethnics : 9

TOTAL : 3,657

3. Spaoh

• Melanau : 2,805
• Malay : 790
• Iban : 64
• Bidayuh : 5
• Orang Ulu : –
• Chinese : –
• Indian : –
• Other ethnics : –

TOTAL : 3,664