Samarahan Division

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Divisions of Sarawak
Samarahan
Division office
location
Kota Samarahan
Resident --
Local area government(s) Majlis Perbandaran Kota Samarahan (MPKS)
Majlis Daerah Asajaya (MDA)
Majlis Daerah Serian (MDS)
Majlis Daerah Simunjan {MDS)
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License plate prefix QC

Samarahan Division is one of the eleven administrative divisions in Sarawak, east Malaysia, on the island of Borneo. Formerly part of the First Division, which included Kuching, it became a separate Division in 1985. Samarahan Division has a total area of 4,967.4 square kilometers.

Samarahan Division contains four administrative districts: Samarahan, Asajaya, Serian and Simunjan. The total population is 204,900 per the year 2000 census. The population is culturally mixed, with mostly Bidayuh, Iban, Malay and Chinese predominating.