Betong, Sarawak

Betong is a town and administrative district of the Betong Division in Sarawak, Malaysia, lying in the Saribas area. It was formerly placed under the district of Sri Aman.

Betong is famous for its longhouses (Rumah Panjang) and rich culture, but the surrounding area was only recently established as an administrative division of Sarawak. The total population is 51,426, which consists of Malays (Orang Laut) (29,919), Ibans (18,764), Chinese (2,321) and others (422).

Notable people (in no particular order)

• Rentap or Libau (great Iban warrior during the era of the Brooke White Rajahs in Sarawak)
• YB. Tan Sri Datuk Patinggi Dr. Alfred Jabu ak Numpang (current Deputy Chief Minister of Sarawak)
• YB. Datuk Seri Douglas Uggah ak Embas (politician)
• YB. Robert Lawson Chuat (politician)
• YB. Dato' Yong Khoon Seng (politician)
• Dr Wahbi Haji Junaidi (former State assemblyman)
• Tan Sri Datuk Amar Stephen Kalong Ningkan (First Chief Minister of Sarawak)
• Datuk Michael Buma (Iban ethnologist, educationist, politician, writer)
• Right Reverend Bishop Datuk Basil Temenggong (first native Bishop in the Anglican Diocese of Sarawak)
• Dato' Sri Edmund Langgu (consultant with Tun Jugah Foundation)
• Temenggong Datuk Montegrai (Iban community leader)
• Tan Sri Gerunsin Lembat (first State secretary)
• Datuk Tan Ik Kiat (ex-MD of Sarawak Shell Berhad)
• Edwin Dundang Bugak (politician)
• Benedict Sandin (Iban ethnologist, historian, curator of Sarawak Museum)
• Andy Telasai Indit (Social Media Expert & Digital Publishing of Media Prima BHD)
• Henry Golding (Freelance presenter, Emcee, 8TV Host of Media Prima BHD)
• Dato' Sri Empiang Jabu (politician and wife of current Sarawak Deputy Chief Minister)