Pa Umor

Pa Umor
Pa Umor, May 2006
Pa Umor
Coordinates:
Country  Malaysia
State  Sarawak
Administrative Division Marudi
Elevation 862 m (2,828 ft)

Pa Umor is a settlement in the Marudi division of Sarawak, Malaysia.[1][2] It lies approximately 623.9 kilometres (388 mi) east-north-east of the state capital Kuching.

The village lies about an hour’s walk east of Bario, and is only a few kilometres from the Indonesian border. There is a salt spring close to Pa Umor, significant because, without a local source of salt, inhabitants would have to travel to the coast for it.[3]

In 2007 the village population was made up of about forty Kelabit families.[4]

Neighbouring settlements include:

References

  1. ^ M. Mohizah, S. Julia and W. K. Soh (2006). A Sarawak Gazetteer. Kuala Lumpur: Sarawak Forestry Department Malaysia and Forest Research Institute Malaysia. ISBN 9832181860. OCLC 85818866. http://www.chm.frim.gov.my/Sarawak_Gazetteer.pdf. Retrieved 2011-01-01. 
  2. ^ "Pa Umor, Malaysia". Geonames. 1994-02-10. http://www.geonames.org/1737613. Retrieved 2010-12-27. 
  3. ^ James Alexander (1 December 2006). Malaysia Brunei & Singapore. New Holland Publishers. pp. 354–. ISBN 9781860113093. http://books.google.com/books?id=KXaX4tUEOOsC&pg=PA354. Retrieved 28 January 2011. 
  4. ^ Wilhelmina Cluny & Dr. Paul Chai P.K. (2007-09-17). "Cultural sites of the Northern Highlands – Megaliths and Burial Sites". International Tropical Timber Organization & Forest Department Sarawak. http://itto-pulongtau.com/Cultural%20sites%20of%20the%20Northern%20Highlands.pdf. Retrieved 2011-01-28.