Batu Niah

Batu Niah is a small town in Sarawak, Malaysia. It is located at 3°48'0" N, 113°45'0" E on the island of Borneo.^[1]

Batu Niah is Malay for "Niah Cave", and it is the nearest town to the Niah Caves, in Niah National Park, which are about 3 kilometres away.^[2]

It is about 1.75 hours from Miri and 2 hours (120 km) from Bintulu.^[2]

About 1859 people live there.^[1]

References

1 2 Batu Niah, Falling Rain Genomics
1 2 Chris Rowthorn, Muhammad Cohen, China Williams (2008). Borneo. Lonely Planet. p. 199. ISBN 1-74059-105-4.

External links

Niah National Park, Forest Department of Sarawak, Malaysia

Coordinates: 3°48′0″N 113°45′0″E / 3.80000°N 113.75000°E / 3.80000; 113.75000

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