Samarahan (District)
| Kota Samarahan | |
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| Town | |
| Nickname(s): "Town of Knowledge" | |
 Kota Samarahan
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| Coordinates: 1°27′34″N 110°29′56″E / 1.45944°N 110.49889°ECoordinates: 1°27′34″N 110°29′56″E / 1.45944°N 110.49889°E | |
| Country | Malaysia |
| State | Sarawak |
| Division | Samarahan Division |
| District | Samarahan District |
| First settled | Circa AD 600s (7th century) |
| Incorporation (Municipality) | 24 July 1986 |
| Government | |
| • Type | District Council |
| • Chairman (Walikota) | Datuk Frederick Bayoi Maggie |
| Area | |
| • Kota Samarahan | 508 km2 (196 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 27 m (89 ft) |
| Highest elevation | 810.2 m (2,658.1 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| Population (2015) | |
| • Kota Samarahan | 157,792 |
| • Estimate (2014) | 800,760 |
| • Density | 1,201.9/km2 (3,113/sq mi) |
| Sourced from the Population and Housing Census of Malaysia 2015. Census 2014 is currently in progress. | |
| Demonym(s) | (none) |
| Time zone | MST (UTC+8) |
| • Summer (DST) | Not observed (UTC+8) |
| Postal code | 94300 |
| International dialling code prefix | +6082 (landline only) |
| Vehicle registration plate prefix | QC (for all vehicles except taxis) HQ (for taxis only) |
| Website | samarahandc.sarawak.gov.my |
Kota Samarahan is the administrative seat of the Samarahan District (508.1 square kilometres) in Samarahan Division, Sarawak, Malaysia. It is located about 30 kilometers from Kuching. The district population (year 2014 census) was 157,792 . Kota Samarahan is the main education hub for Sarawak State and officially known as "Town of Knowledge". The District Officer of this city is Datuk Patinggi Puan Hajah Affidatul. On January 11, 2017, Chief Minister Adenan Satem died in Sarawak Heart Hospital in this city.
Kota Samarahan was once known as Muara Tuang which was at that time a small trading village in the area. The village was linked to Kuching via a road only in the early 1970s. Before that, the only means of transport to the village was via the river. Development in the small village accelerated with the construction of a 25-kilometre road linking Kota Samarahan to Kuching.
Kota Samarahan is almost a suburb of the greater metropolitan area of Kuching, in the Kuching Division. It is located about 30 km south east of Kuching. The lands in Samarahan are mostly non-hilly, flat and low-lying. Most of the soils are peat soils which are ideal for coconut, oil palm and pineapples plantation. Most of the development in the Samarahan Division is concentrated in Kota Samarahan.
Agriculture is still the main economic activity in Kota Samarahan but light industries are slowly moving in. The service sector, especially the in education related-sector, is increasingly becoming significant in Samarahan. Commercial centres are slowly mushrooming to cater for the increasing population.
Kota Samarahan has a concentration of universities and educational facilities and thus forms the educational hub for Sarawak. Institutions of higher learning in the area includes Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, Universiti Teknologi MARA Kota Samarahan Campus (2 campuses), Institute of Teacher Education (Tun Abdul Razak Campus, Kota Samarahan Industrial Training Institute (ILPKS) and AAA Zenith Services (English language service provider).
Heart Centre, Sarawak General Hospital (SGH Heart Centre) is located in Kota Samarahan. The RM400 million centre, formerly known as Sarawak International Medical Centre (SIMC) equipped with highly skilled cardiac specialist, modern and latest technology. Other than that, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS) has proposed to build a teaching hospital for its Medicine and Health Sciences Faculty under the 10th Malaysia Plan.
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