Long Rapung
Appearance
Long Rapung | |
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Coordinates: 3°52′00″N 115°34′00″E / 3.86667°N 115.56667°E | |
Country | Malaysia |
State | Sarawak |
Administrative Division | Marudi |
Elevation | 1,443 m (4,734 ft) |
Long Rapung is a former settlement in the Marudi division of Sarawak, Malaysia.[1][2] It lies approximately 634.8 kilometres (394 mi) east-north-east of the state capital Kuching. Long Rapung lies in the Dapur River floodplain. It was formerly a village but was evacuated during the Confrontation.[3] Now the shelters provide overnight accommodation hunters and for visitors walking to Ba Kelalan or climbing Gunung Murud.[4]
Neighbouring settlements include:
- Pa Lungan 8.3 kilometres (5.2 mi) southwest
- Punang Kelalan 10.8 kilometres (6.7 mi) northeast
- Ba Kelalan 14.1 kilometres (8.8 mi) northeast
- Long Komap 14.1 kilometres (8.8 mi) northeast
- Long Langai 14.1 kilometres (8.8 mi) northeast
- Long Muda 14.1 kilometres (8.8 mi) northeast
- Long Lamutut 14.1 kilometres (8.8 mi) northeast
- Long Ritan 15.8 kilometres (9.8 mi) north
- Pa Rusa 15.8 kilometres (9.8 mi) north
- Pa Umor 15.8 kilometres (9.8 mi) south
References
- ^ M. Mohizah, S. Julia and W. K. Soh (2006). A Sarawak Gazetteer (PDF). Kuala Lumpur: Sarawak Forestry Department Malaysia and Forest Research Institute Malaysia. ISBN 983-2181-86-0. OCLC 85818866. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-22. Retrieved 2011-01-01.
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- ^ John H. Beaman (June 1999). "Preliminary Enumeration of the Summit Flora, Mount Murud, Kelabit Highlands, Sarawak" (PDF). ASEAN Review of Biodiversity and Environmental Conservation (ARBEC). Retrieved 2011-01-28.
- ^ "Long Rapung our 1st nightstop. infested with sandflies, they are worst [sic] than mossies". Retrieved 2011-01-28.