Tondong | |
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Coordinates: 1°27′N 110°09′E / 1.45°N 110.15°E | |
Country | ![]() |
State | ![]() |
District | Bau |
Elevation | 61 m (200 ft) |
Tondong (Chinese: 短廊) is a settlement on the Sarawak Kanan (right hand, going upstream) river in the Bau district of Sarawak, Malaysia.[1][2] It lies approximately 25.2 kilometres (16 mi) southwest of the state capital Kuching.
Tondong has about twenty shophouses on roads perpendicular to the river, but some are now used as residences only. The town was flooded to a depth of 4.6 metres in 1963 and to 3.5 metres in 1976.[3]
Sir Henry Keppel in 1846 describes Tondong as “quite a new settlement”, and the principal Chinese station in the area.[4]
Neighbouring settlements include:
- Kampung Siburuh 1.9 kilometres (1.2 mi) west
- Buso 3.7 kilometres (2.3 mi) east
- Pelaman Mawiang Togug 3.7 kilometres (2.3 mi) west
- Kampung Grogo 3.7 kilometres (2.3 mi) west
- Bau 3.7 kilometres (2.3 mi) south
- Musi 4.1 kilometres (2.5 mi) northeast
- Pelaman Tiguduong 4.1 kilometres (2.5 mi) northwest
- Pelaman Sepisa 4.1 kilometres (2.5 mi) northeast
- Kampung Sudoh 4.1 kilometres (2.5 mi) northeast
- Kampung Addis 4.1 kilometres (2.5 mi) northwest
References
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ "Tundong, Malaysia". Geonames. 1994-02-10. Retrieved 2010-12-27.
- ^ Darrien Y. S. Mah, Frederik J. Putuhena and Salim Said (2007-05-09). Use of Infoworks River Simulation (Rs) in Sungai Sarawak Kanan Modeling (PDF). Retrieved 2011-01-02.
- ^ Sir Henry Keppel (1846). The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Didio for the Suppression of Piracy. Forgotten Books. p. 144. ISBN 978-1-4400-7547-6. Retrieved 2 January 2011.