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TRANSPORTATION - CONNECTIVITY
LEGEND
Population
Less than 30 000
30 000 - 50 000
50 000 - 100 000 100 000 - 250 000 500 000 - 1 000 000 >1 000 000
SOUTH CHINA SEA
Expressway
Principal Road International Airport Airfield
Ferry Tanker/Container Ship
Cruise Ship
MIRI
LA WAS LIMBANG
LIMBANG DIVISION
KUCH NG
KUCHING DIVISION
KOT A SAMARAHAN
SAMARAHAN DIVISION
BETONG
SRI AMAN DIVISION
SIBU EI
SARIKEI DIVISION
BETONG DIVISION
SIBU DIVISION
KAPIT DIVISION
MUKAH
MUKAH DIVISION
BINTULU DIVISION
SRI AMAN
Transportation map of Sarawak, showing major roads, navigable rivers, airports and stolports.
A Commitment to Connectivity
External Connections
Considering its unique geographic location, Sarawak has excellent external transport connections. The state is linked by road to Indonesia, Brunei Darussalam and Sabah via the Trans-Borneo Highway and by sea to
the rest of the world by a network of modern ports (see pages 410-413).
The four major airports
– Kuching, Sibu, Bintulu and Miri – have frequent connections to Kuala Lumpur and Kota Kinabalu via Malaysia Airlines (MAS) and Air Asia, with Malindo
Air also operating the Kuching-KL route. Kuching also connects domestically to Johor Bahru, Penang and Langkawi (MAS, Air Asia) and internationally to Singapore (MAS, Air Asia, SilkAir) and Pontianak (MAS, XpressAir), while Miri is linked to Singapore by Air Asia. Onward connections are via the major international hubs
of Kuala Lumpur and Singapore and the regional hub of Kota Kinabalu.
Internal Connectivity
Transport within Sarawak is a little different from other places. With a land area the size of England, a population of only
2.6 million and a great
deal of remote terrain that presents significant construction challenges, constructing a 6-lane highway to every remote village has never been an option. Instead, Sarawak has chosen to develop its transport infrastructure by using the most appropriate means for each location, with the focus on connectivity.
The state has an
extensive road
network of over 21,000 kilometres, serving the more populated coastal regions, so all of Sarawak’s towns and cities, with
the exception of upriver Kapit, are connected by modern, well-maintained metalled roads with dual
KAPIT
BINTULU
MIRI DIVISION
SARIK