Bau

Bau is a gold mining town, capital of Bau district in the of , . Bau has about 52,600 residents.
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  • Type: Town with 52,600 residents
  • Description: human settlement in Malaysia
  • Also known as: Bau, Sarawak

Places of Interest

Highlights include Blue Lake.

Lake
Tasik Biru is a state constituency in , , that has been represented in the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly since 1979. The state constituency was created in the 1977 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly under the first past the post voting system.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tundong.

Suburb
Tondong is a settlement on the Sarawak Kanan river in the Bau district of , . It lies approximately 25.2 kilometres southwest of the state capital . is situated 4½ km north of Bau.

Bau

Latitude
1.4179° or 1° 25′ 4″ north
Longitude
110.1553° or 110° 9′ 19″ east
Population
52,600
Elevation
21 metres (69 feet)
United Nations Location Code
MY BAU
Open location code
6PHGC594+44
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2280492275
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
1734539
Wiki­data ID
Q3268524
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Bau” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: باو
  • Asturian: Bau
  • Bengali: বাউ
  • Chinese: 石隆門
  • Chinese: 石隆門縣
  • Chinese: 石隆门
  • Chinese: 石隆门县
  • Chinese: 石龙门
  • Danish: Bau
  • Dutch: Bau
  • Egyptian Arabic: باو
  • Finnish: Bau
  • French: Bau
  • Greek: Μπό
  • Gujarati: બાઉ
  • Hindi: बाऊ
  • Iban: Bau, Sarawak
  • Iban: Bau
  • Indonesian: Bau, Malaysia
  • Italian: Bau
  • Japanese: バウ
  • Japanese: バウ郡
  • Kannada: ಬಾ
  • Korean: 바우
  • Latvian: Bau
  • Lithuanian: Bau
  • Malay: Bau
  • Malay: Daerah Bandar Bau
  • Marathi: बाऊ
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Bau
  • Persian: باو ساراواک
  • Polish: Bau
  • Portuguese: Bau
  • Russian: Бау
  • Sinhala: බාඋ
  • Spanish: Bau
  • Swedish: Bau
  • Tamil: பாவு, சரவாக்
  • Tamil: பாவு
  • Telugu: బావు
  • Thai: บัวรุ
  • Turkish: Bau
  • Ukrainian: Бау
  • Urdu: باؤ
  • Vietnamese: Bau, Sarawak
  • Vietnamese: Bau

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include J&T Express and KFC Bau.

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