Lawas

Lawas is a small frontier town in the northeastern corner of state in . The town is located in a strip of Sarawak territory sandwiched between the Temburong district of and Malaysia's state.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Lawas Airport.

Aerodrome
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is a short take-off and landing airport serving Lawas, a town in , , . A plan has been made to relocate the current airport to a new site, because the current site is considered unsafe.

Lawas

Latitude
4.8597° or 4° 51′ 35″ north
Longitude
115.4083° or 115° 24′ 30″ east
Population
38,400
Elevation
10 metres (33 feet)
IATA airport code
LWY
Open location code
6PPQVC55+V8
Open­Street­Map ID
node 369495987
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
1737589
Wiki­data ID
Q6503576
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Lawas” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “لوس”
  • Asturian: “Lawas”
  • Bengali: “লাওয়াস”
  • Catalan: “Lawas”
  • Chinese: “拉瓦斯”
  • Chinese: “老越”
  • Dutch: “Lawas”
  • French: “Lawas”
  • Iban: “Lawas”
  • Indonesian: “Lawas”
  • Malay: “Lawas”
  • Malay: “Pekan Lawas”
  • Malay: “لاوس”
  • Tajik: “Лавас”
  • Tamil: “இலாவாசு”
  • Ukrainian: “Лавас”
  • Urdu: “لاواس”
  • Vietnamese: “Lawas”

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