Long_Selaan

Long Selaan

Long Selaan

Place in Sarawak, Malaysia

Long Selaan (also written Long Sela'an) is a settlement in Sarawak, Malaysia.[1] It lies approximately 553.9 kilometres (344 mi) east-north-east of the state capital Kuching.

Quick Facts Country, State ...

The village is located in the Ulu Baram area on the Baram River between Long Semiyang (upstream) and Long Moh (downstream).[2] Kenyah villages are often located where a small stream joins a large river, and take the name of the stream;[3] in this case the small stream is Sungai Sela'an.[2]

There are three subgroups of the Kenyah people in the village: Lepo'Ke, Lepo'Belukun and Lepo'Tepuan.[4] There has been a longhouse on this site for at least fifty years.[5] When Lepo'Tau people moved to the area from the Silat River, the people of Long Sela'an gave an area of land downriver to them, which became the settlement of Long Moh.[3]

Neighbouring settlements include:

References

  1. [1]
    "Long Selaan, Malaysia". Geonames. 1994-02-10. Retrieved 2010-12-27.
  2. [2]
    "Telang Usan: The Baram River of Sarawak". 2011-02-08. Retrieved 2011-02-11.
  3. [3]
    Victor T. King (1978). Essays on Borneo societies. Published for the University of Hull by the Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-713434-4. Retrieved 20 February 2011.
  4. [4]
    "Penemuruai: February 2009". 2010-12-21. Retrieved 2011-02-20.
  5. [5]
    "Telang Usan: Long Sela'an, Upper Baram". 2011-02-17. Retrieved 2011-02-20.


Stub icon

This Sarawak location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Long_Selaan, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.