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Asajaya District

Coordinates: 1°34′42″N 110°34′52″E / 1.57833°N 110.58111°E / 1.57833; 110.58111
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For the state constituency represented in the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly, see Asajaya (state constituency).

Asajaya
Location of Asajaya
Asajaya is located in East Malaysia
Asajaya
Asajaya
Coordinates: 1°34′42″N 110°34′52″E / 1.57833°N 110.58111°E / 1.57833; 110.58111
Country Malaysia
State Sarawak

Asajaya (Chinese: 雅沙再也) is a small town located in Samarahan Division, Sarawak, Malaysia.

History

Asajaya was formerly known as Nonok, and it is a sub-district under Kuching Division since 1970. From 1993 it was transferred to the newly formed Samarahan Division, and since then it was renamed as Asajaya. Asajaya was upgraded into a district on 31 December 1999.[1]

Demographics

Ethnic composition of Asajaya District (2010)
Ethnicities / Nationality Percentage
Malays
 
 83.46%
Iban
 
 8.31%
Bidayuh
 
 0.57%
Melanau
 
 0.2%
Other Bumiputeras
 
 0.15%
Chinese
 
 6.53%
Indians
 
 0.06%
Others
 
 0.05%
Non-Malaysian
 
 0.65%
Ethnicity 2010
Pop. %
Malays 26032 83.46%
Iban 2593 8.31%
Bidayuh 177 0.57%
Melanau 63 0.2%
Other Bumiputeras 48 0.15%
Chinese 2038 6.53%
Indians 18 0.06%
Others 17 0.05%
Malaysian total 30986 99.35%
Non-Malaysian 204 0.65%
Total 31190 100.00%


Historical population
YearPop.±%
200028,513—    
201031,190+9.4%
202033,606+7.7%
Figures for 1991 was included under Samarahan District.
Source: [2]

Transportation

Main article: Transportation in Sarawak

Local Bus

Route No. Operating Route Operator
K12 Kuching-Kota Samarahan-Asajaya-Sadong Jaya CPL

Climate

Asajaya has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) with heavy to very heavy rainfall year-round.

Climate data for Asajaya
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 29.8
(85.6) 		30.0
(86.0) 		31.0
(87.8) 		32.0
(89.6) 		32.5
(90.5) 		32.2
(90.0) 		32.2
(90.0) 		32.0
(89.6) 		31.7
(89.1) 		31.6
(88.9) 		31.3
(88.3) 		30.6
(87.1) 		31.4
(88.5)
Daily mean °C (°F) 26.1
(79.0) 		26.2
(79.2) 		26.9
(80.4) 		27.4
(81.3) 		27.8
(82.0) 		27.5
(81.5) 		27.4
(81.3) 		27.2
(81.0) 		27.1
(80.8) 		27.1
(80.8) 		26.9
(80.4) 		26.6
(79.9) 		27.0
(80.6)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 22.5
(72.5) 		22.5
(72.5) 		22.8
(73.0) 		22.9
(73.2) 		23.2
(73.8) 		22.9
(73.2) 		22.6
(72.7) 		22.5
(72.5) 		22.6
(72.7) 		22.7
(72.9) 		22.6
(72.7) 		22.6
(72.7) 		22.7
(72.9)
Average rainfall mm (inches) 555
(21.9) 		421
(16.6) 		304
(12.0) 		269
(10.6) 		242
(9.5) 		191
(7.5) 		186
(7.3) 		243
(9.6) 		263
(10.4) 		309
(12.2) 		344
(13.5) 		471
(18.5) 		3,798
(149.6)
Source: Climate-Data.org[3]

References

  1. ^ "Sejarah". Pusat Ekonomi Digital Pekan Asajaya.
  2. ^ "TABURAN PENDUDUK MENGIKUT PBT & MUKIM 2010". Department of Statistics, Malaysia. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
  3. ^ "Climate: Asajaya". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 29 October 2020.


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