Pakan, Sarawak
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{{Infobox settlement
| official_name = Pakan
| settlement_type = Town and district capital
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| translit_lang1_type1 = Chinese
| translit_lang1_info1 = 巴干
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| image_skyline = Replica of Buah Pakan at Pakan Entabai road.jpg
| image_caption = Replica of Buah Pakan at Pakan town
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Borneo
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| subdivision_type = Country
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| subdivision_type1 = State
| subdivision_name1 = {{flag|Sarawak}}
| subdivision_type2 = Division
| subdivision_name2 = Sarikei
| subdivision_type3 = District
| subdivision_name3 = Pakan
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| leader_title = District Officer
| leader_name = En. Seroji Bin Ludin (2017-Now)
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| area_total_km2 = 924.6
| population_total = 15,462
| population_as_of = 2020[https://cloud.stats.gov.my/index.php/s/ppMYkLC4kyUzHKn#pdfviewer], Jabatan Perangkaan Malaysia, Retrieved 28 February 2022
| population_density_km2 = 16
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| postal_code = 96xxx
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| website = {{URL|http://www.sarikei.sarawak.gov.my/}}
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Pakan is a small town in Pakan District, Sarikei Division, Sarawak, Malaysia. The district population estimates (as of the 2017 census) was 17,600.{{cite web|title= SARAWAK FACTS & FIGURES|url=http://sarawakfacts.sarawak.gov.my/modules/web/cls_list.php?clsid=34&catid=166&subcatid=&polid=181|website=Population By Administrative District|publisher=State Planning Unit|access-date=3 August 2020}}
Most of its inhabitants are ethnic Iban people (95%+) and a few minority Chinese usually concentrated in its town area. A small minority of Malay work in a government sector, such as teachers, nurses, district officers, and police.{{citation needed|date=November 2017}}
Etymology
The name Pakan was derived from a local fruit resembling durian, named Buah Pakan. It has yellowish skin and flesh.Yii, 2010. Page 285 The fruit has since become the symbol of the town with its replica built at the junction of Entabai road.{{cite web|title=Pengenalan Pejabat Daerah Pakan (Introduction to Pakan District Office)|url=http://www.sarikei.sarawak.gov.my/page-0-394-249-Pengenalan-Pejabat-Daerah-Pakan.html|website=Official Portal of Sarikei Divisional Administration|publisher=Sarikei Divisional Office|access-date=8 November 2017}}
History
In 1911, a man from Guangdong named Wen Ru Zhu (翁如珠) was the first Chinese to arrive in Sarikei. Four years later in 1915, he together with one of his family member, brought some daily necessities, climbed through the mountains and arrive in Pakan to trade with the Iban people living there for agricultural products. Apart from Iban longhouses and rubber plantations, there were no Chinese houses there. The Iban people welcomed the arrival of Wen as he brought the much needed daily necessities to them. The journey to and from Pakan took about ten days. Wen would build a small hut in Pakan to stay there for some days before going back to Sarikei. Later, he married an Iban woman in Pakan and started a family. Later, more Chinese came here to build shophouses and to trade with Iban people.Yii, 2010. Page 285
In 1937, Penghulu Asun staged a rebellion against the Brooke government in Pakan. In 1957, Min Jin primary school (民进小学) was built. In 1968, there was a flood in Pakan.Yii, 2010. Page 287
Government
File:Meradong and Julau District Council Pakan branch.jpg
File:Pakan district office.jpg
Since creation of the Sarikei Division in 1973, the Pakan sub-district was put under the jurisdiction of Julau district. On 1 March 2002, the Pakan sub-district was upgraded into a district. The Pakan District covers a total area of {{convert|924.6|km2|abbr=on}},{{cite web|title=Profail Daerah Pakan (Pakan District Profile)|url=http://www.sarikei.sarawak.gov.my/page-0-395-250-Profail-Daerah-Pakan.html|website=The Official Portal of Sarikei Divisional Administration Office|publisher=Sarikei Divisional Administration Office|access-date=8 November 2017}} administered by Pakan District Office located in the town of Pakan.
Geography
Pakan is located {{convert|45|km|abbr=on}} from the town of Sarikei.
=Longhouses =
- Tr. Rawing, Ulu Marau
- Tr. Empati anak idai, Nanga Marau
- Tr. Saban Sungai Ipoh, Pakan
- Tr. Undi, Sg Pantak (once niang Tr Taling)
- Tr. Sedau Ak Empali
- Tr. Nyambar, Ulu Kota, Pakan
- Tr. Bujang
- Tr. Minang
- Tr. Panau
- Rumah Jilap Bt6 Jalan Entabai Pakan
- Tr. Matu Anak Dingun Bt3 Pakan
- Tr. Matthew Nawong, Lubuk Pisang, Sg Genega
- Tr. Tukang, Nyalak Atas
- Tr. James Anak Jantan, Darau.
- Tr. Andrew Ungon, Darau
- Tr. George anak Chungut, Nanga Nansang
- Tr. Ganda anak Saba, Manding, Sungai Lemujan
- Tr. Attan anak Ana, Lubok Ubi, Sugai
- Tr. Linggang anak Kaya, Merampu
- Tr. Liman anak Lawo, Munggu Temedak
- Tr. Kalong anak Asa
- Tr. Janang anak Silang, Sg.Wong, Wak
- Tr. Barang Sg Empang, Pakan
- Tr. Empi Tanjung, Pakan
- Tr. Ladi Nasau, Pakan
- Tr. Empek Nasau, Pakan
- Tr. Imban, Genting Kopi Pakan
- Tr. Jantan, Genting, Kopi Pakan
- Tr. Safri, Tubai Buah, Pakan
- Tr. Nyalong Nanga Segera, Pakan
- Tr. Gandai, Tubai Buah, Pakan
- Tr. Budom, Tubai Buah, Pakan
- Tr. Menari, Ng Pedanum
- Tr. Ragai Sungai Jaong, Pakan
- Tr. Japar Ulu Kemalih, Entabai
- Tr. Dinggai Amut Atas, Pakan
- Tr. Gunda @ Chakau, Sg.Seru, Lemujan
Climate
Pakan has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) with heavy to very heavy rainfall year-round.
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| location = Pakan
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| Jan high C = 30.0
| Feb high C = 30.2
| Mar high C = 31.2
| Apr high C = 31.9
| May high C = 32.2
| Jun high C = 32.0
| Jul high C = 32.0
| Aug high C = 31.6
| Sep high C = 31.6
| Oct high C = 31.5
| Nov high C = 31.3
| Dec high C = 30.7
| Jan mean C = 26.0
| Feb mean C = 26.1
| Mar mean C = 26.8
| Apr mean C = 27.2
| May mean C = 27.4
| Jun mean C = 27.1
| Jul mean C = 27.0
| Aug mean C = 26.7
| Sep mean C = 26.9
| Oct mean C = 26.9
| Nov mean C = 26.8
| Dec mean C = 26.4
| year mean C =
| Jan low C = 22.1
| Feb low C = 22.1
| Mar low C = 22.4
| Apr low C = 22.5
| May low C = 22.7
| Jun low C = 22.3
| Jul low C = 22.0
| Aug low C = 21.9
| Sep low C = 22.2
| Oct low C = 22.3
| Nov low C = 22.3
| Dec low C = 22.1
|rain colour=green
|Jan rain mm=336
|Feb rain mm=272
|Mar rain mm=291
|Apr rain mm=257
|May rain mm=250
|Jun rain mm=181
|Jul rain mm=174
|Aug rain mm=237
|Sep rain mm=280
|Oct rain mm=276
|Nov rain mm=286
|Dec rain mm=364
|source 1 = Climate-Data.org{{cite web
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|title = Climate: Pakan
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Demographics
=Ethnicity=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Pakan District Ethnic Statistic{{cite web |url=http://www.statistics.gov.my/portal/download_Population/files/population/05Jadual_Mukim_negeri/Mukim_Sarawak.pdf |title=Total population by ethnic group, sub-district and state, Malaysia, 2010 |publisher= Jabatan Perangkaan Malaysia|access-date= 3 August 2020}} |
| style="width:5%"|Total Population !style="width:5%"|Malay !style="width:5%"|Iban !style="width:5%"|Bidayuh !style="width:5%"|Melanau !style="width:5%"|Other !style="width:5%"|Chinese !style="width:5%"|Indian !style="width:5%"|Other !style="width:5%"|Non-Citizen |
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| 15,139
| 125 | 14,423 | 26 | 39 | 136 | 289 | 13 | 35 | 53 |
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{{bar percent|Iban|#FFAA1D|95.3}}
{{bar percent|Chinese|#CE2029|1.9}}
{{bar percent|Other Bumiputera|#A3C1AD|0.9}}
{{bar percent|Malay|#B0BF1A|0.8}}
{{bar percent|Non-Citizen|#CB6D51|0.4}}
{{bar percent|Melanau|#F88379|0.3}}
{{bar percent|Indian|#C154C1|0.1}}
}}In 2010, Pakan town had a total population of 14,570, where there were 14,023 Iban people, 402 Chinese, 80 Malays, and 65 from other ethnic groups.{{cite book|last1=余(Yii)|first1=悦胜(Yuk Seng)|title=泗里街省華族史料集 (Collection of historical material on the chinese community in Sarikei Division)|date=November 2010|publisher=砂拉越华族文化协会(Sarawak Chinese Cultural Association)|location=Sibu, Sarawak|isbn=978-983-9360-49-3|edition=First}}Yii, 2010. Page 285
=Places of worship=
File:St Francis Asisi Chapel, Pakan.jpg
- St. Francis Assisi Church
- BEM (SIB) Nanga Pakan
- Chapel St Joseph, Ulu Kota
- Mosque (beside Klinik Pakan)
- Surau Zulkarnain, Rumah Julin, Kg Amut (sponsored by Yayasan Amal Malaysia Cawangan Sarawak)
Economy
File:Another black pepper plantation near the Pakan road.jpg
In 2017, Pakan District had 2,000 hectares of pepper farms with 5,800 farmers working on them.{{cite news |title=Pepper farmers urged to up production to meet demand |url=http://www.theborneopost.com/2017/10/27/pepper-farmers-urged-to-up-production-to-meet-demand/ |access-date=7 February 2019 |publisher=The Borneo Post |date=27 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180317040628/http://www.theborneopost.com/2017/10/27/pepper-farmers-urged-to-up-production-to-meet-demand/ |archive-date=17 March 2018}}
Transport
=Local Bus=
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| Route No.
!Operating Route !Operator !Remark |
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| 6
|Sarikei-Pakan |Borneo Bus | |
=Alternate road=
New road alternative connecting user from Sibu to go directly to Ulu Budu in Saratok district by passing through Pakan provides a shorter time compared to the existing one which passes through T-junction to Sarikei. What used to be about 3 hours journey from Sibu to Saratok will take only about 2 hours. So users on a long journey to Kuching benefit a lot from this road.
Sibu -> Julau -> Bintangor -> Sarikei -> Pakan -> Wak -> Ulu Budu -> Saratok
Other utilities
=Education=
;Primary schools
- SK Nanga Pakan
- SK Nanga Kara
- SK Sungai Sugai
- SK Nanga Wak
- Sk Nanga Sembawang
- Sk Ulu Manding
- Sk Nanga Pedanum
- Sk Nanga Kota
- Sk Nanga Dayu
- Sk Ulu Entabai
- Sk Ulu Entaih
- Sk Nanga Entaih
;Secondary school
- SMK Pakan
- (extra information) SMK Meradong (Bintangor), SMK Bintangor (Bintangor), the nearest school most of the upper six students attended after they finishing their form 5.
Culture and leisure
=Cultural=
File:Kerangan Rantau Enjin, Lubok Kelau, Sg Julau..jpg
Pesta Pakan (Pakan festival) is a yearly festival held in the town of Pakan since 1988 and usually held around August. It consisted of various activities such as sports, entertainment, culture, and arts and various stalls selling food such as Smoke house (Ruman Asap) and drinks.{{cite web|title=Pakan Festival|url=http://www.sarikei.sarawak.gov.my/page-0-381-235-Pakan-Festival.html|website=The official portal of Sarikei Divisional administrative office|publisher=Sarikei Divisional Administrative Office|access-date=8 November 2017}}
=Historical=
- Lumbung Rentap at Bukit Sibau (Rentap's final resting place)
- Bukit Uyu (the grave of the Rentap's follower, Uyu, Medan and two more)
=Leisure and conservation areas=
- Kerangan Rantau Enjin, Nanga Kelau
- Wong Kuji waterfall
- Kembara Off-Road
Notes
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External links
{{Commons category|Pakan}}