Vital Signs: Health in Borneo's Sarawak

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Sarawak (Jawi: سراوق) is one of the two Malaysian states on the island of Borneo. Known as Bumi kenyalang ('Land of the Hornbills'), it is situated on the north-west of the island. It is the largest state in Malaysia; the second largest, Sabah, lies to the northeast. The administrative capital is Kuching (pop. 600,300 in 2005) which literally means 'cat' (kucing). Major cities and towns also include Sibu (pop. 228,000), Miri (pop. 282,000) and Bintulu (pop. 152,761). As of last census (May 5, 2005), the state population was 2,376,800. For more details about the population see Demographics of Malaysia, though it is interesting to note that Sarawak is, like Sabah to the north, a multicultural state, with no ethnic majority.