Kerangan Pinggai Explained
| Kerangan Pinggai |
| Coordinates: | 1.5333°N 111.5333°W |
| Pushpin Map: | Borneo |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Malaysia |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Type2: | Administrative Division |
| Subdivision Name2: | Saratok |
| Elevation M: | 90 |
Kerangan Pinggai (also known as Krangan Pinggai) is a longhouse on the Paku river[1] in the Saratok division of Sarawak, Malaysia.[2] [3] It lies approximately 133.6km (83miles) east of the state capital Kuching.
Benedict Sandin, Iban ethnologist, historian, and Curator of the Sarawak Museum in Kuching was born in Kerangan Pinggai in 1918.[1]
Neighbouring settlements include:
- Belabak 0km (00miles) north
- Matop 1.9km (01.2miles) west
- Tanjong 1.9km (01.2miles) west
- Samu 1.9km (01.2miles) north
- Beduru 2.6km (01.6miles) southwest
- Pelandok 2.6km (01.6miles) southwest
- Udau 2.6km (01.6miles) northeast
- Engkerbai 2.6km (01.6miles) northeast
- Sengiam 3.7km (02.3miles) north
- Pelawa 5.2km (03.2miles) southwest
Notes and References
- Web site: Literacy among the Iban of Sarawak: a reply to Maurice Bloch. John Postill. 2005-07-17. 2012-08-04. 2016-03-04. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304075012/http://www.media-anthropology.net/Postill_KnowledgeIban.pdf. dead.
- Book: A Sarawak Gazetteer. M. Mohizah, S. Julia and W. K. Soh. 2006. Sarawak Forestry Department Malaysia and Forest Research Institute Malaysia. Kuala Lumpur. 9832181860. 85818866. 2011-01-01. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110722232834/http://www.chm.frim.gov.my/Sarawak_Gazetteer.pdf. 2011-07-22.
- Web site: Kerangan Pinggai, Malaysia. Geonames. 2010-08-09. 2010-12-27.
