Long Pasia | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Coordinates: | 4.4078°N 115.7219°W |
Pushpin Map: | Borneo |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Malaysia |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Type2: | Division |
Subdivision Name2: | Interior Division |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Sipitang |
Population Total: | 1000 |
Leader Title: | Ketua Kampung |
Leader Name: | Yakub Sim |
Long Pasia is a tourist spot and eco tourism village in Ulu Padas River, Sipitang District, Sabah. Long Pasia is a home town of Lun Bawang/Lun Dayeh tribes and has a population of about 1,000 people, and all of them are Christians of Borneo Evangelical Church (SIB). It is located about 300km (200miles) southwest of Kota Kinabalu.
Located at above sea level on the Maligan Highlands, it is adjacent to Payeh Maga.
Key economic activities are paddy planting and ecotourism. It is renowned for its diversity of orchid species, as well as pitcher plants which can be found in abundance in Long Pa' Sia' Kerangas Park and in forests around Ulu Padas river. It is also home to the Black Oriole, an endemic bird of Borneo.
There are several natural forest areas have been earmarked as potential areas to be developed as ecotourism attraction such as:
Malaysian notable visitors:
International notable visitors: