Long Pasia Explained

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:

Notable visitors

Malaysian notable visitors:

International notable visitors:

Facilities

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Long Pasia . 2012-05-16 . 2012-07-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120720213733/http://www.longpasia.org/ . dead .
  2. Web site: Miwil . Olivia . 2019-03-17 . Long Pasia in danger of losing pre-historic burial sites . 2023-06-30 . New Straits Times.