page_title: Kanowit
section_title: Other utilities
hierarchical_section_title: Kanowit / Other utilities
caption_attribution_description: English: SMK Kanowit entrance
context_page_description: Kanowit is a town and the capital of a district of the same name, located within the Sibu Division, Sarawak, Malaysia, comprising 2,253.5 square kilometres. As of 2010, Kanowit's population is 28,985. It is built on the mouth of Kanowit River at the bank of Rajang River, approximately 174 kilometers from the coast of South China Sea. It takes 45 minutes to reach the town by land transport and an hour by boat from Sibu. The main ethnic groups are Iban, Chinese, Malay, and Melanau.
  The town takes its name from the Kanowit, a Melanau ethnic group called Rajang by the Ibans. The language is still spoken by the Kanowit people living in the area.
  The village where Kanowit people live is known as Kampung Bedil, a short trip by boat up the Rajang River from Kanowit town.
caption: SMK Kanowit
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