Long Selatong
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Long Selatong is a Kenyah longhouse in the Marudi division of Sarawak
, Malaysia. It lies approximately 531.2 kilometres (330 mi) east-north-east of the state capital Kuching
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The village was the subject of research into subsistence farming between 1976 and 1980 by Chin See Chung of the Department of Botany, University of Malaya. He spent long periods with the people and learned the Kenyah language. He concluded that "in principle, the Kenyah swidden system and resources utilization patterns and strategies are stable, adaptive and compatible with the functioning of the rainforest ecosystem".
If the Baram dam hydroelectric project goes ahead, Long Selatong will be one of the villages affected by the flooding of 389,000 hectares of jungle.
Neighbouring settlements include:
Sarawak
Sarawak is one of two Malaysian states on the island of Borneo. Known as Bumi Kenyalang , Sarawak is situated on the north-west of the island. It is the largest state in Malaysia followed by Sabah, the second largest state located to the North- East.The administrative capital is Kuching, which...
, Malaysia. It lies approximately 531.2 kilometres (330 mi) east-north-east of the state capital Kuching
Kuching
Kuching , officially the City of Kuching, and formerly the City of Sarawak, is the capital and most populous city of the East Malaysian state of Sarawak. It is the largest city on the island of Borneo, and the fourth largest city in Malaysia....
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The village was the subject of research into subsistence farming between 1976 and 1980 by Chin See Chung of the Department of Botany, University of Malaya. He spent long periods with the people and learned the Kenyah language. He concluded that "in principle, the Kenyah swidden system and resources utilization patterns and strategies are stable, adaptive and compatible with the functioning of the rainforest ecosystem".
If the Baram dam hydroelectric project goes ahead, Long Selatong will be one of the villages affected by the flooding of 389,000 hectares of jungle.
Neighbouring settlements include:
- Long San 8.3 kilometres (5.2 mi) northwest
- Long Akah 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) north
- Long Apu 11.1 kilometres (6.9 mi) south
- Long Tap 11.3 kilometres (7 mi) north
- Long Julan 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) south
- Long Tebangan 15.8 kilometres (9.8 mi) north
- Long Anap 18.5 kilometres (11.5 mi) south
- Long PalaiLong Palai-External links:*...
20.5 kilometres (12.7 mi) south - Long Seniai 28.3 kilometres (17.6 mi) northeast
- Lio Lesong 28.4 kilometres (17.6 mi) south