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Rajang River
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Rajang River

 or Rejang River

Chief river, central Sarawak, Malaysia, on the island of Borneo. It flows southwest and west into the South China Sea and is about 350 mi (565 km) long. It is navigable for about 80 mi (130 km) to Sibu by oceangoing vessels and has a wide, swampy delta. Several market towns are along its banks.



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Before they settled down, they had moved about in a wide area, encompassing some 1500 square miles that covered the headwaters of the Balui River (the name given to the upper part of the Rejang River, the longest waterway in Malaysia), and its tributaries of the Danum, Linau, Kajang, Bahau and the Kihan, tributary of the Iwan River of Indonesia (see Map 2).
Leech also identified three main areas where anti-Japanese uprisings could be launched: the Baram and Tinjar rivers, inhabited by the Kayans and Kenyahs; the Rejang basin above Kapit, peopled mostly by Ibans; and the Iban heartland of the Second Division (13) (the Rejang River eastwards to the Sadong River).
On the Rejang River, the Iban language is used in Catholic church services in Kejaman-speaking villages (Collins 2001a).
 
 
 
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