Tatau

Tatau

Pekan Tatau
Tatau Pekan Tatau
Town and district capital
	Daerah Tatau Mosque
	Tatau
	Coordinates: 2°53′0″N 112°51′0″E / 2.88333°N 112.85000°E
Country	Malaysia
State	Sarawak
Division	Bintulu
District	Tatau
Population (2000)
• Total	25,300

Tatau is a town, and the capital of the Tatau District (4,945.8 square kilometres) in Bintulu Division, Sarawak, Malaysia. The district's reported total population for Tatau (year 2010 census) was 30,383.^[1]^[2] Tatau became a district in 1987. Before that it was a Sub District under Bintulu District. The main spoken languages are Iban, Kenyah, Beketan and Punan.

Education

Secondary school

SMK Tatau

Primary school

SK Tatau
SJK(C) Chung Hua Tatau
SK Ulu Kakus
SK Tatau
SK Sungai Bagiau
SK Sangan Iban
SK Rumah Keseng
SK Rh Tayai
SK Ng Tau
SK Ng Penyarai
SK Kuala Tatau
SK Kuala Serupai
SK Kuala Annau
SK Kelawit
SK Nanga Tau
SK Nanga Muput
SK Rumah Barrau

Pan Borneo Highway project

As the part of the Pan Borneo Highway, Tatau is put into works package contract (WPC09) from Sg. Arip Bridge to Bintulu Airport Junction. The main proposal is upgrading the existing road from two way lane to four way two lane and constructing a new parallel bridges alongside of the project, including the main Batang Tatau Bridge. It was taken by the turnkey contractor, Lebuhraya Borneo Utara (LBU) Sdn Bhd and the main contractor of this WPC is KKBWCT Joint Venture Sdn Bhd.

Government

The entire Tatau district was governed by Bintulu Development Authority (BDA) meanwhile its sub-district, Kuala Tatau, which links it to Balingian in Mukah district, are under the administration of Dalat and Mukah District Council (MDDM).

Transport

Local bus

Route No.	Operating Route	Operator	Remark
B9	Bintulu-Tatau	CPL

Climate

Tatau has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) with heavy to very heavy rainfall year-round.

Climate data for Tatau
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	29.7 (85.5)	29.7 (85.5)	30.4 (86.7)	31.0 (87.8)	31.4 (88.5)	31.2 (88.2)	31.2 (88.2)	31.0 (87.8)	31.0 (87.8)	30.7 (87.3)	30.5 (86.9)	30.1 (86.2)	30.7 (87.2)
Daily mean °C (°F)	26.1 (79.0)	26.1 (79.0)	26.6 (79.9)	26.9 (80.4)	27.3 (81.1)	26.9 (80.4)	26.8 (80.2)	26.7 (80.1)	26.8 (80.2)	26.7 (80.1)	26.6 (79.9)	26.2 (79.2)	26.6 (80.0)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	22.5 (72.5)	22.5 (72.5)	22.8 (73.0)	22.9 (73.2)	23.2 (73.8)	22.7 (72.9)	22.4 (72.3)	22.4 (72.3)	22.6 (72.7)	22.7 (72.9)	22.7 (72.9)	22.4 (72.3)	22.6 (72.8)
Average rainfall mm (inches)	415 (16.3)	327 (12.9)	310 (12.2)	256 (10.1)	243 (9.6)	257 (10.1)	218 (8.6)	280 (11.0)	310 (12.2)	355 (14.0)	365 (14.4)	460 (18.1)	3,796 (149.5)
Source: Climate-Data.org^[3]

References

^ "The Official Portal of the Sarawak Government". www.sarawak.gov.my. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
^ "Sarawak (State, Malaysia) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
^ "Climate: Tatau". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 29 October 2020.

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[1] "The Official Portal of the Sarawak Government". www.sarawak.gov.my. Retrieved 6 January 2020.

[2] "Sarawak (State, Malaysia) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 6 January 2020.

[3] "Climate: Tatau". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 29 October 2020.

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