 | This articleneeds additional citations forverification. Please helpimprove this article byadding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Sematan" – news ·newspapers ·books ·scholar ·JSTOR(October 2021) (Learn how and when to remove this message) |
Sematan | |
|---|---|
 The Sematan town waterfront | |
  Sematan | |
| Coordinates:1°48′00″N109°46′01″E / 1.800°N 109.767°E /1.800; 109.767 | |
| Country | Malaysia |
| State | Sarawak |
| Administrative Division | Lundu |
| Elevation | 1 m (3.3 ft) |
| Website | lundudc |
Sematan (known historically asSimatan)[1] is a small town inLundu District,Sarawak, Malaysia.[2][3] It lies approximately 67.5 kilometres (42 mi) west-north-west of the state capitalKuching,[4] which is a two-hour drive.[5]
Sematan is a fishing village looking out over theSouth China Sea. It has reasonably clean beaches, a promenade along the waterfront and a concrete pier into the sea. At the north end, there is a park celebrating early Malay fishermen in the Sematan area.[6] Accommodation in Sematan can be had at the Sematan Hotel.[7]
| Route No. | Operating Route | Operator | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| K26 | Kuching-Bau-Lundu-Sematan | CPL |
Sematan has atropical rainforest climate (Af) with heavy to very heavy rainfall year-round and with extremely heavy rainfall in January and February.
| Climate data for Sematan | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 29.3 (84.7) | 29.6 (85.3) | 30.5 (86.9) | 31.5 (88.7) | 31.9 (89.4) | 31.7 (89.1) | 31.5 (88.7) | 31.4 (88.5) | 31.2 (88.2) | 31.2 (88.2) | 30.8 (87.4) | 30.2 (86.4) | 30.9 (87.6) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 25.8 (78.4) | 26.1 (79.0) | 26.5 (79.7) | 27.2 (81.0) | 27.4 (81.3) | 27.3 (81.1) | 27.0 (80.6) | 27.0 (80.6) | 26.9 (80.4) | 26.9 (80.4) | 26.7 (80.1) | 26.4 (79.5) | 26.8 (80.2) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 22.4 (72.3) | 22.6 (72.7) | 22.6 (72.7) | 22.9 (73.2) | 23.0 (73.4) | 22.9 (73.2) | 22.6 (72.7) | 22.6 (72.7) | 22.6 (72.7) | 22.7 (72.9) | 22.6 (72.7) | 22.6 (72.7) | 22.7 (72.8) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 754 (29.7) | 680 (26.8) | 407 (16.0) | 189 (7.4) | 132 (5.2) | 109 (4.3) | 139 (5.5) | 148 (5.8) | 162 (6.4) | 233 (9.2) | 290 (11.4) | 539 (21.2) | 3,782 (148.9) |
| Source: Climate-Data.org[8] | |||||||||||||
Telok Melano is located at the southern tip of Sarawak, a 15-minute drive away from the town of Sematan.[5][9]
Media related toSematan at Wikimedia Commons
