Sarawak [State] - Sarawak

Japanese: サラワク[州] - サラワク

A Malaysian state occupying the northwestern part of Borneo. Together with Sabah, it forms East Malaysia. The Upper Kapuas Mountains and the Iran Mountains run along the border with Indonesia from the south to the east, and the north is a plain facing the South China Sea. About 70% of the land is tropical rainforest, and the coast is mangrove swamps. The main products are pepper, timber (mainly exported to Japan), and oil from the Miri oil field, as well as gold and bauxite. In 1841, the King of Brunei gave it to the Englishman J. Brooke, who put down the Kuching rebellion, as a fief, and the Brooke family continued to rule it. In 1888, it became a British protectorate, and after Japanese occupation, it became a British colony in 1946, and in 1963 it became a state of the Federation of Malaysia. The inhabitants are mainly Iban (Sea Dayak) and Chinese, with some Malays as well. In recent years, environmental destruction has become a problem, such as the threat to the lives of indigenous people who make a living by slash-and-burn agriculture due to the deforestation of tropical rainforests. The capital is Kuching. ^124,450km2 . 2,071,506 people (2000).
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Japanese:

ボルネオ島北西部を占めるマレーシアの州。サバ州とともに東マレーシアを構成する。南〜東部のインドネシアとの国境を上カプアス山脈，イラン山脈が走り，北部は南シナ海に臨む平野。全土の約70％が熱帯雨林地帯で，海岸部はマングローブ湿地。主産物はコショウ，木材（おもな輸出先は日本），ミリ油田を中心とする石油で，ほかに金，ボーキサイトなどを産する。1841年，ブルネイ王がクチンの反乱をしずめた英国人J.ブルックに所領として与え，以来ブルック家の支配が続いたが，1888年英保護領，日本による占領をへて1946年英植民地となり，1963年マレーシア連邦の一州となった。住民はイバン人（海ダヤク）と華人が中心で，ほかにマレー人など。近年，熱帯雨林の伐採のため焼畑を生業とする先住民の生活が脅かされるなど環境破壊が問題となっている。主都クチン。12万4450km²。207万1506人（2000）。
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