Kapit

Kapit is a metropolis and the capital of Kapit District in Kapit Division, Sarawak, Malaysia on the south financial institution of the Rajang River. The district accommodates 15,595.6 square kilometres and as of 2002 has a populace of 60,200. Although handy most effective with the aid of boat or light plane, it's far the colourful business and social center for the middle Rajang River catering to the longhouse groups and timber camps. It is an notable base for exploring close by longhouses or for arranging journeys to the Upper Rejang and Balleh Rivers.

During the reign of Rajah Charles Brooke, a "Fort Kapit" turned into built in Kapit in 1880 to save you the Iban from migrating up-river and attacking Orang Ulu settlements.With the security provided with the aid of the citadel, the area surrounding the citadel turned into settled with the aid of Hoklo Chinese in 1880, additional Hakka Chinese immigrants arrived in 1906, and Fuzhou Chinese in 1919. The Hokkiens labored as labourers at the same time as the Hakkas worked as farmers before venturing into corporations. Hock Leong Tieng Temple was built by way of the Chinese in 1889.

Tai San Ten Association was shaped in 1935 to serve the hobbies of Hokkiens and Hakkas. In 1924, a peace treaty changed into signed among the Iban and the Orang Ulu human beings at Fort Kapit, thus finishing the hostilities between the 2 tribes completely. In 1925, "Fort Kapit" become renamed as Fort Sylvia, after the wife of Rajah Vyner Brooke, Rani Sylvia Brooke. The fortress had withstood floods in 1887, 1934, 1961 and 1983. On 28 January 1934, Kapit experienced the maximum intense flood in records with water degree as high as 162 ft.