Kuching District

This article is about an administrative district in Sarawak, Malaysia. For the city, see Kuching. For the administrative division, see Kuching Division.

The Kuching District is an administrative district within Kuching Division, Sarawak, Malaysia. It is subdivided into two subdistricts which are Kuching Proper and Padawan. The population of the entire district was 617,887 at the 2010 Census.

Map of Kuching District

Kuching Resident and District Office

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1980	76,814	—
1985	89,490	+16.5%
1990	102,863	+14.9%
1995	136,412	+32.6%
2004	193,285	+41.7%
2010	283,670	+46.8%
2015	340,951	+20.2%
2024	514,658	+50.9%
Source: [1]

Kuching District
District of Malaysia
Daerah Kuching
Other transcription(s)
• Chinese	古晋县
Location of Kuching District in Sarawak
Kuching District Location of Kuching District in Malaysia
Coordinates: 1°33′40″N 110°20′30″E
Country	Malaysia
State	Sarawak
Local area government(s)	Kuching Kuching South City Council (MBKS) Commission of the City of Kuching North (DBKU) Padawan Municipal Council (MPP)
Area
• Total	1,868.83 km2 (721.56 sq mi)
Population  (2010)
• Total	617,887
• Density	330/km2 (860/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (MST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+8 (Not observed)

Kuching Proper subdistrict

The Kuching Proper subdistrict is divided into two areas:

• the urban area, more commonly known as Kuching City.
• the suburbs and rural areas, collectively known as the Padawan municipality, formerly known as the Kuching Rural District. The headquarters are situated in Kota Padawan (formerly named 10th Mile Bazaar).

Padawan subdistrict

Main article: Padawan, Sarawak

Not to be confused with Padawan municipality.

Padawan was proclaimed as a subdistrict on 11 August 1983 and is headquartered in Teng Bukap.