{{short description|District in Sri Aman division, Sarawak, Malaysia}} {{for|the federal constituency represented in the Dewan Rakyat|Lubok Antu (federal constituency)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2024}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Lubok Antu | settlement_type = District | image_blank_emblem = Flag of Sarawak.svg | blank_emblem_type = Towns of Sarawak | image_skyline = | image_caption = | image_flag = | image_shield = | image_map = File:Map of Lubok Antu District, Sarawak.svg | image_seal = File:The Seal of Lubok Antu District Council.png | coordinates = {{coord|1|3|0|N|111|50|0|E|region:MY|display=inline,title}} | pushpin_map = Malaysia District | pushpin_label_position = right | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flag|Malaysia}} | subdivision_type1 = State | subdivision_name1 = {{flag|Sarawak}} | subdivision_type2 = Division | subdivision_name2 = Sri Aman | subdivision_type3 = District | subdivision_name3 = Lubok Antu | seat = Lubok Antu | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 3,142.55 | population_as_of = 2024<ref>{{cite web|title=Sarawak Population |url=http://www.sarawak.gov.my/web/home/article_view/240/175/ |website=sarawak.gov.my |publisher=Sarawak Government |access-date=June 1, 2017}}</ref> | population_total = 39,079 | population_density_km2 = auto | elevation_m =
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'''Lubok Antu District''' (Malay: ''Daerah Lubok Antu'') is a district in the Sri Aman Division of the state of Sarawak, Malaysia.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Jasin|first=Basir|date=1996-01-01|title=Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous Radiolaria from chert blocks in the Lubok Antu melange, Sarawak, Malaysia|url=https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0743-9547%2896%2900001-3|journal=Journal of Southeast Asian Earth Sciences|language=en|volume=13|issue=1|pages=1–11|doi=10.1016/0743-9547(96)00001-3|issn=0743-9547|url-access=subscription}}</ref> It borders on Indonesia and a Malaysian border crossing checkpoint is located here. The checkpoint on the Indonesian side is called the Nanga Badau Border Crossing Checkpoint located in the village of Badau, West Kalimantan. The seat of Lubok Antu District is the town of Lubok Antu.
==Demographics== {{Empty section|date=February 2025}} {{MyPopuSarawak|2024|246|34152|28|22|14|4297|0|0|320}} {{Historical populations |source={{my10|kf2020}} |graph-pos=bottom |1990|5120 |1995|9354 |2004|14582 |2010|18761 |2015|27385 |2024|39079 |footnote= }}
This district has about more than 39,000 people; they are predominantly Iban, and there are also some Chinese and Malay residents.<ref name=post>[https://www.theborneopost.com/2017/06/07/lubok-antu-is-no-ghost-town/ "Lubok Antu is no ghost town"]. ''Borneo Post'', June 7, 2017</ref> Most residents are worked from agriculture, livestocks, entrepreneurship, and commercial services.
==Geography== The Batang Ai river runs through the district. There is a suspension bridge which leads to the village of Kampung Pasir.<ref name=post /> A dam completed in 1985 caused the displacement of thousands of people when their homes were flooded.<ref name=fmt>[https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2018/02/22/displaced-by-dam-lubok-antu-settlers-lament-lack-of-land/ "Displaced by dam, Lubok Antu settlers lament lack of land"]. ''Free Malaysia Today'', February 22, 2018 </ref> In 2018 a suspension bridge at Nanga Kesit collapsed because of flooding.<ref>[https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2018/11/15/villagers-cut-off-after-bridge-collapse-in-nanga-kesit-in-sarawak/ "Villagers cut off after bridge collapse in Nanga Kesit in Sarawak"]. ''The Star'', 15 Nov 2018</ref>
==Government== Lubok Antu is governed by the Lubok Antu District Council which is a local government organisation formed under the State Government's Local Authorities Ordinance, 1956. The council has the right to implement council by-laws from enactments and ordinance as approved by the State Government which, includes taxation, rentals and finance autonomy.
The council consists of a chairman, or a chairperson, a vice-chairman, and 26 council members who are appointed by the Yang Dipertua Negeri Sarawak under section 12, Local Authorities Ordinance, 1996.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Hamid|first1=Siti Mardinah Binti Abdul|last2=Hamali|first2=Jamil Bin Haji|last3=Abdullah|first3=Firdaus|date=2016-06-15|title=Performance Measurement for Local Authorities in Sarawak|journal=Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences|series=IRSSM-6 The 6th International Research Symposium in Service Management|language=en|volume=224|pages=437–444|doi=10.1016/j.sbspro.2016.05.416|issn=1877-0428|doi-access=free}}</ref>
==Transport== ===Bus Express=== {{main|Transportation in Sarawak}} {| class="wikitable" style="width:100%; margin:auto;" |- !Operating Route !Operator !Remark |- |Miri-Bintulu-Sibu-Sarikei-Betong-Lubok Antu |Borneo Bus | |}
==Climate== Lubok Antu has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) with heavy to very heavy rainfall year-round. {{Weather box |width = auto | location = Lubok Antu | metric first = Yes | single line = Yes | Jan high C = 30.1 | Feb high C = 30.3 | Mar high C = 31.2 | Apr high C = 31.7 | May high C = 32.1 | Jun high C = 31.9 | Jul high C = 31.9 | Aug high C = 31.8 | Sep high C = 31.6 | Oct high C = 31.5 | Nov high C = 31.2 | Dec high C = 30.7
| Jan mean C = 26.1 | Feb mean C = 26.2 | Mar mean C = 26.9 | Apr mean C = 27.1 | May mean C = 27.5 | Jun mean C = 27.1 | Jul mean C = 27.0 | Aug mean C = 27.0 | Sep mean C = 26.9 | Oct mean C = 26.9 | Nov mean C = 26.8 | Dec mean C = 26.5 | year mean C = | Jan low C = 22.2 | Feb low C = 22.2 | Mar low C = 22.6 | Apr low C = 22.6 | May low C = 22.9 | Jun low C = 22.4 | Jul low C = 22.1 | Aug low C = 22.2 | Sep low C = 22.3 | Oct low C = 22.4 | Nov low C = 22.4 | Dec low C = 22.3 |rain colour=green |Jan rain mm=337 |Feb rain mm=259 |Mar rain mm=335 |Apr rain mm=266 |May rain mm=323 |Jun rain mm=227 |Jul rain mm=175 |Aug rain mm=217 |Sep rain mm=264 |Oct rain mm=280 |Nov rain mm=336 |Dec rain mm=381 |source 1 = Climate-Data.org<ref>{{cite web |url = https://en.climate-data.org/location/976533/ |title = Climate: Lubok Antu |publisher=Climate-Data.org |access-date = 29 October 2020}}</ref> }}
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