{{for multi|the Samoan tattoo|Peʻa|other uses}} {{More citations needed|date=March 2019}} {{EngvarB|date=September 2014}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2014}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Tatau | native_name = Pekan Tatau | settlement_type = Town and district capital | image_skyline = Tatau 08-04-2023 04.jpg | image_caption = Daerah Tatau Mosque | image_flag = | image_shield = | image_map = | coordinates = {{coord|2|53|0|N|112|51|0|E|region:MY|display=inline,title}} | pushpin_map = Borneo | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flagicon|Malaysia}} Malaysia | subdivision_type1 = State | subdivision_name1 = {{flagicon|Sarawak}} Sarawak | subdivision_type2 = Division | subdivision_name2 = Bintulu | subdivision_type3 = District | subdivision_name3 = Tatau | area_magnitude = | area_total_km2 = 4,946 | population_as_of = 2020 | population_total = 31,920 | population_density_km2 = auto | population_note = <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/malaysia/admin/13__sarawak/|title=Sarawak (State, Malaysia) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location|website=www.citypopulation.de|access-date=2025-02-21}}</ref> | area_note = <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/malaysia/admin/13__sarawak/|title=Sarawak (State, Malaysia) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location|website=www.citypopulation.de|access-date=2025-02-21}}</ref> | elevation_m = }}
'''Tatau''' is a town, and the capital of the Tatau District in Bintulu Division, Sarawak, Malaysia. The district's reported total population for Tatau was 31,920 in 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sarawak.gov.my/web/home/article_view/240/175/|title=The Official Portal of the Sarawak Government|website=www.sarawak.gov.my|access-date=2024-12-01}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/malaysia/admin/13__sarawak/|title=Sarawak (State, Malaysia) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location|website=www.citypopulation.de|access-date=2025-02-21}}</ref> Tatau became a district in 1987. Before that it was a sub district under Bintulu District. The main spoken languages are Iban, Kenyah, Beketan and Punan.
==Education== ===Secondary school=== *SMK Tatau
===Primary school=== *SK Tatau *SJK(C) Chung Hua Tatau *SK Ulu Kakus *SK Tatau *SK Sungai Bagiau *SK Sangan Iban *SK Rumah Keseng *SK Rh Tayai *SK Ng Tau *SK Ng Penyarai *SK Kuala Tatau *SK Kuala Serupai *SK Kuala Annau *SK Kelawit *SK Nanga Tau *SK Nanga Muput *SK Rumah Barrau
==Pan Borneo Highway project== As the part of the Pan Borneo Highway, Tatau is part of a works package contract (WPC09) from Sg. Arip Bridge to Bintulu Airport Junction. The main proposal is upgrading the existing road from two way lane to four way two lane and constructing a new parallel bridges alongside of the project, including the main Batang Tatau Bridge. It was taken by the turnkey contractor, Lebuhraya Borneo Utara Sdn Bhd and the main contractor of this WPC is KKBWCT Joint Venture Sdn Bhd.
==Government== The entire Tatau district was governed by Bintulu Development Authority meanwhile its sub-district, Kuala Tatau, which links it to Balingian in Mukah district, are under the administration of Dalat and Mukah District Council.
==Transport== ===Local bus=== {| class="wikitable" style="width:100%; margin:auto;" |- !Route No. !Operating Route !Operator !Remark |- |B9 |Bintulu-Tatau |CPL | |}
==Climate== Tatau has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) with heavy to very heavy rainfall year-round. {{Weather box |width = auto | location = Tatau | metric first = Yes | single line = Yes | Jan high C = 29.7 | Feb high C = 29.7 | Mar high C = 30.4 | Apr high C = 31.0 | May high C = 31.4 | Jun high C = 31.2 | Jul high C = 31.2 | Aug high C = 31.0 | Sep high C = 31.0 | Oct high C = 30.7 | Nov high C = 30.5 | Dec high C = 30.1
| Jan mean C = 26.1 | Feb mean C = 26.1 | Mar mean C = 26.6 | Apr mean C = 26.9 | May mean C = 27.3 | Jun mean C = 26.9 | Jul mean C = 26.8 | Aug mean C = 26.7 | Sep mean C = 26.8 | Oct mean C = 26.7 | Nov mean C = 26.6 | Dec mean C = 26.2 | year mean C = | Jan low C = 22.5 | Feb low C = 22.5 | Mar low C = 22.8 | Apr low C = 22.9 | May low C = 23.2 | Jun low C = 22.7 | Jul low C = 22.4 | Aug low C = 22.4 | Sep low C = 22.6 | Oct low C = 22.7 | Nov low C = 22.7 | Dec low C = 22.4 |rain colour=green |Jan rain mm=415 |Feb rain mm=327 |Mar rain mm=310 |Apr rain mm=256 |May rain mm=243 |Jun rain mm=257 |Jul rain mm=218 |Aug rain mm=280 |Sep rain mm=310 |Oct rain mm=355 |Nov rain mm=365 |Dec rain mm=460 |source 1 = Climate-Data.org<ref>{{cite web |url = https://en.climate-data.org/location/977180/ |title = Climate: Tatau |publisher=Climate-Data.org |access-date = 29 October 2020}}</ref> }}
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