Pakan, Sarawak

Pakan
Town and district capital
Other transcription(s)
• Chinese	巴干
Replica of Buah Pakan at Pakan town
Pakan Location in Borneo
Coordinates: 1°52′00″N 111°41′00″E / 1.86667°N 111.68333°E / 1.86667; 111.68333
Country	Malaysia
State	Sarawak
Division	Sarikei
District	Pakan
Government
• District Officer	En. Seroji Bin Ludin (2017-Now)
Area [1]
• Total	924.6 km2 (357.0 sq mi)
Population  (2020[2])
• Total	15,462
• Density	16/km2 (40/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+08:00 (MST)
Postal code	96xxx
Website	www.sarikei.sarawak.gov.my

Pakan is a small town in Pakan District, Sarikei Division, Sarawak, Malaysia. The district population estimates (as of the 2017 census) was 17,600.^[3]

Most of its inhabitants are ethnic Iban people (95%+) and a few minority Chinese usually concentrated in its town area. A small minority of Malay work in a government sector, such as teachers, nurses, district officers, and police.^{[citation needed]}