Lawas

Lawas
Town and district capital
Other transcription(s)
• Malay	Pekan Lawas
• Chinese	老越 (Traditional)
Lawas town
Seal
Lawas
Coordinates: 4°50′0″N 115°24′0″E / 4.83333°N 115.40000°E / 4.83333; 115.40000
Country	Malaysia
State	Sarawak
Division	Limbang
District	Lawas
Population  (2020)[1]
• Total	46,200
Ethnicity	Lun Bawang, Bruneian Malay and Kedayan, Iban, Chinese, Others
Website	https://lawasdc.sarawak.gov.my

Lawas (Malay: Pekan Lawas) is a small town and the capital of Lawas District, Limbang Division, Sarawak, Malaysia. This district area is 3,811.90 square kilometres, and population (year 2020 census) was 46,200. It is 1,200 km from the state capital, Kuching and 200 km from the capital city of Sabah, Kota Kinabalu.