Daro District
Daro | |
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 Daro town as seen in February 2015. | |
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  Daro | |
| Coordinates: 2°31′0″N 111°26′0″E / 2.51667°N 111.43333°E | |
| Country |  Malaysia |
| State |  Sarawak |
| Division | Mukah |
| Seat | Daro |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,226 km2 (473 sq mi) |
| Population (2020)[1] | |
• Total | 37,900 |
| • Density | 31/km2 (80/sq mi) |
| Website | matu-darodc |
The Daro District is a district in Mukah Division, Sarawak, Malaysia. The district contains the eponymous town of Daro. The nearest town to Daro is Matu. Daro is administered under the Majlis Daerah Matu-Daro (Matu-Daro District Council), which is also the local authority for Matu District. The population in Daro was 37,900 in 2020, with Melanau making up the majority. There were ferries from Sibu to here, taking around two hours by using the channel of Rejang River.
Education
[edit]Secondary school
[edit]- SMK Toh Puan Datuk Patinggi Hajjah Normah, Daro
- SMK Matu
- SMK Belawai
- SMK SEMOP
Primary schools
[edit]- SJK (C) Chung Hua
- SK Campuran
- SK Hijrah Badong
- SK Nangar
- SK Ulu Daro
- SK Pangtray
- SK Semop
Climate
[edit]Daro has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) with heavy to very heavy rainfall year-round.
| Climate data for Daro | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 30.1 (86.2) |
30.3 (86.5) |
31.3 (88.3) |
32.1 (89.8) |
32.6 (90.7) |
32.3 (90.1) |
32.2 (90.0) |
31.9 (89.4) |
31.8 (89.2) |
31.5 (88.7) |
31.4 (88.5) |
30.7 (87.3) |
31.5 (88.7) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 26.2 (79.2) |
26.3 (79.3) |
27.0 (80.6) |
27.4 (81.3) |
27.9 (82.2) |
27.5 (81.5) |
27.3 (81.1) |
27.1 (80.8) |
27.2 (81.0) |
27.0 (80.6) |
27.0 (80.6) |
26.5 (79.7) |
27.0 (80.7) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 22.4 (72.3) |
22.4 (72.3) |
22.8 (73.0) |
22.8 (73.0) |
23.2 (73.8) |
22.8 (73.0) |
22.4 (72.3) |
22.4 (72.3) |
22.6 (72.7) |
22.6 (72.7) |
22.6 (72.7) |
22.4 (72.3) |
22.6 (72.7) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 432 (17.0) |
252 (9.9) |
215 (8.5) |
179 (7.0) |
165 (6.5) |
204 (8.0) |
164 (6.5) |
162 (6.4) |
153 (6.0) |
244 (9.6) |
288 (11.3) |
360 (14.2) |
2,818 (110.9) |
| Source: Climate-Data.org[2] | |||||||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ "The Official Portal of the Sarawak Government". sarawak.gov.my. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
- ^ "Climate: Daro". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
External links
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