Editing Kuching (section)

==Geography==
[[File:Panorama of Kuching.jpg|thumb|left|Panorama of Kuching City.]]
Kuching is located on the banks of the [[Sarawak River]] in the northwestern part of the island of [[Borneo]].<ref>{{cite book |author=Alastair Morrison |title=Fair Land Sarawak: Some Recollections of an Expatriate Official |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=U80cU8Fx1kAC&pg=PA93 |access-date=19 July 2013 |date=1 January 1993 |publisher=SEAP Publications |isbn=978-0-87727-712-5 |pages=93–}}</ref> The limits of the City of Kuching include all that area in Kuching District containing an area approximately {{cvt|431.01|km2|mi2}} bounded from ''Gunung Lasak'' (Mount Lasak) in Muara Tebas to ''Batu Buaya'' (Crocodile Rock) in the Santubong peninsula following a series of survey marks as stated in the First Schedule of the ''City of Kuching Ordinance, 1988''.<ref name="ord"/> As a simplification of the legal statute, the Kuching [[city limits]] extend from the [[Kuching International Airport]] in the south to the northern coast of the Santubong and Bako peninsulas; from the [[Kuching Wetlands National Park]] in the west to the Kuap River estuary in the east.<ref name="ord"/> The [[Sarawak River]] generally splits the city into North and South. The highest point in the city is [[Mount Santubong]] on the Santubong peninsula, which is at {{cvt|810.2|m}} above sea level, located 35&nbsp;km north of the city centre.<ref name=Santubong>{{cite news |last1=Kit |first1=Lee Yu |title=Scaling Santubong |url=http://www.thestar.com.my/story/?file=%2F2007%2F1%2F20%2Flifetravel%2F16461304&sec=lifetravel |access-date=28 March 2015 |newspaper=The Star (Malaysia) |date=20 January 2007 |archive-date=28 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150328165605/http://www.thestar.com.my/story/?file=%2F2007%2F1%2F20%2Flifetravel%2F16461304&sec=lifetravel |url-status=dead }}</ref> Rapid urbanisation has occurred in Greater Kuching and the urban sprawl extends to Penrissen, Kota Sentosa, Kota Padawan, Batu Kawah, Matang, Samariang, [[Siburan]], Tarat, [[Kota Samarahan]], [[Asajaya]] as well as [[Serian, Sarawak|Serian]] which is located about 65&nbsp;km from Kuching.

===Climate===
Kuching has a [[tropical rainforest climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification]] Af), moderately hot but very humid at times and receives substantial rainfall.<ref name="tc">{{cite web |url=http://1063457201.n137365.test.prositehosting.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Venture-into-Borneo.pdf |title=Venture into Borneo |quote=Borneo has a typically equatorial climate, with temperatures fairly constant throughout the year. (page 17) |author=Thomas Cook |publisher=Thomas Cook Tours |access-date=10 November 2013}}</ref> The average annual rainfall is approximately {{cvt|4200|mm|in}}.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.worldclimate.com/cgi-bin/data.pl?ref=N01E110+2100+96413W |publisher=WorldClimate |title=Kuching, Malaysia Weather History and Climate Data |access-date=28 June 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140604112500/http://www.worldclimate.com/cgi-bin/data.pl?ref=N01E110%2B2100%2B96413W |archive-date=4 June 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Kuching is the wettest populated area (on average) in [[Malaysia]] with an average of 247 rainy days per year. Kuching receives only 5&nbsp;hours of sunshine per day on average and an average of only 3.7&nbsp;hours of sunshine per day in the month of January (wettest month of the year).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.met.gov.my/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=75&Itemid=1089&limit=1&limitstart=2&lang=english |title=General Climate of Malaysia (Sunshine and Solar Radiation) |publisher=[[Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (Malaysia)]] |access-date=4 June 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140604112542/http://www.met.gov.my/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=75&Itemid=1089&limit=1&limitstart=2&lang=english |archive-date=4 June 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The wettest times are during the North-East [[Monsoon]] months of November to February and the city's driest months are June through August. The temperature in Kuching ranges from {{cvt|19|°C}} to {{cvt|36|°C}} but the average temperature is around {{cvt|23|°C}} in the early hours of the morning and rises to around {{cvt|33|°C}} during mid afternoon.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ser.cienve.org.tw/download/22-5/22-5-5.pdf |title=An assessment of influence of meteorological factors on PM10 and NO2 at selected stations in Malaysia |author1=Doreena Dominick |author2=Mohd Talib Latif |author3=Hafizan Juahir |author4=Ahmad Zaharin Aris |author5=Sharifuddin M. Zain |publisher=Department of Environmental Sciences (Universiti Putra Malaysia), Centre of Excellence for Environmental Forensics (Universiti Putra Malaysia), School of Environmental and Natural Resource Sciences (Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia) and Department of Chemistry (Universiti Malaya) |access-date=10 November 2013 |archive-date=10 November 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131110092427/http://ser.cienve.org.tw/download/22-5/22-5-5.pdf |url-status=dead}}</ref> This temperature stays almost constant throughout the year if it is not affected by the heavy rain and strong winds during the early hours of the morning which can bring the temperature down to {{cvt|19|°C}}, but this is very rare.<ref name="tc"/>

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