Long Lama

Long Lama is a town in Marudi District in the state of Sarawak, Malaysia, about 143 km from Miri, with a population given as 1,500. Its name comes from the Lamah river, which joins the Baram River; long is a Kayan word for estuary, so Long Lama means the estuary of the Lamah river. Chinese traders first reached the town between 1905 and 1910 and built shophouses, and water supply arrived in 1976, electricity in 1986 and cable telephone in 1990. Car ferries across the Baram River began in 2002, and in 2017 there were 26 shophouses running groceries, coffeeshops and hotels. The town was under four feet of water in the Baram River flood of May 1962. It has a tropical rainforest climate with heavy rainfall year-round.