Greater Kuching refers to the urbanised areas surrounding the metropolitan city of Kuching in Malaysia. Kuching is the capital of the region of Sarawak and is the largest city in this region. The area comprising a total area of 2030.94 square kilometres.
Greater Kuching was exactly inspired from Greater Sydney in Australia, but applied only in Sarawak. The economic centre and focus point of Kuching is a small area by the coast known as the Kuching Central Business District (also known as Kuching CBD) or Kuching City Centre.
In June 2022, Premier of Sarawak, Abang Abdul Rahman Johari Abang Openg announced the plan to set up Greater Kuching Coordinated Development Agency (GKCDA) to coordinate all development projects in the area, including Kuching, Samarahan, Serian, and the upcoming two new district area (Bau and Balai Ringin).
Basically there are four (4) major local authorities that fully managed to improvising, stabilize, and modernizing Greater Kuching:
Not only that, there is also another ten (10) new additional sub areas which is also as the parts of Greater Kuching Coordinated Development Agency (GKCDA). This including:
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