Kuching District

The Kuching District is an administrative district within Kuching Division, Sarawak, Malaysia. It is subdivided into two subdistricts which are Kuching Proper and Padawan. As of 2025, the population of the entire Kuching District was 784,973 inhabitant.

Kuching Proper subdistrict

The Kuching Proper subdistrict is divided into two areas:

• the urban area, more commonly known as Kuching City.
• the suburbs and rural areas, collectively known as the Padawan municipality, formerly known as the Kuching Rural District. The headquarters are situated in Kota Padawan (formerly named 10th Mile Bazaar).

Padawan subdistrict

Padawan was proclaimed as a subdistrict on 11 August 1983 and is headquartered in Teng Bukap.

References

External links

• Kuching District Office