Long Akah
Long Akah is a settlement in interior of the Marudi division of Sarawak, Malaysia, on the upper reaches of the Baram river. It lies approximately east-north-east of the state capital Kuching.
The village is an old Chinese trading post, about ten minutes downstream by boat from Long San.
It is the site of an old Fort built in 1929 as an administrative centre in Charles Vyner Brooke’s era. The structural timber in the two-storey fort is the very hard Ironwood and it has undergone some refurbishment, including replacing the timber roof tiles with zinc roofing.
Neighbouring settlements include:
- Long San south
- Long Tap east
- Long Selatong south
- Long Tebangan northeast
- Long Apu south
- Long Seniai northeast
- Long Julan south
- Long Daloh north
- Long Anap south
- Long Palai south
Transportation
is a STOL airfield, providing access to this remote village from Miri and Marudi.
