Kuching
{{Infobox settlement
| name                 = Kuching
| official_name        = City of Kuching<br />{{lang|ms|{{nobold|Bandar Raya Kuching}}}}
| settlement_type      = [[List of capitals in Malaysia|State capital]] [[List of cities in Malaysia|city]] and [[List of capitals in Malaysia#District capitals|district capital]]
| translit_lang1       = Other
| translit_lang1_type1 = [[Jawi script|Jawi]]
| translit_lang1_info1 = کوچيڠ
| translit_lang1_type2 = [[Chinese language|Chinese]]
| translit_lang1_info2 = {{lang|zh-hans|古晋}} {{font|size=70%|([[Simplified Chinese characters|Simplified]])}}<br />{{Lang|zh-hant|古晉}} {{font|size=70%|([[Traditional Chinese characters|Traditional]])}}<br />''Gǔ jìn'' {{font|size=70%|([[Hanyu Pinyin]])}}
| translit_lang1_type3 = [[Malaysian Tamil|Tamil]]
| translit_lang1_info3 = {{Lang|ta|கூச்சிங்}}<br />''Kūcciṅ'' {{font|size=70%|([[ISO 15919|Transliteration]])}}
| image_skyline = {{multiple image
| border        = infobox
| total_width   = 290
| image_style   = border:1;
| perrow        = 1/2/2
| image1        = Kuching Skyline.jpg
| image2        = The Sarawak State Museum, Kuching, Malaysia.JPG
| image3        = Fort Margherita in Kuching sarawak.jpg
| image4        = Astana Sarawak.JPG
| width4        = 142
| height4       = 90
| image5        = New Sarawak State Legislative Assembly Building from Darul Hana Bridge, Kuching, Sarawak.jpg
| image6        = Chinatown welcome gate at Jalan Padungan, Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia.jpg
| image7        = Kuching Cat Statue - 01.JPG
}}
| image_caption                = '''From top, left to right:'''<br>Kuching skyline from [[Sarawak River]], the [[Sarawak State Museum]], [[Fort Margherita]], [[The Astana, Sarawak|The Astana]],  the Darul Hana bridge near [[New Sarawak State Legislative Assembly Building|State Assembly building]], [[Chinatown, Kuching|Chinatown]], and iconic cat statues.
| image_flag                   = 
| image_seal                   = Seal of North Kuching.svg
| seal_size                    = 80px
| seal_type                    = Commission of the City of Kuching North
| image_blank_emblem           = Seal of South Kuching.svg
| blank_emblem_size            = 80px
| blank_emblem_type            = Council of the City of Kuching South
| image_map                    = {{Infobox mapframe|frame-width=275|zoom=10}}
| map_caption                  = Location of Kuching in Sarawak
| pushpin_map                  = #Malaysia Sarawak#Malaysia#Southeast Asia#Asia
| pushpin_mapsize              = 275
| coordinates                  = {{Coord|01|33|27|N|110|20|38|E|region:MY|display=inline,title}}
| nickname                     = "Cat City", <br />Bandaraya Perpaduan {{small|(City of Unity)}}
| motto                        = 
| subdivision_type             = Country
| subdivision_name             = {{flag|Malaysia}}
| subdivision_type1            = [[States and federal territories of Malaysia|State]]
| subdivision_name1            = {{flag|Sarawak}}
| subdivision_type2            = [[Divisions of Malaysia|Division]]
| subdivision_name2            = [[Kuching Division|Kuching]]
| subdivision_type3            = [[Districts of Malaysia|District]]
| subdivision_name3            = [[Kuching District|Kuching]]
| established_title            = Founded by the [[Sultanate of Brunei]]
| established_date             = 1827
| established_title1           = Settled by [[James Brooke]]
| established_date1            = 18 August 1842
| established_title2           = Municipality status
| established_date2            = 1 January 1953
| established_title3           = City status
| established_date3            = 1 August 1988
| government_type          = [[List of local governments in Malaysia|City council]]
| governing_body           = [[Kuching North City Hall|Commission of Kuching North City Hall]] <br />[[Kuching South City Council|Council of the City of Kuching South]]
| leader_title1                = Mayor of Kuching North
| leader_name1                 = Junaidi Reduan
| leader_title2                = Mayor of Kuching South
| leader_name2                 = Tan Kai
| total_type                   = City of Kuching
| area_footnotes               = <ref name=DBKUmayor>{{cite web |url=http://www.epu.gov.my/documents/10124/3ac682bf-0fe7-4f86-b369-d591d37ecd4b |title=Briefing By The Mayor of Kuching North |publisher=Economic Planning Unit (Prime Minister's Department Malaysia) |work=Kuching North City Hall |access-date=19 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131219201625/http://www.epu.gov.my/documents/10124/3ac682bf-0fe7-4f86-b369-d591d37ecd4b |archive-date=19 December 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
| area_total_km2               = 450.02
| area_metro_km2               = 2770.90
| area_blank1_title            = Kuching North
| area_blank1_km2              = 378.20
| area_blank2_title            = Kuching South
| area_blank2_km2              = 71.82
| elevation_footnotes          = <ref>{{cite web |title=Kuching, Malaysia - Weather History and Climate Data |url=http://www.worldclimate.com/cgi-bin/data.pl?ref=N01E110+2100+96413W |publisher=World Climate |access-date=28 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141201225640/http://www.worldclimate.com/cgi-bin/data.pl?ref=N01E110%2B2100%2B96413W |archive-date=1 December 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.floodmap.net/elevation/ElevationMap/?gi=1735634 |title=Malaysia Elevation Map (Elevation of Kuching) |publisher=Flood Map : Water Level Elevation Map |access-date=22 August 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150822155012/http://www.floodmap.net/elevation/ElevationMap/?gi=1735634 |archive-date=22 August 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
| elevation_m                  = 8
| elevation_max_footnotes      = <ref name=Santubong/>
| elevation_max_m              = 810.2
| elevation_min_footnotes      = 
| elevation_min_m              = 0
| population_footnotes         = <ref>{{cite web |url=http://worldpopulationreview.com/countries/malaysia-population/ |date=4 February 2019 |title=Malaysia Population 2019 |access-date=19 April 2019 |publisher=World Population Review |archive-date=7 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240607215714/https://worldpopulationreview.com/countries/malaysia-population |dead-url=yes }}</ref>
| population_total             = 402,738
| population_as_of             = 2021
| population_density_km2       = 754.33
| population_density_sq_mi     = <!-- Leave blank. Value will be auto-converted. -->
| population_metro             = 723,854
| population_density_metro_km2 = 336.8
| population_blank1_title      = [[List of adjectivals and demonyms for cities|Demonym]]
| population_blank1            = Kuchingite / Orang Kuching
| population_note              = (''Sourced from Department of Statistics Malaysia (DoSM), 2022'') 
| timezone1                    = [[Malaysian Standard Time|MST]]
| utc_offset1                  = +8
| timezone1_DST                = Not observed
| utc_offset1_DST              = +8
| postal_code_type             = [[List of postal codes in Malaysia|Postal code]]
| postal_code                  = 93xxx
| blank_name                   = [[Telephone numbers in Malaysia|Area code(s)]]
| blank_info                   = 082 (landline only)
| blank1_name                  = [[Vehicle registration plates of Malaysia|Vehicle registration]]
| blank1_info                  = QA and QK {{small|(for all vehicles except taxis)}} <br /> HQ {{small|(for taxis only)}}
| website                      = Kuching North: {{URL|https://dbku.sarawak.gov.my/}}<br />Kuching South: {{URL|https://mbks.sarawak.gov.my/}}
}}

An '''Kuching''', opisyal na '''Syudad nin Kuching''',<ref name="ord">{{cite web |url=http://lawnet.sarawak.gov.my/lawnet_file/Ordinance/ORD_CAP.%2048%20watermark.pdf |title=City of Kuching Ordinance |publisher=Sarawak State Attorney-General's Chambers |year=1988 |page=3 (Chapter 48)}}</ref> iyo an kabisera asin pinakamatawong syudad sa estado kan [[Sarawak]] sa [[Malasya]].<ref>{{cite book |collaboration=Oxford Business Group |title=The Report: Sarawak 2011 |year=2011 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9yjsmnrIeA0C&pg=PA13 |access-date=18 July 2013 |publisher=Oxford Business Group |isbn=978-1-907065-47-7 |pages=13–}}</ref>

== Toltolan ==
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An Kuching, opisyal na Syudad nin Kuching, iyo an kabisera asin pinakamatawong syudad sa estado kan Sarawak sa Malasya.

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