Mintu
human settlement in Malaysia
Mintu (also known as Rumah Bol or Rumah Bel) is a settlement in Sarawak, Malaysia. It lies approximately 85.5 kilometres (53 mi) east-south-east of the state capital Kuching.
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The citation trail is more important than the brevity of the summary: it shows where individual claims can be examined in context. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 12, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q6869691. Authority coordinates are 1.267, 111.033. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank.
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This entry incorporates text from “Mintu” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.