Lawas is a small town and the capital of the Lawas District in
Limbang Division of northern
Sarawak, eastern
Malaysia on the island of
Borneo. This district area is 3,811.9 square kilometres, and population (year 2000 census) was 35,300. It is 1200 km from the state capital,
Kuching and 200 km from the capital city of
Sabah,
Kota Kinabalu.