Kuching (
Jawi: ; ), officially the
City of Kuching, is the capital and the most populous city in the
state of
Sarawak in
Malaysia. It is also the capital of
Kuching Division. The city is situated on the
Sarawak River at the southwest tip of the state of Sarawak on the island of
Borneo and covers an area of with a population about 165,642 in the Kuching North administrative region and 159,490 in the Kuching South administrative regiona total of 325,132 people.