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Displaced by Bakun Dam

Displaced by Bakun Dam

Around 10,000 people were displaced by Bakun Dam. Many of the displaced were members of Indigenous groups, among them were Ukit, Kayan, Kenyah, Lahanan and Penan communities that had been in the region for generations.

About this community

Dam
Bakun Dam
River
Balui River
Established
1996
Inundated
1996-2011
Population
10,000