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{{Short description|City in Sarawak, Malaysia}}
{{For|the federal constituency represented in the Dewan Rakyat|Miri (federal constituency)}}
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{{Infobox settlement
| name               = Miri
| settlement_type    = [[List of cities in Malaysia|City]] and [[List of capitals in Malaysia#District capitals|district capital]]
| official_name      = City of Miri<br>{{nobold|''Bandaraya Miri''}}
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| image1                 = Miri City lookout from Canada Hill.jpg
| image2                 = Miri City Council 3.jpg
| image3                 = World War 2 Memorial Park, Miri, Sarawak, Malaysia.jpg
| image4                 = Seahorse Lighthouse, Miri.jpg
| image5                 = Petroleum Museum Miri, Sarawak, Malaysia (2).jpg
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| image_caption      = '''From top, left to right:'''<br>Miri City lookout from Canada Hill, the old [[Miri City Council]] Complex, Miri World War 2 Memorial Park, the Iconic Seahorse Lighthouse, and [[Petroleum Museum (Malaysia)|Miri Petroleum Museum]].
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| map_caption        = Location of Miri in Sarawak
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| pushpin_map_caption = {{Legend inline|#800000|outline=black}} '''Miri''' in {{Legend inline|#FEFEEF|outline=black}} '''[[Sarawak]]'''
| coordinates        = {{Coord|04|23|33|N|113|59|10|E|region:MY|display=inline,title}}
| nicknames           = "Resort City" (Bandaraya Peranginan), "Oil Town" (Bandar Minyak)
| motto              = Maju Bersama Masyarakat ({{langx|en|Progress with the Society}})
| subdivision_type   = [[List of sovereign states|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  = [[Miri Division|Miri]]
| subdivision_type3  = [[List of districts in Malaysia|District]]
| subdivision_name3  = [[Miri District|Miri]]
| established_title  = Founded by [[Shell plc|Royal Dutch Shell]]
| established_date   = 10 August 1910
| established_title1 = Granted municipality status
| established_date1  = 6 November 1981
| established_title2 = Granted city status
| established_date2  = 20 May 2005
| government_type    = [[List of local governments in Malaysia|City council]]
| governing_body     = [[Miri City Council]]
| government_footnotes = <ref name=Mirimayor>{{cite web|title=Official Website of Miri City Council - Mayor message|url=http://www.miricouncil.gov.my/modules/web/pages.php?mod=webpage&sub=page&id=48|publisher=Miri City Council|access-date=19 March 2015}}</ref>
| leader_title       = Mayor
| leader_name        = Adam Yii Siew Sang
| total_type         = Miri City
| area_footnotes     = <ref name=MCCArea>{{cite web |url=http://www.miricouncil.gov.my/modules/web/pages.php?mod=webpage&sub=page&id=65&menu_id=0&sub_id=96|title= Miri Council ... in Brief|date=4 September 2014 |website=Website of Miri City Council|access-date=7 September 2014}}</ref>
| area_total_km2     = 997.43
| elevation_footnotes = <ref>{{cite web|title=Miri, Malaysia Weather History and Climate Data |url=http://www.worldclimate.com/cgi-bin/data.pl?ref=N04E113+2100+96449W |publisher=World Climate |access-date=21 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040107231635/http://www.worldclimate.com/cgi-bin/data.pl?ref=N04E113%2B2100%2B96449W |archive-date=7 January 2004 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.floodmap.net/elevation/ElevationMap/?gi=1738050|title=Malaysia Elevation Map (Elevation of Miri)|publisher=Flood Map : Water Level Elevation Map|access-date=22 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150822155736/http://www.floodmap.net/elevation/ElevationMap/?gi=1738050|archive-date=22 August 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>
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| population_footnotes = <ref name=localauthoritypopulation>{{cite web|url=http://www.statistics.gov.my/portal/download_Population/files/population/03ringkasan_kawasan_PBT_Jadual1.pdf|title=Population Distribution by Local Authority Areas and Mukims, 2010 (page 1)|publisher=Department of Statistics, Malaysia|access-date=19 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150205090002/http://www.statistics.gov.my/portal/download_Population/files/population/03ringkasan_kawasan_PBT_Jadual1.pdf|archive-date=5 February 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| population_total   = 248877
| population_as_of   = (as per administrative district; 2022)
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| population_blank1_title = [[List of adjectivals and demonyms for cities|Demonym]]
| population_blank1  = Mirian
| timezone1          = [[Time in Malaysia|MST]]
| utc_offset1        = +08:00
| timezone1_DST      = Not observed
| utc_offset1_DST    = +08:00
| postal_code_type   = [[Postal codes in Malaysia|Postal code]]
| postal_code        = 98xxx
| blank_name         = [[Telephone numbers in Malaysia|Area code(s)]]
| blank_info         = +6085 (landline only)
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| blank1_info        = QM and QM****A (etc..) (for all vehicles except taxis) <br> HQ (for taxis only)
| website            = {{URL|http://www.miricouncil.gov.my/}}
}}

'''Miri''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|m|i|r|i}}) is a [[list of cities in Malaysia|coastal city]] in north-eastern [[Sarawak]], [[Malaysia]], located near the border of [[Brunei]], on the island of [[Borneo]]. The city covers an area of {{convert|997.43|km2}},<ref name=MCCArea/> located {{convert|798|km|mi|0}} northeast of [[Kuching]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Miri, Sarawak to Kuching, Sarawak |url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Miri,+Sarawak,+Malaysia/Kuching,+Sarawak,+Malaysia/@2.7144773,109.9587852,7z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x321941fc74729dcf:0x2e911b344f6c4816!2m2!1d113.9913832!2d4.399493!1m5!1m1!1s0x31fb0784258cbf11:0xd37257591ab17e72!2m2!1d110.345!2d1.56!3e0 |website=Google Maps |access-date=21 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150321095719/https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Miri%2C%2BSarawak%2C%2BMalaysia/Kuching%2C%2BSarawak%2C%2BMalaysia/%402.7144773%2C109.9587852%2C7z/data%3D%213m1%214b1%214m14%214m13%211m5%211m1%211s0x321941fc74729dcf%3A0x2e911b344f6c4816%212m2%211d113.9913832%212d4.399493%211m5%211m1%211s0x31fb0784258cbf11%3A0xd37257591ab17e72%212m2%211d110.345%212d1.56%213e0 |archive-date=21 March 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and {{convert|329|km|mi|0}} southwest of [[Kota Kinabalu]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Miri, Sarawak to Kota Kinabalu, Sabah |url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Miri,+Sarawak,+Malaysia/Kota+Kinabalu,+Sabah,+Malaysia/@5.1925564,113.9360273,8z/data=!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x321941fc74729dcf:0x2e911b344f6c4816!2m2!1d113.9913832!2d4.399493!1m5!1m1!1s0x323b6995e6a6aba7:0xf182336a16947a7e!2m2!1d116.0734568!2d5.980408!3e0 |website=Google Maps |access-date=21 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150321095915/https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Miri%2C%2BSarawak%2C%2BMalaysia/Kota%2BKinabalu%2C%2BSabah%2C%2BMalaysia/%405.1925564%2C113.9360273%2C8z/data%3D%214m14%214m13%211m5%211m1%211s0x321941fc74729dcf%3A0x2e911b344f6c4816%212m2%211d113.9913832%212d4.399493%211m5%211m1%211s0x323b6995e6a6aba7%3A0xf182336a16947a7e%212m2%211d116.0734568%212d5.980408%213e0 |archive-date=21 March 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Miri is the second largest city in Sarawak,<ref name=Sarawakvisitorsguidemiri>{{cite book|title=Sarawak Visitors' Guide 2014 - Miri|date=2014|publisher=Sarawak Tourism Board|location=Sarawak|pages=73, 78|url=http://sarawaktourism.com/v2/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Sarawak-Visitor-Guide-Miri.pdf3|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150321100359/http://sarawaktourism.com/v2/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Sarawak-Visitor-Guide-Miri.pdf|archive-date=21 March 2015}}</ref> with a population of 356,900 as of 2020.<ref name=localauthoritypopulation/> The city is also the [[List of capitals in Malaysia#District capitals|capital]] of [[Miri District]], [[Miri Division]].

Before Miri was founded, [[Marudi, Sarawak|Marudi]] was the administrative centre of the northern region of [[Sarawak]]. Miri was founded in 1910 when the first oil well was drilled by [[Shell plc|Royal Dutch Shell]]. The discovery of an oil field in Miri has led to rapid development of Miri town. Miri became the administrative centre of the northern region of Sarawak by 1929. During [[World War II]], the Miri oil fields were destroyed by the Brooke government to sabotage Japanese operations in [[Southeast Asia]] but to no avail; Miri town was the first landing point of Japanese troops in [[Borneo]]. The subsequent Japanese occupation led Miri to become a target of Allied air raids which caused the destruction of oil refinery facilities in Miri. The petroleum industry continued to be a major player in the city's economy after the war. Oil exploration has moved offshore since the 1950s, but subsequently new inland oil fields were found in 1989 and 2011. In 1974, the formation of Malaysian oil and gas company [[Petronas]] led to co-operation between Petronas and Shell on oil exploration in the Miri region. In 2005, Miri became the 10th city in Malaysia to be granted official city status, the first non-state-capital city to be bestowed such status. To commemorate the occasion, the Miri City Fan was created. The 26 acre urban civic park includes a promenade, parkland, Amphitheatre, musical fountain, library and cultural centre.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.miriresortcity.com/content/miri-city-fan#gsc.tab=0 | title=Miri City Fan | date=6 June 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://miri.sarawak.gov.my/web/subpage/webpage_view/213/marudido | title=- Laman Web Rasmi Pejabat Pentadbiran Bahagian Miri }}</ref> The Miri City Fan was masterplanned by Teo A. Khing Design Consultants (TAK).<ref>{{cite web | url=https://miricouncil.gov.my/web/subpage/news_view/782 | title=News - Official Website of Miri City Council }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://theedgemalaysia.com/article/tak-making-waves-middle-east | title=TAK making waves in Middle East }}</ref>

Miri is the main tourist gateway to the world-famous [[UNESCO]] [[World Heritage Site]], [[Gunung Mulu National Park]]; [[Loagan Bunut National Park]]; [[Lambir Hills National Park]]; and [[Niah National Park]] and [[Miri-Sibuti Coral Reef National Park]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Diving in Miri-Sibuti Coral Reefs National Park|url=http://sarawaktourism.com/attraction/diving-in-miri-sibuti-coral-reef-national-park/|publisher=Sarawak Tourism Board|access-date=21 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150321094922/http://sarawaktourism.com/attraction/diving-in-miri-sibuti-coral-reef-national-park/|archive-date=21 March 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Miri Nature Society: Coral reefs in Miri under threat|url=http://www.theborneopost.com/2010/06/21/miri-nature-society-coral-reefs-in-miri-under-threat/|access-date=21 March 2015|newspaper=The Borneo Post|date=21 June 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222041018/http://www.theborneopost.com/2010/06/21/miri-nature-society-coral-reefs-in-miri-under-threat/|archive-date=22 February 2014}}</ref> The [[Gunung Mulu National Park]] with its [[Sarawak Chamber]], which is the largest known cave chamber in the world by area, remains one of the favourite [[ecotourism]] destinations in Miri.<ref name=Sarawakvisitorsguidemiri/> Miri is also the birthplace of the Malaysian [[petroleum]] industry. Other major industries in the city include timber, [[Elaeis|oil palm]] and [[tourism]].

==Etymology==
Miri town is named after a minority ethnic group called "[[Miriek people|Jati Miriek]]"<ref name=Jattimeirek>{{cite news|title=Jatti Meirek want candidate from their community|url=http://www.theborneopost.com/2014/10/17/jatti-meirek-want-candidate-from-their-community/|access-date=17 May 2015|newspaper=The Borneo Post|date=17 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150517170929/http://www.theborneopost.com/2014/10/17/jatti-meirek-want-candidate-from-their-community/|archive-date=17 May 2015}}</ref> or simply "Mirek",<ref name=Mirek>{{cite journal|last=Sather|first=Clifford|title=Recent studies of Orang Miri|journal=Borneo Research Bulletin|date=September 1979|volume=11|issue=2|pages=42–44|url=http://www.borneoresearchcouncil.org/BRB%20PDF%20scans/BRB_1979_11_02.pdf|access-date=1 April 2015}}</ref> or "Miriek". This ethnic group are the earliest settlers in the region of [[Miri Division]].<ref name=Jattimeirek/> Europeans who later came to the region for oil exploration mistakenly pronounced "Miriek" as "Miri", and this name continues to be used today.<ref>{{cite book|author1=The Nippon Foundation Fellowships for Asian Public Intellectuals|title=Engage! Public Intellectuals Transforming Society|date=2014|publisher=Sunta Press Co Ltd|page=134|url=http://www.api-fellowships.org/body/international_ws_proceedings/year11.pdf|access-date=17 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150517182907/http://www.api-fellowships.org/body/international_ws_proceedings/year11.pdf|archive-date=17 May 2015 }}</ref>

==Prehistory==
{{Main|Prehistoric Malaysia}}
{{Continental Asia in 50000 BP|right|{{center|Niah man and contemporary cultures {{c.|50,000~32,000}}}}|{{Annotation|228|162|[[File:Long Rectangle (plain).png|33px]]|text-align=center|font-weight=bold|font-style=normal|font-size=7|color=#000000}}}}
The first foragers visited the West Mouth of [[Niah National Park|Niah Cave]]{{snd}}located {{cvt|110|km}} southwest of Miri city<ref name=Sarawakforestry>{{cite web|title=Niah National Park - Early Human settlements|url=http://www.sarawakforestry.com/htm/snp-np-niah.html|publisher=Sarawak Forestry|access-date=23 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150218010128/http://www.sarawakforestry.com/htm/snp-np-niah.html|archive-date=18 February 2015}}</ref>{{snd}}50,000 years ago when [[Borneo]] was connected to the [[Mainland Southeast Asia|mainland]] of [[Southeast Asia]]. The landscape of Niah Cave was drier and more open than it is now. Prehistoric Niah Cave was surrounded by a mosaic of closed forests with bush, parkland, swamps, and rivers. The foragers were able to survive in the rainforests through hunting, fishing, [[Mollusca|mollusc]] collection, and plant gathering.<ref name=worldarcheology>{{cite book|last1=Faulkner|first1=Neil|title=Niah Cave, Sarawak, Borneo|date=7 November 2003|publisher=[[Current World Archaeology]] Issue 2|url=http://www.world-archaeology.com/features/niah-cave-sarawak-borneo.htm|access-date=23 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150323011312/http://www.world-archaeology.com/features/niah-cave-sarawak-borneo.htm|archive-date=23 March 2015}}</ref> The earliest evidence of human population in the area dates back to 40,000&nbsp;BC in Niah Cave at [[Paleolithic]] period. This is evidenced by the discovery of a ''[[Homo sapiens]]'' skull nicknamed "Deep Skull" in a deep trench uncovered by [[Tom Harrisson]] in 1958,<ref name=Sarawakforestry/><ref>{{cite web|title=History of the Great Cave of Niah|url=http://www.abc.net.au/science/slab/niahcave/history.htm|publisher=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]]|access-date=23 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141122214440/http://www.abc.net.au/science/slab/niahcave/history.htm|archive-date=22 November 2014}}</ref> which is the oldest modern human skull in Southeast Asia.<ref>{{cite web|title=Niah Cave|url=http://humanorigins.si.edu/evidence/human-fossils/fossils/niah-cave|website=humanorigins.si.edu|publisher=Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History|access-date=23 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131122105146/http://humanorigins.si.edu/evidence/human-fossils/fossils/niah-cave|archive-date=22 November 2013}}</ref> The skull probably belongs to a 16- to 17-year-old adolescent girl.<ref name=worldarcheology/> Unfossilised ''Manis paleojavanica'' (Asian giant [[pangolin]]) bone dated back to 30,000&nbsp;BC was also found in the proximity of the "Deep Skull",<ref>{{cite book|last1=Smith|first1=Fumiko-Ikawa|title=Early Paleolithic in South and East Asia|date=1978|publisher=Walter de Gruyter|isbn=90-279-7899-9|page=50|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yZHmpRGYtTEC&q=Niah+paleolithic&pg=PA50|access-date=23 March 2015}}</ref> as well as with the [[Mesolithic]] and [[Neolithic]] burial sites inside the Niah Caves.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Hirst|first1=K. Kris|title=Niah Cave (Borneo, Malaysia) - Anatomically modern humans in Borneo|url=http://archaeology.about.com/od/nterms/qt/niah_cave.htm|website=about.com|access-date=23 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105184121/http://archaeology.about.com/od/nterms/qt/niah_cave.htm|archive-date=5 November 2013}}</ref>

==History==

===Brooke administration===
[[File:Charles Hose.jpeg|left|thumbnail|200px|[[Charles Hose]] advocated Miri oil exploration to Royal Dutch Shell.]]
[[File:The first oil rig in Miri (Grand Old Lady).JPG|right|thumbnail|200px|Miri Well No. 1 in 1910]]
[[File:Miri Street view (1925).jpg|right|thumbnail|200px|Miri street view in 1925]]
[[Charles Brooke, Rajah of Sarawak|Charles Brooke]] succeeded [[James Brooke]] as the new Rajah of Sarawak in 1868. By 1883, Sultan of Brunei ([[Abdul Momin|Sultan Abdul Momin]]) ceded the Baram region (including Miri) to Charles Brooke.<ref>{{cite news|title=Chronology of Sarawak throughout the Brooke Era to Malaysia Day|url=http://www.theborneopost.com/2011/09/16/chronology-of-sarawak-throughout-the-brooke-era-to-malaysia-day/|access-date=24 March 2015|newspaper=The Borneo Post|date=16 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150206205544/http://www.theborneopost.com/2011/09/16/chronology-of-sarawak-throughout-the-brooke-era-to-malaysia-day/|archive-date=6 February 2015}}</ref><ref name=Miriresident>{{cite web|title=Laman Web Rasmi Pejabat Residen dan Daerah di Miri - Sejarah Miri (Official Website of Miri Resident and District Office - History of Miri)|url=http://www.miri.sarawak.gov.my/modules/web/page_print.php?id=156|publisher=Miri Resident and District Office|access-date=24 March 2015|language=ms|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402091926/http://www.miri.sarawak.gov.my/modules/web/page_print.php?id=156|archive-date=2 April 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> The fourth division of Sarawak was immediately created with the installation of Claude Champion de Crespigny as the first Resident of the Division.<ref name=Miriresident/> The Miri area was still a fishing village at that time.<ref name=AAPG>{{cite web|last1=Sorkhabi|first1=Rasoul|title=Historical Highlight: Miri Field Seeps Helped, But Success Was a Higher Calling|date=March 2011 |url=https://explorer.aapg.org/story/articleid/2084/seeps-helped-but-success-was-a-higher-calling|publisher=[[American Association of Petroleum Geologists]] (AAPG)|access-date=24 March 2015}}</ref> It was a small settlement surrounded by mangrove and Nipah palm jungles consisted of 20 scattered houses, a few wooden shops operated by Chinese traders and a lone Arab trader.<ref name=Miribook>{{cite book|last1=Murang|first1=Datu Ose|last2=Ngenang|first2=Anak Jangu|title=Miri - People - Progress - Prosperity|date=2010|publisher=Miri Resident Office|location=Malaysia|page=37|url=http://www.mbks.sarawak.gov.my/modules/web/download_show.php?id=333|access-date=28 March 2015|language=en, ms}}</ref> A fort was built in Claudetown (present day [[Marudi, Sarawak|Marudi]], {{cvt|43|km|disp=or}} to the east of Miri)<ref name=Mirimarudi>{{cite news|last1=Joseph|first1=Anthony|title=Road upgrade will reduce Miri—Marudi travelling time|url=http://www.theborneopost.com/2012/05/28/road-upgrade-will-reduce-miri-marudi-travelling-time/|access-date=26 March 2015|newspaper=The Borneo Post|date=28 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150326123043/http://www.theborneopost.com/2012/05/28/road-upgrade-will-reduce-miri-marudi-travelling-time/|archive-date=26 March 2015}}</ref> in 1883. Claudetown became the administrative centre of the division. Mr Claude's administration was helped by two junior officers, 30 rangers, and a few native police.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Hose|first1=Charles|last2=McDougall|first2=William|title=The pagan tribes of Borneo; a description of their physical, moral and intellectual condition, with some discussion of their ethnic relations, vol.2|date=1912|publisher=Macmillan and Co. Ltd|page=279|url=https://seasiavisions.library.cornell.edu/catalog/seapage:172b_405|access-date=24 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402114911/http://seasiavisions.library.cornell.edu/catalog/seapage:172b_405|archive-date=2 April 2015}} [http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3307 Alt URL]</ref> [[Charles Hose]] succeeded Mr de Crespigny as the new Resident in 1891 and the fort in Marudi was renamed as "Fort Hose". To restore peace among various ethnic tribes fighting in the Baram region, Charles Hose decided to organise a peace conference at his fort in April 1899. This peace conference also led to the birth of first Baram Regatta, a long boat race competition among the natives which continued to be held until today.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Madian|first1=Amrizan|title=Baram Regatta A Testament Of Racial Harmony|url=http://web10.bernama.com/sarawak2011/newsbi.php?id=575894|access-date=24 March 2015|publisher=Bernama|date=2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150324152347/http://web10.bernama.com/sarawak2011/newsbi.php?id=575894|archive-date=24 March 2015}}</ref>

The local population in Miri has indeed started to extract oil from hand-dug wells for centuries. ''[[Song Huiyao Jigao]]'', a documentation of the [[Song dynasty]] of China, mentions the imports of Borneo [[camphor]] and petroleum in the 11th century. In 1882, Mr de Crespigny reported to the Brooke government on 18 hand-dug oil wells in the Miri area. He also recommended that area near Miri River should be thoroughly explored. However, his recommendations were ignored. But when Charles Hose took over the Resident office in 1891, he was interested in Mr de Crespigny's idea and began to collaborate with him. Mr de Crespigny began to map oil seeps around the Miri area, however a consultant geologist from England discouraged the oil exploration in Miri due to poor logistical conditions. After his retirement from administrative positions in Sarawak, Charles Hose went back to England. He later went to London to discuss the idea of oil exploration in Miri with the Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Company (later became a part of [[Royal Dutch Shell]] Company in 1907). {{thinspace|H.|N.}} Benjamin, a branch manager from the petroleum company, was interested in this idea. Finally in 1909, Rajah Charles Brooke came to London to sign the first Sarawak Oil Mining Lease. Royal Dutch Shell dispatched a senior geologist named Josef Theodor Erb together with Charles Hose back to Miri. Erb started to map Miri oil fields from August 1909 to July 1910. He also identified a location known as "Miri Hill" (now known as "Canada Hill", {{cvt|150|m}} above sea level) is suitable to act as an [[anticline]] for oil drilling.<ref name=AAPG/><ref name=Geoexpro>{{cite book|last1=Sorkhabi|first1=Rasoul|title=History of oil: Sarawak - Miri 1910|work=GEO ExPro |date=2010|publisher=GEO ExPro Magazine Vol 7, No 2|page=44|url=http://www.geoexpro.com/articles/2010/02/miri-1910|access-date=24 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150324153023/http://www.geoexpro.com/articles/2010/02/miri-1910|archive-date=24 March 2015}}</ref>

[[File:Former British Residency Building, Miri (AWM 116328).JPG|thumb|200px|right|The Residency Building in Miri was originally used as an administration building for the British before being turned into Japanese headquarters during [[Japanese occupation of British Borneo|their occupation]] in Miri.]]
Finally, on 10 August 1910, the first oil drilling operation was started. A {{convert|30|m|ft|adj=mid|-high}} rig (nicknamed the "Grand Old Lady") made up of wooden derricks and cable tool drilling was used in the operation by Royal Dutch Shell. On 22 December 1910, oil was struck after {{convert|130|m}} of drilling at the well. Royal Dutch Shell also founded a subsidiary company named Sarawak Oil Field Ltd, which now operated as Sarawak Shell Berhad. Since then, another 624 land wells have been drilled around Miri until 1972 which are collectively known as the "Miri field". The Miri field is the only onshore field in Sarawak, because oil production has shifted offshore since the late 1950s. The first oil well on Canada Hill (Miri Well No. 1) produced a total of {{convert|0.65|e6oilbbl}} for the next 60 years until its closure on 31 October 1972.<ref name=AAPG/><ref>{{cite news|last1=Tan|first1=Chin Siang|title=Grand Old Lady of Miri - Where it all began|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1309&dat=19900327&id=JLJUAAAAIBAJ&pg=3112,3325581&hl=en|access-date=21 September 2015|newspaper=New Straits Times|date=27 March 1990}}</ref> The first oil refinery and submarine pipeline was built in Miri in 1914. The oil refinery has since been relocated to [[Lutong]], {{cvt|11|km}} to the north of Miri, in 1916.<ref name=MiriPetronas>{{cite news|title=Miri – from where it all began |url=http://www.thestar.com.my/story/?file=%2f2005%2f5%2f20%2fnation%2f10993919&sec=nation |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150328012335/http://www.thestar.com.my/story/?file=%2F2005%2F5%2F20%2Fnation%2F10993919&sec=nation |url-status=dead |archive-date=28 March 2015 |access-date=28 March 2015 |newspaper=The Star (Malaysia) |date=20 May 2005 }}</ref>

Resident Office moved from Marudi to Miri in 1912. Miri grew as fast as the rate of oil production by the Shell company. In 1920, roads were built in Miri. Bicycles and motorcycles were also bought into the town.<ref name=Miribook/> By 1921, there were 40 shop houses in Miri, with one English school and one Chinese school. Motor cars were later introduced to the town. In 1924, Pujut Road was built to link Miri with Lutong. By 1925, rotary drilling was introduced. Oil production continued to increase until it reached a peak of {{convert|15,211|oilbbl}} per day in 1929. Water supply were improved, jungles were cleared, and more roads were built.<ref>{{cite web|title=A Little Excitement|url=http://www.miriresortcity.com/littleexcitement|publisher=Miri Resort City|access-date=1 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150318183912/http://www.miriresortcity.com/littleexcitement|archive-date=18 March 2015}}</ref> Miri became the administrative centre of the entire Baram region in 1929.<ref>{{cite web|title=History of Miri|url=http://www.curtin.edu.my/Miri/historyOfMiri.htm|publisher=Curtin Sarawak Malaysia|access-date=1 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105120722/http://www.curtin.edu.my/Miri/historyOfMiri.htm|archive-date=5 November 2012}}</ref>

===Japanese occupation===
{{main|Japanese occupation of British Borneo}}
[[File:Fire at Lutong oil refinery, Sarawak.jpg|left|thumbnail|200px|The Brooke government destroyed Lutong oil refinery and storage facilities before the arrival of the Japanese.]]
[[File:Australian troops look at the damaged oil refinery installations, near Miri..JPG|right|thumbnail|200px|Damaged oil refinery installations at Lutong in 1945 due to [[Allies of World War II|Allied]] bombings]]
[[File:Miri Town, Allied Bombardment (AWM 111440).JPG|right|thumbnail|200px|Impact from Allied bombardment on the town]]
The Brooke government had been actively lobbying for the British government to accept Sarawak as one of its protectorates in an event of a war. By 1888, the British finally agreed to grant the protection to Sarawak. The British dispatched several troops to Sarawak to strengthen its defences in the 1930s. By 1938, under the leadership of Rajah [[Charles Vyner Brooke]], airstrips were constructed in Miri, Kuching, [[Oya, Sarawak|Oya]], and [[Mukah]] in preparation for an imminent war. However, by 1941, British [[Royal Navy]] and [[Royal Air Force]] had withdrawn from Sarawak and returned to Singapore. Therefore, the British government advocated a "[[scorched earth]] policy" for the Brooke government in the event of a Japanese attack. A Denial Scheme was formulated to destroy oil installations in Miri and Lutong. This was because the coastline measuring {{convert|30|mi|km|order=flip}} from Lutong to Miri was impossible to defend from Japanese landings due to shortage of manpower. By May 1941, 1 Infantry Company from 2/15 [[15th Punjab Regiment|Punjab Regiment]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/17000/LABUAN%20WAR%20CEMETERY|title=Labuan War Cemetery|publisher=[[Commonwealth War Graves Commission]]|access-date=17 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150517030108/http://www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/17000/LABUAN%20WAR%20CEMETERY|archive-date=17 May 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> 6-inch Hong Kong-Singapore Royal Artillery Battery, and 1 Platoon of Royal Engineers were stationed at Miri to oversee the destruction of the Miri oil fields. In August 1941, an operation was carried out to reduce Miri oil output by 70%.<ref name=Klemen>{{cite web|first=Klemen |last=L |url=https://warfare.gq/dutcheastindies/sarawak.html |title=The Invasion of British Borneo in 1942 |date=1999–2000 |work=Forgotten Campaign: The Dutch East Indies Campaign 1941-1942 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150401045406/http://www.dutcheastindies.webs.com/sarawak.html |archive-date=1 April 2015 }}</ref>

Soon after the news of Japanese [[attack on Pearl Harbor]], Japanese planes were seen making reconnaissance flights over Miri.<ref name=Miriwar/> The Brooke government decided on a complete destruction of oilfields and airfields in Miri. Shell company officials received orders to carry out the Denial Scheme on 8 December 1941. In the evening on the same day, the task was completed.<ref name=Klemen/> All producing oil wells were sealed up with vital equipment and machinery dismantled and shipped off to Singapore. Skilled workers and important company papers also went along with the equipment and sent to Singapore.<ref name=Miriwar/> The Punjab Regiment and several officials were sent to guard Kuching.<ref name=Klemen/> On 16 December 1941, 9 days after the Pearl Harbor bombing, Japanese troops consisting of 10,000 men landed on Tanjung Lobang Beach, Miri without much resistance.<ref name=Klemen/> However, on 17 December 1941, a Dutch [[flying boat]] from [[Tarakan Island]] attacked the Japanese destroyer [[Japanese destroyer Shinonome (1927)|''Shinonome'']] (under the command of Hiroshi Sasagawa) off Miri. The ship was sunk along with the entire crew of 228.<ref>{{cite web |last=Visser |first=Jan |url=https://warfare.gq/dutcheastindies/shinonome.html |title=Who sank IJN destroyer Shinonome, December 1941? |date=1999–2000 |work=Forgotten Campaign: The Dutch East Indies Campaign 1941-1942 |access-date=30 March 2021 |archive-date=27 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230527015737/https://warfare.gq/dutcheastindies/shinonome.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> Another flying boat X-33 also damaged a Japanese transport ship.<ref name=Klemen/> After the fall of Singapore on 15 January 1942, skilled workers that went into hiding with their equipment were sent back to Miri by the Japanese. They were immediately put to work for Japanese oil supply service company named Nen Ryo Hai Kyu. Much of the Japanese oil drilling and refinery equipment was portable. A total of {{convert|0.75|e6oilbbl}} were produced during the Japanese occupation from 1941 to 1945.<ref name=Miriwar>{{cite web|title=Decline and War|url=http://www.miriresortcity.com/content/decline-war|website=MiriResortCity.com|date=13 January 2006 |access-date=28 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150319000343/http://www.miriresortcity.com/declineandwar|archive-date=19 March 2015}}</ref>

During the occupation, Miri and Lutong became a periodic subject of Allied air raids and bombings. Food, clothes, and medicine were scarce. Workers of the Japanese oil supply service were used to reconstruct and maintain Lutong Bridge and Lutong airstrip from Allied bombing damage.<ref name=Miriwar/>

===Recent developments===
[[File:Miri town in 1983.jpg|right|thumbnail|Miri town in 1983]]
[[Petronas]], a Malaysian national oil and gas company, was formed in 1974. As a result, a concession system was changed into [[Production sharing agreement|production sharing contract system]] (PSC) between Shell and Petronas. All the foreign oil companies including Shell required to obtain licences from Petronas. The first two PSCs were signed on 30 November 1976. Foreign oil companies are required to keep not more than 41% of the oil produced until their original costs are recovered. After a return of their investments, the oil companies will keep 30% of the revenue after all operating costs and oil royalties are deducted.<ref>{{cite news|title=Where it all started - The site: Miri in Sarawak|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1309&dat=19810418&id=K2NPAAAAIBAJ&pg=7005,3765941&hl=en|access-date=21 September 2015|publisher=New Sunday Times|date=18 April 1981|quote=The conditions set by Petronas were that the contractors (i.e. the oil companies) could keep as much as, but not more than 41 percent of the oil produced to cover original costs, and give a return of their investment until the costs were finally covered. After that the contractor can keep about 30 percent of what remains after royalties and current operating costs are deducted.}}</ref> Petronas also formed a company named Petronas Carigali Sdn Bhd which was directly involved in the exploration, development, and production of oil and gas in the country. Petronas also initiated the Baram Delta Gas Gathering (Bardegg) project which involves the collection<ref>{{cite news|title=Shell, Petronas expand Baram Delta terms to include gas rights|url=http://www.thestar.com.my/Business/Business-News/2014/07/03/SHELL-AND-PETRONAS-SIGN-BARDEGG2-HOA-TO-INCLUDE-GAS-RIGHTS/?style=biz|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150318130209/http://www.thestar.com.my/Business/Business-News/2014/07/03/SHELL-AND-PETRONAS-SIGN-BARDEGG2-HOA-TO-INCLUDE-GAS-RIGHTS/?style=biz|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 March 2015|access-date=17 May 2015|newspaper=The Star (Malaysia)|date=3 July 2014}}</ref> and compression of gas from five fields, namely Betty, Bekor, Baram, Baronia, and West Lutong, located {{cvt|10|to|45|km|mi|0}} offshore from Miri. This is to ensure the minimisation of gas loss during oil production. Petronas and Shell are also involved in educational outreach activities such as awarding scholarships to deserving students. Both companies are also involved in Malaysian first rig-to-reef project, in an effort to preserve bio-marine life in the sea offshore Miri. In this project, an abandoned offshore platform was made to become part of the Siwa reef.<ref name=MiriPetronas/> Both companies also started to establish Piasau Nature Reserve in 2014.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sarawak Government Collaborates With Shell And Petronas To Conserve Environmental Biodiversity|url=https://www.shell.com.my/aboutshell/media-centre/news-and-media-releases/archive/2014/sarawak-government-to-collaborate-with-shell-and-petronas-to-conserve-environmental-biodiversity.html|publisher=Malaysian Shell Berhad|access-date=17 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150321093651/http://www.shell.com.my/aboutshell/media-centre/news-and-media-releases/archive/2014/sarawak-government-to-collaborate-with-shell-and-petronas-to-conserve-environmental-biodiversity.html|archive-date=21 March 2015|date=10 May 2014}}</ref>

Miri Municipal Council has adopted the seahorse as the town's official symbol. It was proposed by the former Sarawak chief minister Abdul Taib Mahmud and introduced as part of the "I love Miri campaign" in 1994. The seahorse is chosen because of its distinctive figure with gentle and graceful motion. These characteristics describe multiple ethnic and cultural identities of Miri which live in peace and harmony with good values of life. It also denotes the location of Miri town near to the sea and coral reefs and the city status as a resort paradise.<ref>{{cite web|title=Miri Macot—Sea Horse|url=http://tanchinkian.blogspot.com/2011/09/blog-post_05.html|publisher=Tan Chin Kian|access-date=16 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150416121950/http://tanchinkian.blogspot.com/2011/09/blog-post_05.html|archive-date=16 April 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last1=Pan|first1=Ivy|last2=Goh|first2=SC|title=Borneo Talk Highlight - Miri ecotourism|date=2010|volume=17|page=4|url=http://www.borneotalk.com/vol17/vol17.pdf|access-date=16 April 2015|publisher=Bumi Serasi|quote=The seahorse is the city's mascot, gentle and graceful in motion, which aptly describes the multi ethnic and culture people living here, all with a smile for visitors who come here.|archive-date=24 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624123858/http://borneotalk.com/vol17/vol17.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Miri was elevated to [[List of cities in Malaysia|city status]] on 20 May 2005 and became Malaysia's tenth city.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Then |first1=Stephen |title=Revelry as Miri turns city |url=http://www.thestar.com.my/story/?file=%2f2005%2f5%2f20%2fnation%2f11007788&sec=nation |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150329002016/http://www.thestar.com.my/story/?file=%2F2005%2F5%2F20%2Fnation%2F11007788&sec=nation |url-status=dead |archive-date=29 March 2015 |access-date=29 March 2015 |newspaper=The Star (Malaysia) |date=20 May 2005 }}</ref> Miri is also the first town in Malaysia which is not a [[List of capitals in Malaysia|state capital]] to be granted city status.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nst.com.my/nation/general/miri-to-replace-kuching-as-sarawak-capital-1.600634|title=Miri to replace Kuching as Sarawak capital?|date=19 May 2014|newspaper=New Straits Times|access-date=19 May 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140519041012/http://www.nst.com.my/nation/general/miri-to-replace-kuching-as-sarawak-capital-1.600634|archive-date=19 May 2014}}</ref> Miri City Day is celebrated each year on 20 May since it was declared by the past [[List of Chief Ministers of Sarawak|Chief Minister]], [[Abdul Taib Mahmud]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Joseph|first1=Anthony|title=14,000 walk to celebrate Miri City Day|url=http://www.theborneopost.com/2013/05/19/14000-walk-to-celebrate-miri-city-day/|access-date=29 March 2015|newspaper=The Borneo Post|date=19 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150329002434/http://www.theborneopost.com/2013/05/19/14000-walk-to-celebrate-miri-city-day/|archive-date=29 March 2015}}</ref> A time capsule containing news article of the day and a souvenir book was buried at Petroleum Science Museum at Canada Hill, Miri. The time capsule will be opened 100 years later on 20 May 2105.<ref>{{cite news|title=Some of the outstanding achievements of the leadership of Pehin Sri Abdul Taib|url=http://www.newsarawaktribune.com/opinion/55/Some-of-the-outstanding-achievements-of-the-leadership-of-Pehin-Sri-Abdul-Taib/|access-date=29 March 2015|publisher=New Sarawak Tribune|date=29 March 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304092535/http://www.newsarawaktribune.com/opinion/55/Some-of-the-outstanding-achievements-of-the-leadership-of-Pehin-Sri-Abdul-Taib/|archive-date=4 March 2016}}</ref> An effort has also been made to develop Miri as liveable resort city.<ref>{{cite news|title=Miri aims to be 'the most liveable resort city'|url=http://www.theborneopost.com/2014/07/24/miri-aims-to-be-the-most-liveable-resort-city/|access-date=29 March 2015|newspaper=The Borneo Post|date=24 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150329004455/http://www.theborneopost.com/2014/07/24/miri-aims-to-be-the-most-liveable-resort-city/|archive-date=29 March 2015}}</ref>

{{wide image|Miri City,Sarawak,Malaysian Borneo.jpg|1100px|View of Miri from Bintang Megamall.}}

==Governance==
[[File:Miri City Council 2.jpg|thumb|right|The Miri City Council building.]]
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Miri City currently elects one member of parliament from the Miri parliamentary seat (P.219) into the [[Parliament of Malaysia]]. The city also elects 3 state assemblymen into the [[Sarawak State Legislative Assembly]], namely Piasau, Pujut, and Senadin.<ref>{{cite news|title=Miri should have another parliamentary seat|url=http://www.theborneopost.com/2015/03/06/miri-should-have-another-parliamentary-seat-ling/|access-date=29 March 2015|newspaper=The Borneo Post|date=6 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150329013837/http://www.theborneopost.com/2015/03/06/miri-should-have-another-parliamentary-seat-ling/|archive-date=29 March 2015}}</ref>

===Local authority and city definition===
Miri was formerly administered by the Miri Municipal Council for 24 years. It was upgraded to [[Miri City Council]] (MCC) on 20 May 2005,<ref name=background>{{cite web |url=http://www.miricouncil.gov.my/modules/web/pages.php?mod=webpage&sub=page&id=60&menu_id=0&sub_id=94|title= Background|date=4 September 2014 |website=Official Website of Miri City Council|access-date=1 April 2015}}</ref> with Adam Yii Siew Sang as its current mayor,<ref name=Mirimayor/> headquartered at Kinsgway Road, Miri. Area under the jurisdiction of MCC is {{cvt|977.43|km2}}.<ref name=MCCArea/> Miri lies within the boundary of the [[Miri District]], which consists of Miri City, Sibuti sub-district, and Niah sub-district,<ref>{{cite web|title=Portai Rasmi Pentadbiran Bahagian Miri (Official Portal of Miri administrative Division) |url=http://www.miri.sarawak.gov.my/modules/web/page.php?id=148&menu_id=0&sub_id=326 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20150404115414/http://www.miri.sarawak.gov.my/modules/web/page.php?id=148&menu_id=0&sub_id=326 |url-status=dead |archive-date=4 April 2015 |publisher=Miri Resident Office |access-date=21 March 2015 }}</ref> with a total population of 290,274<ref name=ethnicitydistricttotal>{{cite web|title=Total population by ethnic group, sub-district, and state, Malaysia, 2010 (Table 28.1, page 376) |publisher=Statistics Department, Malaysia |access-date=18 March 2015 |url=http://www.statistics.gov.my/portal/download_Population/files/population/05Jadual_Mukim_negeri/Mukim_Sarawak.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120227083957/http://www.statistics.gov.my/portal/download_Population/files/population/05Jadual_Mukim_negeri/Mukim_Sarawak.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=27 February 2012 }}</ref> and total area of {{cvt|4,707|km2}}.<ref name=administrativedistricts>{{cite web|title=Malaysia - Basic population characteristics by administrative districts|url=http://www.statistics.gov.my/portal/download_Population/files/BPD/ad_2010.pdf|publisher=Statistics Department, Malaysia|access-date=21 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120521201742/http://www.statistics.gov.my/portal/download_Population/files/BPD/ad_2010.pdf|archive-date=21 May 2012|language=en, ms}}</ref> Miri Resident Office and Miri District Office are located at Kingsway Road, Miri City.<ref>{{cite web|title=Hubungi Kami (Contact Us) |url=http://www.miri.sarawak.gov.my/modules/web/page.php?id=199&menu_id=0&sub_id=66 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20150404115408/http://www.miri.sarawak.gov.my/modules/web/page.php?id=199&menu_id=0&sub_id=66 |url-status=dead |archive-date=4 April 2015 |publisher=Miri Resident Office |access-date=21 March 2015 |language=ms }}</ref>

==Geography==
[[File:Miri seen from satellite.JPG|thumb|left|Miri City as seen from satellite image]]
[[File:Weather radar Miri Sarawak Malaysia.JPG|thumb|[[Weather radar]] station on Canada Hill in Miri]]
Miri is situated on the [[alluvial plain]] of the [[Miri River]] on the western shore of northern Sarawak on the island of [[Borneo]]. Because of the prevailing southerly off-shore current, beach drift has built up the Peninsula Road as a [[Barrier island|barrier beach]] between the [[Miri River]] and the shore causing a "Yazoo effect"<ref>{{Cite book|author=West, Terry R.|year=2010|title=Geology Applied to Engineering|publisher=Waveland Press|location=Long Grove, Illinois|pages=[https://books.google.com/books?id=1aIfAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA234 234–235]|isbn=978-1-57766-655-4}}</ref> where the river runs parallel to the coast before breaking through into the [[South China Sea]]. The city is predominately located on the inland (east) side of the Miri River with only a few scattered residential neighbourhoods, a Golf Club and a small airstrip on the Peninsula Road.<ref>Google Earth at {{coord|4|25|47|N|114|01|16|E}} expand out.</ref>

===Climate===
Miri has a [[tropical rainforest climate]]. There are two monsoon seasons: the [[southwest monsoon]], which is the dry season from April to September, and the [[northeast monsoon]], which is the wet season from October to March. The annual rainfall is around {{convert|250|to|380|cm|in|abbr=on}}. The air temperature is between {{convert|23|°C}} to {{convert|32|°C}} the whole year round. But on rare occasions, the temperature can go down to {{convert|16|°C}} to {{convert|18|°C}} especially in the months of November, December and January. The lowest temperature ever recorded was in December 2010 when the mercury dropped down to {{convert|11|°C}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.myweather2.com/City-Town/Malaysia/Miri/climate-profile.aspx?month=12 |title=December Climate History for Miri &#124; Local &#124; Malaysia |publisher=Myweather2.com |access-date=10 December 2013}}</ref>

{{Miri weatherbox}}

==Demography==
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File:San Ching Temple.jpg|[[San Ching Tian Temple]]
File:Masjid Nur Hijrah - panoramio.jpg|Nur Hijrah Mosque
</gallery>

People from Miri are called "Mirians".<ref>{{cite news|title=Mirian to represent Sarawak at public speaking contest|url=http://www.theborneopost.com/2014/10/09/mirian-to-represent-sarawak-at-public-speaking-contest/|access-date=5 April 2015|newspaper=The Borneo Post|date=9 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141202205853/http://www.theborneopost.com/2014/10/09/mirian-to-represent-sarawak-at-public-speaking-contest/|archive-date=2 December 2014}}</ref>

The growth of Miri population is shown below:

{{historical populations|cols=2
| align = none | percentages = pagr
| 1940<ref name=Geoexpro/> | 11,000
| 1960<ref name=background/> | 24,049
| 1970<ref name=wtwybintulu /> | 34,613
| 1980<ref name=Mirihealthycity /><ref name=wtwy /> |52,125
| 1991<ref name=wtwy/> | 102,878
| 2000<ref name=Mirihealthycity/><ref name=wtwy/> | 167,535
| 2010<ref name=localauthoritypopulation/> | 234,541
| 2020<ref name= localauthoritypopulation/> | 248,877
}}

===Ethnicity===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Miri District Ethnic Statistic<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.statistics.gov.my/portal/download_Population/files/population/05Jadual_Mukim_negeri/Mukim_Sarawak.pdf
|title=Total population by ethnic group, sub-district and state, Malaysia, 2010 |access-date=5 February 2015}}</ref>
|-
!style="width:5%"|Total <br />Population
!style="width:5%"|[[Ethnic Malays|Malay]]
!style="width:5%"|[[Iban people|Iban]]
!style="width:5%"|[[Bidayuh]]
!style="width:5%"|[[Melanau]]
!style="width:5%"|Other <br />[[Bumiputera (Malaysia)|Bumiputera]]
!style="width:5%"|[[Chinese people|Chinese]]
!style="width:5%"|[[Indian people|Indian]]
!style="width:5%"|Other <br />Non-Bumiputera
!style="width:5%"|Non-Citizen
|-
| 356,900 (as per Administrative District year 2020)
| 52,954
| 85,026
| 3,727
| 9,012
| 31,704
| 77,869
| 1,186
| 1,609
| 27,187
|-
|}
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|title=Ethnic composition in Miri
|titlebar=
|left1=Ethnic group
|right1=Percent
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According to the 2010 Malaysian census, Miri City has a total population of 234,541.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.statistics.gov.my/portal/download_Population/files/population/04Jadual_PBT_negeri/PBT_Sarawak.pdf|title=Population Distribution by Local Authority Areas and Mukims, 2010|date=December 2011|publisher=Statistics Department, Malaysia|access-date=1 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121114160343/http://www.statistics.gov.my/portal/download_Population/files/population/04Jadual_PBT_negeri/PBT_Sarawak.pdf|archive-date=14 November 2012 }}</ref> Indigenous people form the largest ethnic group in the city (61.3%, 143,736) which consists of [[Iban people|Iban]] (61,273), Malay (46,723), other indigenous tribes (24,119), [[Melanau]] (8,313), and [[Bidayuh]] (3,308). This is followed by Chinese (32.1%, 75,329), non-Malaysians (5.7%, 13,362), Indians (0.5%, 1134), and Others (0.4%, 980). The ethnic [[Malaysian Malays|Malay]] population here consists mainly of [[Bruneian Malays|Bruneian]], [[Miriek people|Jati Miriek]] (early indigenous native inhabitants) and [[Kedayan]] peoples.<ref name=Mirek/> Miri has 19 out of 27 Sarawak ethnic groups,<ref>{{cite web|title=Curtin Sarawak - All about Miri|url=http://www.curtin.edu.my/CurtinSarawak/livingmiri.htm|website=Curtin Sarawak|date=18 January 2013 |access-date=1 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141013005742/http://www.curtin.edu.my/CurtinSarawak/livingmiri.htm|archive-date=13 October 2014 }}</ref> including [[Orang Ulu]] tribal groups native to the area such as Berawan, [[Kiput]], [[Lun Bawang]], [[Kayan (Borneo)|Kayan]], Bakong, [[Kenyah people|Kenyah]] and [[Kelabit people|Kelabit]] people. Chinese in Miri mainly consist of the [[Fuzhou people|Fuzhounese]] majority with significant populations of Hakka and Cantonese including a small number of Teochews and Hainanese.<ref>{{cite web|title=Our people - Chinese|url=http://blog.sarawaktourism.com/2012/08/our-people-chinese.html|publisher=Sarawak Tourism Board|access-date=1 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150219184546/http://blog.sarawaktourism.com/2012/08/our-people-chinese.html|archive-date=19 February 2015|date=28 August 2012}}</ref> A majority of non-Malaysians in Miri are Bajau people from the working at Baram Delta as fishermen.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Then|first1=Stephen|title=Stay away, foreign fishermen told|url=http://www.thestar.com.my/Metro/Community/2015/03/17/Stay-away-foreign-fishermen-told-Authorities-to-take-drastic-action-as-locals-shrimp-harvest-shrinks/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150405105712/http://www.thestar.com.my/Metro/Community/2015/03/17/Stay-away-foreign-fishermen-told-Authorities-to-take-drastic-action-as-locals-shrimp-harvest-shrinks/|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 April 2015|access-date=5 April 2015|newspaper=The Star (Malaysia)|date=17 March 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Abdullah|first1=Mohammad|title=Foreigners using bombs to fish in Miri, claim locals|url=http://www.theborneopost.com/2013/07/15/foreigners-using-bombs-to-fish-in-miri-claim-locals/|access-date=5 April 2015|newspaper=The Borneo Post|date=15 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150405110323/http://www.theborneopost.com/2013/07/15/foreigners-using-bombs-to-fish-in-miri-claim-locals/|archive-date=5 April 2015}}</ref> There are also [[Illegal immigrants in Malaysia|illegal]] [[Suluk people|Suluk]] and Bajau people entering Miri using Pulau Tikus (near Baram Delta) as a transit point.<ref>{{cite news|title=Pulau Tikus may be transit point for illegal immigrants|url=http://www.theborneopost.com/2015/03/25/pulau-tikus-may-be-transit-point-for-illegal-immigrants/|access-date=5 April 2015|newspaper=The Borneo Post|date=25 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150405110503/http://www.theborneopost.com/2015/03/25/pulau-tikus-may-be-transit-point-for-illegal-immigrants/|archive-date=5 April 2015}}</ref>

===Languages===
There is great diversity in terms of languages spoken in Miri, as it is a location where there are migrants from all over Sarawak, some West Malaysians, several foreigners, and several Eurasians. Among the main languages spoken here are Malay: which includes both the local variety of Malay, [[Sarawak Malay|Sarawakian Malay]] or Bahasa Sarawak, and Standard Malay; [[Malaysian Mandarin]], and Iban. The pronunciation and accent of spoken Malay differs depending on each individual's native language, background and history. English is generally well spoken by the older generation, many of whom received primary and secondary education in the 1960s, which then, was in English: a token of British colonialism; or who have worked in oil & gas related companies that operate in English, where they picked up English, Malay and Iban to varying levels of mastery.{{citation needed|date=June 2025}} This is not the case for many younger Mirians, who generally were and are being educated in either Malay or Mandarin; most are capable of speaking basic English with grammar that is heavily influenced by either Malay or Mandarin. This, is because the English language was reduced to a mere standalone subject after the 1980s. There is currently a minuscule minority of Miri-born Millennials and Generation Z members that speaks English as its first language, with varying levels of proficiency. The indigenous races speak their various languages as well, all of them Austronesian. These include languages such as [[Berawan language|Berawan]], Lakiput (often called Kiput), [[Brunei Malay|Bruneian/Kedayan]], Miriek, [[Iban language|Iban]], [[Bidayuh languages|Bidayuh]], [[Kayan languages|Kayan]], [[Kenyah language|Kenyah]], [[Lun Bawang language|Lun Bawang]] and [[Kelabit language|Kelabit]]. Meanwhile, the Chinese Malaysians speak [[Malaysian Mandarin]], [[Hakka Chinese|Hakka]], [[Cantonese]], [[Teochew dialect|Teochew]], [[Hainanese]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Information from the visitors' Guide to Miri|url=http://www.miriresortcity.com/visitorsguide|website=MiriResortCity.com|access-date=4 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150318161203/http://www.miriresortcity.com/visitorsguide|archive-date=18 March 2015}}</ref> [[Hokkien]] and [[Fuzhou dialect|Foochow]], in addition to possibly [[Henghua]], a minority Chinese language in Malaysia.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Sman|first1=Cecilia B|title=Foochow gathering a shot in the arm for Miri|url=http://www.theborneopost.com/2010/11/18/%E2%80%98foochow-gathering-a-shot-in-the-arm-for-miri%E2%80%99/|access-date=17 May 2015|newspaper=The Borneo Post|date=18 November 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150517155528/http://www.theborneopost.com/2010/11/18/%E2%80%98foochow-gathering-a-shot-in-the-arm-for-miri%E2%80%99/|archive-date=17 May 2015}}</ref> However, many Millennials and Generation Z members in Miri tend to use the lingua francas Malay and Malaysian Mandarin rather than their indigenous languages (such as Kayan and Kelabit) and Chinese dialects (Hokkien and Foochow); with the exception of Iban, which is widely used here; although certain efforts have been made in the past to promote the usage of indigenous languages among the younger generation.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Subhasish|first1=Dasgupta|title=Social Computing: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications|date=30 November 2009|publisher=Idea Group Inc|pages=714–715|isbn=9781605669854|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dLRK_Ep_uc8C&q=Miri+Sarawak+younger+generation+language&pg=PA714|access-date=17 May 2015|quote=A recent example of this is an Internet forum to revive the use of the Kelabit language among the younger generation...As a network conducted on the Internet, the discussion list includes Kelabit who are living in Miri, Kuala Lumpur,...}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Francis|first1=Mary|title=Nanta: Iban a language for learning|url=http://www.theborneopost.com/2014/03/01/nanta-iban-a-language-for-learning/|access-date=17 May 2015|newspaper=The Borneo Post|date=1 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150517164143/http://www.theborneopost.com/2014/03/01/nanta-iban-a-language-for-learning/|archive-date=17 May 2015}}</ref>

===Religion===
Religions in Miri include [[Christianity]], [[Islam]], [[Buddhism]], [[Taoism]], [[Hinduism]],<ref>{{cite news|last1=Raphael|first1=Jacqueline|title=Miri Hindus to celebrate Navarathri with prayers|url=http://www.theborneopost.com/2011/09/17/miri-hindus-to-celebrate-navarathri-with-prayers/|access-date=2 April 2015|newspaper=The Borneo Post|date=17 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141016235234/http://www.theborneopost.com/2011/09/17/miri-hindus-to-celebrate-navarathri-with-prayers/|archive-date=16 October 2014}}</ref> [[Sikhism]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Sikh Temple|url=http://sarawaktourism.com/attraction/sikh-temple/|publisher=Sarawak Tourism Board|access-date=4 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150404133032/http://sarawaktourism.com/attraction/sikh-temple/|archive-date=4 April 2015}}</ref> and [[Baháʼí Faith]]. Among the Christian churches, there are the [[Borneo Evangelical Church]], [[Anglicanism]], [[Methodism]], [[Roman Catholic]]s.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sarawak Worship Places - Miri|url=http://bombasticborneo.com/services/worship-places/sarawak-worship-places/|website=Bombastic Borneo|access-date=2 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150206205438/http://bombasticborneo.com/services/worship-places/sarawak-worship-places/|archive-date=6 February 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=LDS Growth Case Studies|url=http://www.cumorah.com/index.php?target=view_other_articles&story_id=462&cat_id=30|publisher=International Resources for Latter Day Saints|access-date=2 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140418212040/http://cumorah.com/index.php?target=view_other_articles&story_id=462&cat_id=30|archive-date=18 April 2014}}</ref> Respective religious groups are free to hold processions in Miri city.<ref>{{cite news|title=Sea of Mirians in annual Christmas Parade of 15 churches|url=http://www.theborneopost.com/2014/12/07/sea-of-mirians-in-annual-christmas-parade-of-15-churches/|access-date=3 April 2015|newspaper=The Borneo Post|date=7 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150403140406/http://www.theborneopost.com/2014/12/07/sea-of-mirians-in-annual-christmas-parade-of-15-churches/|archive-date=3 April 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Sarawak unique for religious unity — Abg Jo|url=http://www.theborneopost.com/2014/01/15/sarawak-unique-for-religious-unity-abg-jo/|access-date=3 April 2015|newspaper=The Borneo Post|date=15 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150403140517/http://www.theborneopost.com/2014/01/15/sarawak-unique-for-religious-unity-abg-jo/|archive-date=3 April 2015}}</ref> Among notable religious places in Miri are: [[Tua Pek Kong Temple, Miri|Tua Pek Kong Temple]],<ref name=Tuapekong /> Che Sing Khor Moral Uplifting Society, [[San Ching Tian Temple|Lian Hua San Ching Tian Temple]] (莲花山三清殿, Taoist temple),<ref>{{cite web|title=Taoism in Sarawak|url=http://www.etawau.com/Geography/Sarawak/04_Miri/Miri/Religion/LianHuaSan.htm|website=etawau.com|access-date=5 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140707190936/http://etawau.com/Geography/Sarawak/04_Miri/Miri/Religion/LianHuaSan.htm|archive-date=7 July 2014}}</ref> St Joseph Cathedral (Roman Catholic),<ref>{{cite news|title=Miri Catholic diocese gets new bishop in 47-year-old|url=http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Community/2013/11/01/Miri-Catholic-diocese-gets-new-bishop-in-47yearold/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150405130407/http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Community/2013/11/01/Miri-Catholic-diocese-gets-new-bishop-in-47yearold/|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 April 2015|access-date=5 April 2015|newspaper=The Star (Malaysia)|date=1 November 2013}}</ref> Hwai En Methodist Church, St Columba church (Anglican),<ref>{{cite web|title=The Consecration of St. Columba's Church Miri|url=http://www.diocesekuching.org/index.php/diocesan-news/the-consecration-of-st-columbas-parish-miri/|publisher=The Diocese of Kuching|access-date=5 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150405131739/http://www.diocesekuching.org/index.php/diocesan-news/the-consecration-of-st-columbas-parish-miri/|archive-date=5 April 2015}}</ref> Al-Taqwa Mosque, Al-Jamek Mosque,<ref>{{cite web|title=Miri Visitors' Guide|url=http://www.gomiri.com/en/04go/sightseeing.htm|website=gomiri.com|access-date=5 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150210144807/http://gomiri.com/en/04go/sightseeing.htm|archive-date=10 February 2015}}</ref> Sikh Temple, and Kamini Durga Eswari Amman Temple (Hinduism).<ref>{{cite news|title=Society launches logo and website|url=http://www.theborneopost.com/2012/10/22/society-launches-logo-and-website/|access-date=5 April 2015|newspaper=The Borneo Post|date=22 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150405132125/http://www.theborneopost.com/2012/10/22/society-launches-logo-and-website/|archive-date=5 April 2015}}</ref> [[Sarawak]] is predominantly Christian, in contrast with most of the [[Indonesian archipelago]]<ref name="sp2010">{{cite web|url=http://sp2010.bps.go.id/index.php/site/tabel?tid=321&wid=0 |title=Penduduk Menurut Wilayah dan Agama yang Dianut|publisher=[[Statistics Indonesia|Badan Pusat Statistik]]|location=Jakarta, Indonesia|trans-title=Population by Region and Religion|language=id|date=15 May 2010|access-date=20 October 2011|quote=Religion is belief in Almighty God that must be possessed by every human being. Religion can be divided into Muslim, Christian, Catholic, Hindu, Buddhist, Hu Khong Chu, and Other Religion.}} Muslim 207176162 (87.18%), Christian 16528513 (7), Catholic 6907873 (3), Hindu 4012116 (1.69), Buddhist 1703254 (0.72), Confucianism 117091 (0.05), Other 299617.</ref> This is also owing to the 2 previous [[Christian revival|Christian Revivals]]: the Bario Revival <ref>Bulan, Solomon and Bulan-Dorai, L (2014), The Bario Revival, HomeMatters Network</ref> and the Ba' Kelalan Revival <ref>Lees, Shirley (1979), Drunk Before Dawn, OMF International</ref> that occurred between the 1960s and 1990s.

==Economy==
[[File:Sarawak Shell Berhad.JPG|thumb|right|Sarawak Shell Berhad]]
There are a few industrial areas in Miri, some examples include Kuala Baram Industrial Estate (Mixed, Light, and Medium Industries), Piasau Industrial Estate (Mixed Light Industries), Senadin Industrial Area, Eastwood Industrial Estate and Bekenu Light Industrial Area (food processing).<ref>{{cite web|title=Industrial Estate by Division|url=http://www.sarawak.gov.my/web/home/article_view/211/227/|website=sarawak.gov.my|publisher=Official website of the Sarawak Government|access-date=3 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150315050820/http://sarawak.gov.my/web/home/article_view/211/227/|archive-date=15 March 2015}}</ref>

Miri mainly relies on its oil and gas industry, which contributes significantly to the [[Gross Domestic Product]] (GDP) of Sarawak.<ref>{{cite journal|title=2nd Borneo International Oil & Gas Expo in Miri |date=20 August 2013 |pages=2 |url=http://www.oilgasexpo.com/file/SOGEX.pdf |access-date=21 April 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130829005857/http://www.oilgasexpo.com/file/SOGEX.pdf |archive-date=29 August 2013}}</ref> Sarawak Shell Berhad ([[Upstream (petroleum industry)|upstream business]]) and Petronas Carigali Sdn Bhd have their offices based in Miri.<ref>{{cite web|title=Offices and Installations|url=http://www.shell.com.my/aboutshell/about-our-website/contact-us/offices-installations.html|publisher=Shell Malaysia|quote=Sarawak Shell Berhad (71978-W), 98100 Lutong, Locked Bag No.1, Jalan Shell, 98100 Lutong, Miri, Sarawak. Tel: 085-454 545. Fax: 085-452 030}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Petronas Carigali Sdn Bhd |url=http://www.yellowpages.com.my/moreaddress.jsp?biz=MjM5MjM5X1NLLjE=&name=Petronas+Carigali+Sdn+Bhd&city=Miri |publisher=Yellow Pages Malaysia |access-date=4 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150404141854/http://www.yellowpages.com.my/moreaddress.jsp?biz=MjM5MjM5X1NLLjE%3D&name=Petronas%2BCarigali%2BSdn%2BBhd&city=Miri |archive-date=4 April 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Other multinational oil and gas companies also set up their offices here, including [[Nippon Oil]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Contact Us|url=http://www.nex.jx-group.co.jp/english/contact/index.html|publisher=JX Nippon Oil and Gas Exploration|access-date=4 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141014001628/http://www.nex.jx-group.co.jp/english/contact/index.html|archive-date=14 October 2014}}</ref> [[Schlumberger]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Schlumberger WTA (M) Sdn Bhd |url=http://www.yellowpages.my/company/schlumberger-wta-m-sdn-bhd-872082,sk.html |publisher=Yellow Pages Malaysia |access-date=4 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150404143201/http://www.yellowpages.my/company/schlumberger-wta-m-sdn-bhd-872082%2Csk.html |archive-date=4 April 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Baker Hughes]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Baker Hughes (M) Sdn Bhd - Baker Atlas|url=http://www.miribiz.com/directory/oil_gas/baker_hughes_m_sdn_bhd_baker_atlas|website=MiriBiz.com|date=21 November 2008 |access-date=4 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402022530/http://miribiz.com/directory/oil_gas/baker_hughes_m_sdn_bhd_baker_atlas|archive-date=2 April 2015}}</ref> [[Halliburton]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Halliburton Energy Services (M) Sdn. Bhd.|url=http://www.miribiz.com/directory/oil_gas/halliburton_energy_services_m_sdn_bhd|website=MiriBiz.com|date=15 September 2008 |access-date=4 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402010546/http://miribiz.com/directory/oil_gas/halliburton_energy_services_m_sdn_bhd|archive-date=2 April 2015}}</ref> [[Technip]],<ref>{{cite web|title=TechNip South East Asia|work=Technip |date=3 September 2014 |url=http://www.technip.com/en/locations/south-east-asia|access-date=4 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150224102317/http://www.technip.com/en/locations/south-east-asia|archive-date=24 February 2015 |author1=Admin }}</ref> Ranhill WorleyParsons,<ref>{{cite web|title=Ranhill Worleyparsons Sdn Bhd (Pujut )|date=2 November 2009 |url=http://www.miribiz.com/directory/oil_gas/ranhill_worleyparsons_sdn_bhd_pujut|publisher=MiriBiz|access-date=4 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402150642/http://miribiz.com/directory/oil_gas/ranhill_worleyparsons_sdn_bhd_pujut|archive-date=2 April 2015}}</ref> and Petra Resources Sdn Bhd.<ref>{{cite web|title=Petra Energy - Contact Us - Regional Offices and Service Facilities|url=http://www.petraenergy.com.my/5_contact.htm|publisher=Petra Energy|access-date=4 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120818192804/http://www.petraenergy.com.my/5_contact.htm|archive-date=18 August 2012}}</ref> In 1989, Asam Paya Oilfield was discovered in Sarawak inland areas. In 2010, Petronas discovered two oil fields offshore between [[Bintulu]] and Miri. In 2011, new underground reserves of oil and gas deposits were discovered by Nippon Oil in an inland region near Miri, Sarawak.<ref>{{cite news|title=Rich deposits of crude oil and gas discovered in Sarawak's inland areas |url=http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Nation/2013/01/19/Rich-deposits-of-crude-oil-and-gas-discovered-in-Sarawaks-inland-areas/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141202145309/http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Nation/2013/01/19/Rich-deposits-of-crude-oil-and-gas-discovered-in-Sarawaks-inland-areas/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=2 December 2014 |access-date=4 April 2015 |newspaper=The Star (Malaysia) |date=22 April 2013 }}</ref>

In the 1970 to 1980s, timber exporting industry became one of the major income generators for Miri.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Oil Town|url=http://www.miriresortcity.com/theoiltown|website=MiriResortCity.com|access-date=5 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150319000325/http://www.miriresortcity.com/theoiltown|archive-date=19 March 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Introduction to Miri|url=http://www.curtin.edu.my/hrd/Miri/intro_miri.htm|website=Curtin University of Technology, Sarawak|access-date=5 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110227002525/http://www.curtin.edu.my/HRD/Miri/intro_miri.htm|archive-date=27 February 2011}}</ref> Multinational conglomerates based in Miri such as Shin Yang<ref>{{cite news|title=Sarawak shakers |url=http://www.thestar.com.my/Story/?file=/2010/3/27/business/5917875 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151121035518/http://www.thestar.com.my/Story/?file=%2F2010%2F3%2F27%2Fbusiness%2F5917875 |url-status=dead |archive-date=21 November 2015 |access-date=21 November 2015 |newspaper=The Star (Malaysia) |date=27 March 2010 |quote=The chief steward of Miri-based Shin Yang group – a fast-growing Sarawak conglomerate with vast business interests in over a dozen sectors, including logging and downstream timber processing industries – is Datuk Ling Chiong Ho, 58, the company's executive chairman. Similar to many Sarawak tycoons, he is extremely low-key and comes from humble beginnings. }}</ref> and Samling had their early beginnings in timber industry.<ref>{{cite web|title=Company Profiles|url=http://www.forestsmonitor.org/en/reports/550066/550085|publisher=Forests Monitor|access-date=5 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140810061800/http://www.forestsmonitor.org/en/reports/550066/550085|archive-date=10 August 2014|quote=The Sarawak-based Samling Group of companies was founded by Datuk Yaw Teck Seng in the early 1960s. Operating from the town of Miri,...}}</ref> Besides, shipbuilding companies such as Sealink Shipyard,<ref>{{cite web|title=About Us - The Sealink Group|url=http://www.asiasealink.com/about.php|publisher=The Sealink Group|access-date=4 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150203110414/http://asiasealink.com/about.php|archive-date=3 February 2015 |quote=Sealink Group is an Integrated Service Provider which builds, owns and operates a diverse fleet of offshore marine support vessels,...}}</ref> Shin Yang Shipping & Shipyard,<ref>{{cite web|title=SHIN YANG Shipping Corporation Berhad - About US|url=http://www.syshippingcorp.com.my/index.php/corporate/about-us|publisher=SHIN YANG Shipping Corporation Berhad|access-date=4 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141027131854/http://www.syshippingcorp.com.my/index.php/corporate/about-us|archive-date=27 October 2014|quote=This Company's main operation is to build tugboats, barges, small vessels, and providing ship repairs services and up slipping.}}</ref> Berjaya Dockyard,<ref>{{cite web|title=Berjaya Dockyard Sdn Bhd - About Us|url=http://www.berjayadockyard.com/About%20Us/AboutUs.html|publisher=Berjaya Dockyard Sdn Bhd|access-date=4 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150204060418/http://berjayadockyard.com/About%20Us/AboutUs.html|archive-date=4 February 2015 |quote=Located in Miri, Sarawak, Berjaya Dockyard specialises in the construction of Offshore Support Vessels (OSVs) for the local and international offshore oil and gas industries,...}}</ref> and Sarawak Slipways<ref>{{cite web|title=Sarawak Slipways Sdn Bhd - Company Profile|url=http://www.sarawakslipways.com/#1|publisher=Sarawak Slipways Sdn Bhd|access-date=4 April 2015|quote=Sarawak Slipways Sdn. Bhd. located at Miri is one of the longest established shipbuilding and ship repairing yards in Malaysia. The company was founded in 1967 and delivered probably the first steel ship constructed in Malaysia in the same year.}}</ref> have their major shipyards set up in Miri - Kuala Baram industrial area along the Baram river.

First large-scale oil palm plantation in Sarawak began in 1968, in which the newly formed Sarawak Oil Palm Berhad (SOPB) planted a total of {{convert|5,000|ha|km2|adj=on}} oil palm plantations near Miri by employing Indonesian workers at these plantations. Since the 1980s, SOPB has a total of {{convert|30,000|ha|km2|adj=on}} of oil palm in Miri and Bintulu Divisions, generating a total revenue of RM 85 million in 2005. SOPB is now majority-owned by Shin Yang Group and Sarawak Land Custody and Development Authority (LCDA)<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Cramb|first1=R.A.|title=Reinventing Dualism: Policy Narratives and Modes of Oil Palm Expansion in Sarawak|date=19 October 2007|page=19|url=https://crawford.anu.edu.au/palm/palm_pdf/Policy_narratives.pdf|access-date=5 April 2015|publisher=Australian National University - Crawford School of Public Policy|location=Australia}}</ref> with its headquarters in Miri.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sarawak Oil Palms Berhad - Contact Us|url=http://www.sop.com.my/?page_id=114|publisher=Sarawak Oil Palms Berhad|access-date=5 April 2015|quote=Sarawak Oil Palms Berhad Headquarters, No. 124-126, Jalan Bendahara P.O.Box 547 98007 Miri Sarawak, Malaysia|archive-date=25 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190825215001/http://www.sop.com.my/?page_id=114|url-status=dead}}</ref> By 2014, oil palm plantations between Miri-Bintulu zone constituted 60% of total oil palm estates in Sarawak.<ref>{{cite news|title=Miri's property outlook remains buoyant|url=http://www.theborneopost.com/2014/05/20/miris-property-outlook-remains-buoyant/|access-date=5 April 2015|newspaper=The Borneo Post|date=20 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140523204941/http://www.theborneopost.com/2014/05/20/miris-property-outlook-remains-buoyant/|archive-date=23 May 2014|quote=60 per cent of oil palm estates in Sarawak are located within the middle belt of Bintulu-Miri zone.}}</ref>

[[File:Chinese shop in Miri, Malaysia.jpg|thumb|A Chinese shop in Miri selling a variety of needs]]
Miri Port Authority (MPA) was established on 1 February 1981 and commenced operation on 1 March 1983. It is located near the mouth of [[Baram River]].<ref>{{cite web|title=About MPA|url=http://www.miriport.gov.my/modules/web/pages.php?mod=webpage&sub=page&id=48&menu_id=0&sub_id=86|publisher=Miri Port Authority|access-date=5 April 2015}}</ref> The port is able to take in ships measuring up to 1,500 GT ([[Gross Tonnage]]), with general cargo area of 50,895 m<sup>2</sup> and total developed area of {{convert|34|ha|km2 mi2}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Facilities|url=http://www.miriport.gov.my/modules/web/pages.php?mod=webpage&sub=page&id=61&menu_id=0&sub_id=94|publisher=Miri Port Authority|access-date=5 April 2015}}</ref> It is mainly used in handling petroleum, timber products, coal, and building materials. A total of 23.94 million metric tonnes of goods was handled by MPA from 2011 to 2013, which earned a total revenue of RM 48.58 million in port dues.<ref>{{cite news|title=Form uniform mechanism to verify cargo amount — AG|url=http://www.theborneopost.com/2014/06/17/form-uniform-mechanism-to-verify-cargo-amount-ag/|access-date=5 April 2015|newspaper=The Borneo Post|date=17 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150405074813/http://www.theborneopost.com/2014/06/17/form-uniform-mechanism-to-verify-cargo-amount-ag/|archive-date=5 April 2015}}</ref><ref name="The Guardian">{{cite news|title='It's dangerous to go out now': young, gay and scared in Brunei — AG|url=https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2019/apr/06/brunei-lgbt-people-law-scared-dangerous|access-date=6 April 2019|newspaper=The Guardian|date=6 April 2019}}</ref>

Miri is a shopping destination for visitors coming from the neighbouring country of [[Brunei]]<ref>{{cite news|last1=Then|first1=Stephen|title=Miri remains as top draw for Bruneians|url=http://www.thestar.com.my/Story/?file=%2F2010%2F1%2F14%2Fsouthneast%2F5450812|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150405034648/http://www.thestar.com.my/Story/?file=%2F2010%2F1%2F14%2Fsouthneast%2F5450812|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 April 2015|access-date=5 April 2015|newspaper=The Star (Malaysia)|date=14 January 2010}}</ref> because of a discrepancy in currency exchange rate (100 [[Brunei dollar]] to around 350 [[Malaysian ringgit]]), cheaper items, and a variety of resorts in Miri for recreational activities. Bintang Plaza and Boulevard Shopping Mall are the two major shopping destinations for Brunei people.<ref>{{cite news|title=Miri still a shopping paradise for Bruneians|url=http://www.theborneopost.com/2012/03/19/miri-still-a-shopping-paradise-for-bruneians/|access-date=5 April 2015|newspaper=The Borneo Post|date=19 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150405035100/http://www.theborneopost.com/2012/03/19/miri-still-a-shopping-paradise-for-bruneians/|archive-date=5 April 2015}}</ref> As of 2014, Miri visitor movement along Kuala Baram-Kuala Belait checkpoint ([[Sungai Tujoh]], along the Sarawak-Brunei border) reached a total of 2.9 million people in one year.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Then |first1=Stephen |title=Visitor movement between Brunei, Sarawak to cross over three million mark |url=http://m.thestar.com.my/story.aspx?hl=+Visitor+movement+between+Brunei+Sarawak+to+cross+over+three+million+mark&sec=news&id={F1F43FAD-959E-44B3-869F-F457731974AB} |access-date=5 April 2015 |newspaper=The Star (Malaysia) |date=16 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150405035744/http://m.thestar.com.my/story.aspx?hl=%20Visitor%20movement%20between%20Brunei%20Sarawak%20to%20cross%20over%20three%20million%20mark&sec=news&id=%7BF1F43FAD-959E-44B3-869F-F457731974AB%7D |archive-date=5 April 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Miri is also an eco-tourism gateway to four national parks and a marine national park. Miri is also a destination for Bruneians to go clubbing on occasion.<ref name="The Guardian"/>

The education sector is another income generator for Miri. [[Curtin University, Malaysia]] brought in RM 480 million foreign exchange annually from 3,000 foreign students studying at the university.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Sibon|first1=Peter|title=Ting identifies key contributing factors to Miri's boom|url=http://www.theborneopost.com/2012/03/05/ting-identifies-key-contributing-factors-to-miris-boom/|access-date=5 April 2015|newspaper=The Borneo Post|date=5 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150405040432/http://www.theborneopost.com/2012/03/05/ting-identifies-key-contributing-factors-to-miris-boom/|archive-date=5 April 2015}}</ref>

==Transportation==

===Road===
All the roads in Miri are maintained by [[Miri City Council]] (MCC). Miri is accessible by road from [[Bandar Seri Begawan]] ([[Brunei]]) through the [[Sungai Tujoh]] checkpoint which is located 35&nbsp;km north of Miri.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Then|first1=Stephen|title=Massive congestion at Sarawak-Brunei checkpoints spoils festive mood|url=http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Community/2014/02/03/Not-a-good-start-for-Chinese-New-Year-Massive-congestion-at-SwakBrunei-checkpoints-spoils-festive-m/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150409014145/http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Community/2014/02/03/Not-a-good-start-for-Chinese-New-Year-Massive-congestion-at-SwakBrunei-checkpoints-spoils-festive-m/|url-status=dead|archive-date=9 April 2015|access-date=9 April 2015|newspaper=The Star (Malaysia)|date=3 February 2014}}</ref> Miri is connected to all major cities and towns in Sarawak including [[Kota Kinabalu]] in Sabah through the [[Pan Borneo Highway]]. Miri is also connected to [[Bintulu]] town through a coastal road<ref>{{cite news|last1=Pail|first1=Salena|title=Pan Borneo Highway, coastal road to be upgraded in stages|url=http://www.theborneopost.com/2012/09/04/pan-borneo-highway-coastal-road-to-be-upgraded-in-stages/|access-date=9 April 2015|newspaper=The Borneo Post|date=4 September 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120909051226/http://www.theborneopost.com/2012/09/04/pan-borneo-highway-coastal-road-to-be-upgraded-in-stages/|archive-date=9 September 2012}}</ref> and [[Marudi, Sarawak|Marudi]] through a 42&nbsp;km road.<ref name=Mirimarudi/> [[ASEAN Bridge]] is located along the [[Miri-Baram Highway]] and crosses the Baram River, providing direct access to neighbouring country of Brunei, and the towns of [[Limbang]] and [[Lawas]] in Sarawak.<ref>{{cite news|title=Abolish toll at Asean Bridge, gazette Piasau Camp as Hornbill Park, Ling urges|url=http://www.theborneopost.com/2013/05/24/abolish-toll-at-asean-bridge-gazette-piasau-camp-as-hornbill-park-ling-urges/|access-date=9 April 2015|newspaper=The Borneo Post|date=24 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150409022316/http://www.theborneopost.com/2013/05/24/abolish-toll-at-asean-bridge-gazette-piasau-camp-as-hornbill-park-ling-urges/|archive-date=9 April 2015}}</ref>

===Buses and taxis===
Miri city has 2 bus stations, namely the local (located at Melayu Road next to Tamu Muhibbah and Wisma Pelita Tunku) and long-distance bus stations (located at [[Pujut]] Corner).<ref name=Sarawakvisitorsguidemiri/> The city bus station serves the Permyjaya, Tudan, Senadin, Miri Hospital, RTM (Eastern road from Pujut 1 to Pujut 5), Taman Tunku and Sungai Rait + Bakam.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sarawak Bus Travelling ...An Exciting Travelling Alternative to Get Around Sarawak, East Malaysia.|url=http://www.sarawak-vacation-destinations.com/sarawak-bus-travelling.html|website=sarawak-vacation-destinations|access-date=9 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130623223033/http://www.sarawak-vacation-destinations.com/sarawak-bus-travelling.html|archive-date=23 June 2013}}</ref> Buses to Lambir Hills National Park, rest of division within Sarawak and [[Pontianak, Indonesia]] depart from the long-distance bus station.<ref name=Sarawakvisitorsguidemiri/>
Local taxi services are also provided in the city with the main taxi stand at China Road in the city centre. Taxis here do not use meters.<ref name=Sarawakvisitorsguidemiri/>
There is no direct bus to [[Miri Airport]], most people will prefer to use car or taxi because of short distance between airport and city.

===Air===
[[File:MAS WINGS ATR72 9M-MWE AT MIRI AIRPORT SARAWAK ISLAND OF BORNEO JUNE 2011.jpg|thumb|right|[[MASwings]] aircraft beside another bigger aircraft in [[Miri Airport]]]]
[[Miri Airport]] (IATA: MYY, ICAO: WBGR) is an important gateway to the northern region of Sarawak. It is located 11&nbsp;km south of Miri city. It serves as a hub for domestic, international, and rural air services.<ref name=Toupgradeairport>{{cite news|title=Work to upgrade Miri Airport to commence this year, says Lee|url=http://www.theborneopost.com/2014/02/19/work-to-upgrade-miri-airport-to-commence-this-year-says-lee/|access-date=10 April 2015|newspaper=The Borneo Post|date=19 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140305162818/http://www.theborneopost.com/2014/02/19/work-to-upgrade-miri-airport-to-commence-this-year-says-lee/|archive-date=5 March 2014}}</ref> Miri Airport is the tenth busiest airport in Malaysia and second busiest in Sarawak. It provided services to 2.2 million passengers in 2013.<ref>{{cite news|title=Miri Airport needs an upgrade – Jofri Jaraiee|url=http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/sideviews/article/miri-airport-needs-an-upgrade-jofri-jaraiee|access-date=10 April 2015|newspaper=The Malaysian Insider|date=23 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141219182015/http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/sideviews/article/miri-airport-needs-an-upgrade-jofri-jaraiee|archive-date=19 December 2014}}</ref> The airport has only one direct international flight to [[Singapore]]. It also receives flights from domestic destinations such as [[Kuala Lumpur]], [[Johor Bahru]], [[Kota Kinabalu]], [[Labuan]], [[Kuching]] and other major towns in Sarawak.<ref name=Sarawakvisitorsguidemiri/> Miri Airport also caters flights to the Sarawak interior such as [[Bario]], [[Ba'kelalan]], [[Marudi, Sarawak|Marudi]], [[Lawas]], [[Limbang]], and [[Mukah]]<ref name=Toupgradeairport/> through MASwings using [[de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter|DHC-6 Twin Otter]] aircraft.

===Water===
Kuala Baram Express Boat Jetty is located 45 minutes away from Miri city centre. It was last operated in the year 2014 and was closed due to the presence of a better air and road connectivity to the interior especially Marudi Town and all other major towns in Baram.

==Other utilities==

===Courts of law and legal enforcement===
The current court complex is located at Merdu Road, Miri.<ref>{{cite web|title=List of Court addresses - High Court Sarawak (Kuching, Bintulu, Miri & Sibu)|url=http://www.cljlaw.com/?page=courtaddr|publisher=CLJ Legal Network Sdn Bhd|access-date=28 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150228024826/http://www.cljlaw.com/?page=courtaddr|archive-date=28 February 2015}}</ref> It contains the [[High Courts of Malaysia|High Court]],<ref>{{cite news|last1=Leong|first1=Chin Kee|title=Chung elevated to High Court judge|url=http://www.theborneopost.com/2012/05/12/chung-elevated-to-high-court-judge/|access-date=17 April 2015|newspaper=The Borneo Post|date=12 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150417135235/http://www.theborneopost.com/2012/05/12/chung-elevated-to-high-court-judge/|archive-date=17 April 2015}}</ref> Sessions Court, and the Magistrate Court.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.highcourt.sabah.sarawak.gov.my/apps/highcourt/v3/modules/highcourt_web/page.php?id=4 |title=Structure of The Court (STRUCTURE OF THE HIGH COURT IN SABAH & SARAWAK) |publisher=The High Court in Sabah and Sarawak |access-date=10 June 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130615210827/http://www.highcourt.sabah.sarawak.gov.my/apps/highcourt/v3/modules/highcourt_web/page.php?id=4 |archive-date=15 June 2013 }}</ref> Miri city also has [[Syariah Court|Syariah Subordinate Court]] which is located at Wisma Pelita Tunku, Miri with area of jurisdiction of Miri District and Marudi District.<ref>{{cite web|title=Direktori Mahkamah Syariah Sarawak (Sarawak Syariah Courts Directory)|url=http://www.esyariah.gov.my/portal/page/portal/Portal%20E-Syariah%20BI/Portal%20E-Syariah%20Direktori%20Mahkamah/Portal%20E-Syariah%20Direktori%20Sarawak#i|website=Official website of e-Syariah|publisher=Department of Syariah Judiciary Malaysia|access-date=28 February 2015|language=ms|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150718024647/http://www.esyariah.gov.my/portal/page/portal/Portal%20E-Syariah%20BI/Portal%20E-Syariah%20Direktori%20Mahkamah/Portal%20E-Syariah%20Direktori%20Sarawak#i|archive-date=18 July 2015}}</ref> There is one district police headquarters at Pujut Road, Miri. Miri central police station is located at Raja Road while other police stations are located at Bakam Road, [[Miri Airport]], Kampung Tulang Road, [[Bekenu]], and Niah.<ref>{{cite web|title=Direktori PDRM Sarawak - Sibu [Sarawak Royal Malaysian Police (RMP) Directory - Sibu]|url=http://www.rmp.gov.my/direktori/direktori-pdrm/sarawak/miri|publisher=Royal Malaysian Police|access-date=28 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150329070137/http://www.rmp.gov.my/direktori/direktori-pdrm/sarawak/miri|archive-date=29 March 2015|language=ms}}</ref> There is also a central prison in Miri.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Francis|first1=Mary|title=Miri Central Prison donates clothes for victims of disasters|url=http://www.theborneopost.com/2015/01/11/miri-central-prison-donates-clothes-for-victims-of-disasters/|access-date=17 April 2015|newspaper=The Borneo Post|date=11 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150417140743/http://www.theborneopost.com/2015/01/11/miri-central-prison-donates-clothes-for-victims-of-disasters/|archive-date=17 April 2015}}</ref>

===Healthcare===
{{See also|List of hospitals in Malaysia}}
The current [[Miri Hospital]] started its operation on 6 May 1995, located 2.5&nbsp;km away from Miri city centre and with an area of 87.11 hectares. The hospital has 339 beds, and it provides tertiary specialist services such as surgery, ophthalmology, obstetrics and gynaecology (ONG), nephrology and radiology.<ref>{{cite web|title=Latar Belakang Hospital Miri (Miri Hospital Background)|url=http://hmiri.moh.gov.my/hm/index.php/profil/latar-belakang-hospital-miri|publisher=Miri Hospital|access-date=17 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150417145256/http://hmiri.moh.gov.my/hm/index.php/profil/latar-belakang-hospital-miri|archive-date=17 April 2015|language=ms}}</ref> It is also the main referral hospital in the northern region of Sarawak, and construction is currently ongoing to add an additional 328 beds<ref>{{Cite web |title=pembinaan-bangunan-tambahan-hospital-miri |url=https://www.kkr.gov.my/ms/pembinaan-bangunan-tambahan-hospital-miri-sarawak-meningkatkan-kualiti-perkhidmatan-kesihatan}}</ref> in a new block<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Asokan|first1=N|last2=Prathap|first2=P|last3=Ajithkumar|first3=K|last4=Ambooken|first4=B|last5=Binesh|first5=VG|last6=George|first6=S|title=Pattern of skin diseases among patients attending a tertiary care teaching hospital in Kerala|journal=Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology|date=October 2009|volume=75|issue=5|page=518|doi=10.4103/0378-6323.55406|pmid=19736440|url=http://www.bioline.org.br/pdf?dv09168|access-date=17 July 2015|quote=These biopsies were taken from the skin clinic, Sarawak General Hospital; visiting skin clinic, Sibu and Miri General Hospital (both secondary centers) and the leprosy health survey team;...|doi-access=free|hdl=1807/48487|hdl-access=free}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Hospital Miri - Obstetrics & Gynaecology Department|url=http://hmiri.moh.gov.my/hm/index.php/en/obstetrics-gynecology-department|publisher=Miri General Hospital|access-date=17 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150717145501/http://hmiri.moh.gov.my/hm/index.php/en/obstetrics-gynecology-department|archive-date=17 July 2015|quote=Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology provide its expertise in the field of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. It is also a secondary referral centre for cases of Maternal Health Clinic and Children in the district of Miri, Hospital Lawas, Limbang, Marudi, and Bintulu.}}</ref> There are currently 3 government polyclinics in Miri city namely Klinik Kesihatan Jalan Merbau,<ref>{{cite news|title=Miri polyclinic upgrading its facilities, assures doctor in-charge|url=http://www.theborneopost.com/2012/08/01/miri-polyclinic-upgrading-its-facilities-assures-doctor-in-charge/|access-date=17 April 2015|newspaper=The Borneo Post|date=1 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150417145727/http://www.theborneopost.com/2012/08/01/miri-polyclinic-upgrading-its-facilities-assures-doctor-in-charge/|archive-date=17 April 2015}}</ref> Klinik Kesihatan Tudan,<ref>{{cite news|last1=Raphael|first1=Jacqueline|title=Facilities in Tudan Polyclinic not up to standard|url=http://www.theborneopost.com/2011/11/10/facilities-in-tudan-polyclinic-not-up-to-standard/|access-date=17 April 2015|newspaper=The Borneo Post|date=10 November 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150104043622/http://www.theborneopost.com/2011/11/10/facilities-in-tudan-polyclinic-not-up-to-standard/|archive-date=4 January 2015}}</ref> and the new Klinik Kesihatan Bandaraya Miri. Miri has 4 private hospitals currently, with the newest private medical centres including Borneo Medical Centre Miri and KPJ Miri Specialist Hospital. Miri City Medical Centre is a private hospital that started its operation in 2002 and has 30 beds. It is located at Hokkien Road, Miri.<ref>{{cite web|title=About Miri City Medical Centre |url=http://mcmcmiri.com/ |publisher=Miri City Medical Centre |access-date=17 April 2015 |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718061355/http://mcmcmiri.com/ |archive-date=18 July 2014 }}</ref> Columbia Asia Medical Centre was formerly known as Selesa Medical Centre. It was acquired in 1998, located 4&nbsp;km downtown Miri. It serves the communities from Miri, [[Limbang]], [[Marudi, Sarawak|Marudi]], and Brunei. Shell employees make up the largest customer base for this private hospital.<ref>{{cite web|title=Columbia Asia Hospital Miri – Private Hospital and Medical Facilities in Miri, Sarawak, Malaysia|url=http://www.malaysiacentral.com/information-directory/columbia-asia-hospital-miri-private-hospital-and-medical-facilities-in-miri-sarawak-malaysia/#sthash.xwteTpBT.dpbs|website=malaysiacentral.com|access-date=17 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150417213452/http://www.malaysiacentral.com/information-directory/columbia-asia-hospital-miri-private-hospital-and-medical-facilities-in-miri-sarawak-malaysia/|archive-date=17 April 2015}}</ref>

===Education===
{{See also|List of schools in Sarawak}}
[[File:SMK Chung Hua Miri.JPG|thumb|SMK Chung Hua Miri]]
All the primary and secondary schools in Miri (under National Education System) are managed by the Miri District Education Office located at Kipas Road, Miri.<ref>{{cite web|title=Pejabat Pendidikan Daerah Miri (Miri District Education Office)|url=http://jpnsarawak.moe.gov.my/index.php/en/ppd-miri|publisher=Sarawak Education Department|access-date=28 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140829032610/http://jpnsarawak.moe.gov.my/index.php/en/ppd-miri|archive-date=29 August 2014}}</ref> Among the Chinese primary schools are SJK (C) Chung Hua Miri, SJK (C) Chung Hua Pujut, and SJK (C) Chung Hua Lutong.<ref>{{cite news|title=SJKC Chung Hua Miri retains good record in UPSR result|url=http://www.theborneopost.com/2012/11/20/sjkc-chung-hua-miri-retains-good-record-in-upsr-result/|access-date=28 April 2015|newspaper=The Borneo Post|date=20 November 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150428160056/http://www.theborneopost.com/2012/11/20/sjkc-chung-hua-miri-retains-good-record-in-upsr-result/|archive-date=28 April 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Tales of tourism from Chinese writing skill camp for primary school|url=http://www.theborneopost.com/2014/05/11/tales-of-tourism-from-chinese-writing-skill-camp-for-primary-school/|access-date=28 April 2015|newspaper=The Borneo Post|date=11 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150428165039/http://www.theborneopost.com/2014/05/11/tales-of-tourism-from-chinese-writing-skill-camp-for-primary-school/|archive-date=28 April 2015}}</ref> SK Agama Miri is an Islamic primary school.<ref>{{cite news|title=Three cluster schools shine|url=http://www.theborneopost.com/2014/04/24/three-cluster-schools-shine/|access-date=8 May 2015|newspaper=The Borneo Post|date=24 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150508185727/http://www.theborneopost.com/2014/04/24/three-cluster-schools-shine/|archive-date=8 May 2015}}</ref> There are several national primary schools such as: SK Anchi,<ref>{{cite news|last1=Abdullah|first1=Mohammad|title=Four classes at SK Anchi without power|url=http://www.theborneopost.com/2015/03/11/four-classes-at-sk-anchi-without-power/|access-date=8 May 2015|newspaper=The Borneo Post|date=11 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150508190100/http://www.theborneopost.com/2015/03/11/four-classes-at-sk-anchi-without-power/|archive-date=8 May 2015}}</ref> SK Senadin,<ref>{{cite news|last1=Raphael|first1=Jacqueline|title=SK Senadin on right track — Gramong'|url=http://www.theborneopost.com/2013/09/28/sk-senadin-on-right-track-gramong/|access-date=8 May 2015|newspaper=The Borneo Post|date=28 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150508190536/http://www.theborneopost.com/2013/09/28/sk-senadin-on-right-track-gramong/|archive-date=8 May 2015}}</ref> and SK St Columba,<ref>{{cite news|title=SK St Columba best first aider|url=http://www.theborneopost.com/2013/11/30/sk-st-columba-best-first-aider/|access-date=8 May 2015|newspaper=The Borneo Post|date=30 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150220104904/http://www.theborneopost.com/2013/11/30/sk-st-columba-best-first-aider/|archive-date=20 February 2015}}</ref> along with several other national secondary schools in Miri namely [[SMK Agama Miri]], [[SMK St. Columba]], [[SM Sains Miri]], [[Kolej Tun Dato Tuanku Haji Bujang]], [[SMK St.Joseph]], [[SMK Lutong]], [[SMK Pujut]], [[SMK Lopeng Tengah]], SMJK Chung Hua Miri and [[Sekolah Menengah Teknik Miri]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Heng|first1=Eve Sonary|title=World Scout Environment event attracts 244 students|url=http://www.theborneopost.com/2015/04/19/world-scout-environment-event-attracts-244-students/|access-date=9 May 2015|newspaper=The Borneo Post|date=19 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150509020954/http://www.theborneopost.com/2015/04/19/world-scout-environment-event-attracts-244-students/|archive-date=9 May 2015}}</ref> Miri has 2 out of 14 [[Chinese independent high school|Chinese independent schools]] in Sarawak. These are Pei Min Middle School (培民中学) and Riam Road Middle School (廉律中学).<ref>{{cite web|title=砂拉越华文独中通讯录 (Communication directory of Sarawak Chinese independent schools)|url=http://shadongzong.org/secondary-schools/|access-date=1 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131231125149/http://shadongzong.org/secondary-schools/|archive-date=31 December 2013|language=zh}}</ref> Tenby International School is the first international school in Miri. In 2019, Tenby International School Miri was renamed Knewton Global Schools under new ownership.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Then |first1=Stephen |title=Global Recognition for Tenby Miri |url=http://www.thestar.com.my/Metro/Community/2015/03/11/Global-recognition-for-Tenby-Miri/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150312054140/http://www.thestar.com.my/Metro/Community/2015/03/11/Global-recognition-for-Tenby-Miri/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=12 March 2015 |access-date=9 May 2015 |newspaper=The Star (Malaysia) |date=11 March 2015 }}</ref> Other private schools in Miri such as Sekolah Rendah Sri Mawar and Sekolah Rendah Sri Mulia are providers of primary education.

[[Curtin University, Malaysia]] is the first foreign university to establish its campus in Sarawak since 1999.<ref>{{cite web|title=Curtin Sarawak|url=http://futurestudents.curtin.edu.au/student-life/where-we-are/sarawak.cfm|publisher=Curtin University|access-date=9 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150316123017/http://futurestudents.curtin.edu.au/student-life/where-we-are/sarawak.cfm|archive-date=16 March 2015}}</ref> It offers business, accounting, and engineering courses.<ref>{{cite web|title=Undergraduate Degree Studies|url=http://www.curtin.edu.my/courses/Undergraduate.htm|publisher=Curtin University Sarawak|access-date=9 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150423061242/http://www.curtin.edu.my/courses/Undergraduate.htm|archive-date=23 April 2015}}</ref> Institut Pendidikan Guru Malaysia Kampus Miri Sarawak (Teachers Training Institute Malaysia Miri) offers training for teachers placements in primary and secondary schools.<ref>{{cite web|title=Institut Pendidikan Guru (Teachers' Training Institute)|url=http://www.moe.gov.my/v/direktori-ipg|access-date=16 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141113223011/http://www.moe.gov.my/v/direktori-ipg|archive-date=13 November 2014}}</ref> I-Systems College offers a nursing programme.<ref>{{cite news|title=I-Systems College students praised|url=http://www.theborneopost.com/2011/10/30/i-systems-college-students-praised/|access-date=16 May 2015|newspaper=The Borneo Post|date=30 October 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140108203516/http://www.theborneopost.com/2011/10/30/i-systems-college-students-praised/|archive-date=8 January 2014}}</ref> Fajar International College (FIC) offers a Diploma in Occupational Safety & Health (DIPOSH), accounting, and business studies courses.<ref>{{cite news|title=Fajar International College offers quality and affordable education|url=http://www.theborneopost.com/2011/04/13/fajar-international-college-offers-quality-and-affordable-education/|access-date=9 May 2015|newspaper=The Borneo Post|date=13 April 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150509154427/http://www.theborneopost.com/2011/04/13/fajar-international-college-offers-quality-and-affordable-education/|archive-date=9 May 2015}}</ref> IBS College was established in 1998, currently offering finance, business, accounting, and security courses.<ref>{{cite news|title=IBS College to introduce new courses; next intake April 28|url=http://www.theborneopost.com/2014/01/30/ibs-college-to-introduce-new-courses-next-intake-april-28/|access-date=10 May 2015|newspaper=The Borneo Post|date=30 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150510130648/http://www.theborneopost.com/2014/01/30/ibs-college-to-introduce-new-courses-next-intake-april-28/|archive-date=10 May 2015}}</ref> Maxcel Institute of Management offers Diploma programme for Hotel and Tourism Management.<ref>{{cite web|title=Maxcel Institute of Management|url=http://maxcelinstituteofmanagement.blogspot.com/p/diploma-programme-accredited-by.html|website=blogspot.com|access-date=16 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150516003005/http://maxcelinstituteofmanagement.blogspot.com/p/diploma-programme-accredited-by.html|archive-date=16 May 2015}}</ref>

Cahaya Education and Training Academy (Ceta) offers training courses on oil and gas industries.<ref>{{cite news|title=Ceta welcomes SPM school leavers to sign up for drafting courses|url=http://www.theborneopost.com/2012/09/05/ceta-welcomes-spm-school-leavers-to-sign-up-for-drafting-courses/|access-date=9 May 2015|newspaper=The Borneo Post|date=5 September 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150509153610/http://www.theborneopost.com/2012/09/05/ceta-welcomes-spm-school-leavers-to-sign-up-for-drafting-courses/|archive-date=9 May 2015}}</ref> Institut Latihan Perindustrian Miri (Miri Industry Training Institute) was formed in 2004, currently offering courses such as electrician, product design, and telecommunication.<ref>{{cite web|title=Institute Latihan Perindustrian Miri - Introduction|url=http://www.ilpmiri.gov.my/v7/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20141021192119/http://www.ilpmiri.gov.my/v7/|url-status=dead|archive-date=21 October 2014|publisher=Institute Latihan Perindustrian Miri|access-date=16 May 2015}}</ref> RIAM Institute of Technology Sarawak (RIAMTEC) was established in 1996, offering technical training in the fields of agriculture and mechanics.<ref>{{cite web|title=RIAM Institute of Technology Sarawak|url=http://www.etawau.com/edu/KolejSarawak/RIAM.htm|website=etawau.com|access-date=16 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140708064547/http://etawau.com/edu/KolejSarawak/RIAM.htm|archive-date=8 July 2014}}</ref> Institut Kemahiran Belia Negara (National Youth skills Institute)<ref>{{cite web|title=Institut Kemahiran Belia Negara (IKBN), Miri, Sarawak|url=http://www.naim.com.my/construction/institut-kemahiran-belia-negara-ikbn-miri-sarawak/|publisher=Naim Holdings Berhad|access-date=16 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150516004843/http://www.naim.com.my/construction/institut-kemahiran-belia-negara-ikbn-miri-sarawak/|archive-date=16 May 2015}}</ref> and Pusat Pembangunan Kemahiran Sarawak (Sarawak Skills Development Centre) also offer technical training for students.<ref>{{cite web|title=Pusat Pembangunan Kemahiran Sarawak (Sarawak Skills Development Centre)|url=http://www.ppks.edu.my/index.php/about-us|publisher=Sarawak Skills Development Centre|access-date=16 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141105044926/http://www.ppks.edu.my/index.php/about-us|archive-date=5 November 2014}}</ref> Kolej Komuniti Miri (Miri Community College) offers short module courses upon request from the public.<ref>{{cite news|title=Kolej Komuniti Miri offers short module courses|url=http://www.theborneopost.com/2010/10/26/kolej-komuniti-miri-offers-short-module-courses/|access-date=9 May 2015|newspaper=The Borneo Post|date=26 October 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110808173749/http://www.theborneopost.com/2010/10/26/kolej-komuniti-miri-offers-short-module-courses/|archive-date=8 August 2011 }}</ref> [[Open University Malaysia]] (OUM) also operates a learning centre in Miri.<ref>{{cite web|title=OUM Sarawak|url=http://www.etawau.com/edu/DistanceLearning/OUM/OUMSarawak.htm|website=etawau.com|access-date=10 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140626075703/http://etawau.com/edu/DistanceLearning/OUM/OUMSarawak.htm|archive-date=26 June 2014}}</ref>

===Libraries===
Miri City Council Library was established in 1958. Currently, it has branches in Piasau, Lutong, and Taman Tunku.<ref>{{cite web|title=Introduction to Miri City Council Public Library|url=http://www.librarynet.com.my/libraries/mcclib_intro.html|website=LibraryNet|access-date=16 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120503123732/http://www.librarynet.com.my/libraries/mcclib_intro.html|archive-date=3 May 2012}}</ref> Pustaka Miri is a regional library established by the state-run [[Sarawak State Library]]. It is located at Miri City Fan.<ref>{{cite web|title=Introduction to Pustaka Miri|url=http://www.librarynet.com.my/libraries/pustaka_miri_intro.html|website=Library Net|access-date=16 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120503205736/http://www.librarynet.com.my/libraries/pustaka_miri_intro.html|archive-date=3 May 2012}}</ref>

==Culture and leisure==
===Attractions and recreational spots===
====Cultural====
Miri May Fest has been held in Miri since 1989.<ref>{{cite web|title=Miri May Fest 2014|url=http://www.sarawakadventures.com/events.php?action=preview&eveid=28|website=sarawakadventures.com|access-date=16 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150416004523/http://www.sarawakadventures.com/events.php?action=preview&eveid=28|archive-date=16 April 2015}}</ref> It is a month-long celebration of entertainment programmes, trade fairs, cultural, arts, sports, and social activities organised by various governmental agencies. Miri City Day will also be held during the Miri May Fest.<ref>{{cite web|title=Miri City MayFest Events Calendar for the Year 2012|url=http://www.miriresortcity.com/blog/eyeonmiri/miri_city_mayfest_events_calendar_for_the_year_2012|website=MiriResortCity.com|access-date=16 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130406210532/http://www.miriresortcity.com/blog/eyeonmiri/miri_city_mayfest_events_calendar_for_the_year_2012|archive-date=6 April 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=MCC invites participants for Miri May Fest 2014|url=http://www.theborneopost.com/2014/03/11/mcc-invites-participants-for-miri-may-fest-2014/|access-date=16 April 2015|newspaper=The Borneo Post|date=11 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150416011420/http://www.theborneopost.com/2014/03/11/mcc-invites-participants-for-miri-may-fest-2014/|archive-date=16 April 2015}}</ref> Gong Xi Fa Cai Bazaar is held annually a few weeks before the Chinese New Year eve. There will be stalls opening daily selling food and drinks, clothes, decorative items, potted plants, paintings, and handicrafts. Various entertainment programmes such as lion and dragon dances will be held every evening.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Lai|first1=Cindy|title=Annual Gong Xi Fa Cai Bazaar lends Oriental touch to Miri|url=http://www.theborneopost.com/2014/01/19/annual-gong-xi-fa-cai-bazaar-lends-oriental-touch-to-miri/|access-date=16 April 2015|newspaper=The Borneo Post|date=19 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150416013310/http://www.theborneopost.com/2014/01/19/annual-gong-xi-fa-cai-bazaar-lends-oriental-touch-to-miri/|archive-date=16 April 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Gong Xi Fa Cai Bazaar with 260 stalls comes alive|url=http://www.theborneopost.com/2012/01/08/gong-xi-fa-cai-bazaar-with-260-stalls-comes-alive/|access-date=16 April 2015|newspaper=The Borneo Post|date=8 January 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150416013523/http://www.theborneopost.com/2012/01/08/gong-xi-fa-cai-bazaar-with-260-stalls-comes-alive/|archive-date=16 April 2015}}</ref> Miri International Dance for Humanity is held annually since 2004 by Miri Chapter of [[Malaysian Red Crescent Society]] to promote racial and cultural harmony. This event will showcase up to 40 to 50 multicultural dance troupes which attract an audience of around 3,500.<ref>{{cite news|title=11th International Dance for Humanity committee visits Lai|url=http://www.theborneopost.com/2014/04/24/11th-international-dance-for-humanity-committee-visits-lai/|access-date=16 April 2015|newspaper=The Borneo Post|date=24 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150416015042/http://www.theborneopost.com/2014/04/24/11th-international-dance-for-humanity-committee-visits-lai/|archive-date=16 April 2015}}</ref> No dancing competition will be held during this event. Donation cards will be distributed to raise funds for the Red Crescent Society.<ref>{{cite web|title=MRCS International Dance For Humanity|url=http://redcrescent.org.my/index.php/latest-news/168-mrcs-international-dance-for-humanity|publisher=Malaysiaan Red Crescent Society|access-date=16 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150416014855/http://redcrescent.org.my/index.php/latest-news/168-mrcs-international-dance-for-humanity|archive-date=16 April 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Sman|first1=Cecilia|title=Support MRC's International Dance for Humanity|url=http://www.theborneopost.com/2013/05/01/support-mrcs-international-dance-for-humanity/|access-date=16 April 2015|newspaper=The Borneo Post|date=1 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150416015343/http://www.theborneopost.com/2013/05/01/support-mrcs-international-dance-for-humanity/|archive-date=16 April 2015}}</ref> 916 [[Malaysia Day]] Countdown cum Street Party has been held annually since 2010. It consists of a variety of outdoor sports events, street parties, and entertainment programmes which runs beyond midnight to commemorate the formation of Malaysia on 16 September 1963.<ref>{{cite web|title=916 Malaysia Day Countdown cum Street Party|url=http://www.borneocolours.com/events/916-malaysia-day-countdown-cum-street-party-2014/|website=borneoclours.com|access-date=16 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150416041621/http://www.borneocolours.com/events/916-malaysia-day-countdown-cum-street-party-2014/|archive-date=16 April 2015}}</ref> Miri International Deep Sea Fishing Tournament is held annually at [[Luconia Shoals]] at [[South China Sea]]. Participants will depart from the Marina Bay, Miri and head up to the ocean for 3 days. The participant who catches the biggest fish in that category wins.<ref>{{cite web|title=Miri Anglers Club|url=http://www.mirianglersclub.com/|publisher=Miri Anglers Club|access-date=16 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150416044829/http://www.mirianglersclub.com/|archive-date=16 April 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Miri Deep Sea fishing contest wants 'early birds' for logistics|url=http://www.theborneopost.com/2015/02/23/miri-deep-sea-fishing-contest-wants-early-birds-for-logistics/|access-date=16 April 2015|newspaper=The Borneo Post|date=23 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150416045824/http://www.theborneopost.com/2015/02/23/miri-deep-sea-fishing-contest-wants-early-birds-for-logistics/|archive-date=16 April 2015}}</ref> Miri city Christmas Parade is held annually since 2007. Churches in Miri would start the parade at Miri City Fan and cover the main streets in the city centre.<ref>{{cite web|title=Miri City Christmas Parade|url=http://sarawaktourism.com/event/miri-city-christmas-parade/|publisher=Sarawak Tourism Board|access-date=16 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150407163250/http://sarawaktourism.com/event/miri-city-christmas-parade/|archive-date=7 April 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Sea of Mirians in annual Christmas Parade of 15 churches|url=http://www.theborneopost.com/2014/12/07/sea-of-mirians-in-annual-christmas-parade-of-15-churches/|access-date=16 April 2015|newspaper=The Borneo Post|date=7 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150407160131/http://www.theborneopost.com/2014/12/07/sea-of-mirians-in-annual-christmas-parade-of-15-churches/|archive-date=7 April 2015}}</ref>

====Historical====
[[File:Grand Old Lady Miri Malaysia.jpg|thumb|150px|Grand Old Lady at the [[Petroleum Museum (Malaysia)|Petroleum Museum]].]]

In 2005, a [[Petroleum Museum (Malaysia)|petroleum museum]] was opened in Miri to preserve the city's roots as an oil and gas city.<ref>{{cite web|title=Petroleum Museum Miri|url=http://sarawak.attractionsinmalaysia.com/Petroleum-Museum-Miri.php|website=sarawak.attractionsinmalaysia.com|access-date=13 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140503051622/http://sarawak.attractionsinmalaysia.com/Petroleum-Museum-Miri.php|archive-date=3 May 2014}}</ref> The museum is at the site of "Grand Old Lady", the first oil well in Malaysia which was opened in 1910.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Grand Old Lady on Canadian Hill|publisher=Tawau|url=http://www.etawau.com/Geography/Sarawak/04_Miri/Grand_Old_Lady.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140616045648/http://www.etawau.com/Geography/Sarawak/04_Miri/Grand_Old_Lady.htm|archive-date=16 June 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> Visitors are able to interact with advanced devices displayed in the museum.<ref>{{cite web|title=Petroleum Museum|url=http://www.museum.sarawak.gov.my/index.php/en/about-the-museums/petroleum-museum|publisher=Official Website of Sarawak Museum Department|access-date=13 April 2015|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140819210715/http://www.museum.sarawak.gov.my/index.php/en/about-the-museums/petroleum-museum|archive-date=19 August 2014}}</ref> Niah Archeology Museum is located near the archaeological site of Niah cave. It exhibits the prehistorical artefacts found in the area.<ref>{{cite web|title=Niah Archeology Museum|url=http://www.museum.sarawak.gov.my/index.php/en/about-the-museums/niah-archaeology-museum|publisher=Sarawak Tourism Board|access-date=13 April 2015|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140819204917/http://www.museum.sarawak.gov.my/index.php/en/about-the-museums/niah-archaeology-museum|archive-date=19 August 2014}}</ref> Baram Regional Museum was opened in 1997, housed inside Fort Hose at [[Marudi, Sarawak|Marudi]]. The fort was burnt down in 1994, but it was rebuilt later according to its original design and was converted into a museum. It displays historical and cultural artefacts belonging to various ethnic groups living in the area.<ref>{{cite web|title=Baram Regional Museum|url=http://www.museum.sarawak.gov.my/index.php/en/about-the-museums/baram-regional-museum|publisher=Official Website of Sarawak Museum Department|access-date=13 April 2015|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140819214954/http://www.museum.sarawak.gov.my/index.php/en/about-the-museums/baram-regional-museum|archive-date=19 August 2014}}</ref> The [[Tua Pek Kong Temple, Miri|Miri Tua Pek Kong Temple]] was built in 1913<ref>{{cite web|title=Tua Pek Kong Temple|url=http://www.miriresortcity.com/images/tua_pek_kong_temple_0|website=MiriResortCity.com|access-date=16 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150404140046/http://www.miriresortcity.com/images/tua_pek_kong_temple_0|archive-date=4 April 2015}}</ref> to give thanks to a monk who was believed to chase away evil spirits. The evil spirits were believed to have caused an unknown epidemic in Miri. It is the only building which survives World War II.<ref name=Tuapekong/>

====Leisure and conservation areas====
[[File:Miri Batu Kuda di Pantai Tusan, Miri.png|thumb|right|Horse Cliff in Tusan Beach before collapse in 2020]]
[[File:Taman Awam Miri.JPG|thumb|left|Taman Awam Miri (Miri Public Park)]]

Miri is surrounded by five national parks, namely: [[Gunung Mulu National Park]], which is a renowned [[UNESCO]] [[World Heritage Site]]; [[Niah National Park]]; [[Lambir Hills National Park]]; [[Loagan Bunut National Park]], and [[Miri-Sibuti Coral Reef National Park]]. Tanjung Lobang Beach is the oldest recreational park in Miri. There are two wooden piers extending out into the ocean which offer a view of the coastline and the seahorse lighthouse at Marina Bay. Miri Marriott Hotel is located at Tanjung Lobang Beach.<ref>{{cite web|title=Brighton Beach / Tanjung Lobang|url=http://sarawaktourism.com/attraction/brighton-beach-tanjung-lobang/|publisher=Sarawak Tourism Board|access-date=13 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150413155555/http://sarawaktourism.com/attraction/brighton-beach-tanjung-lobang/|archive-date=13 April 2015}}</ref> Marina Bay also has [[Berth (moorings)|berthing]] facilities for yachts.<ref>{{cite web|title=Miri Marina|url=http://www.mirimarina.com/|publisher=Pantai Bayau Indah Sdn Bhd|access-date=14 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150401161424/http://www.mirimarina.com/|archive-date=1 April 2015}}</ref> Hawaii Beach is located 15 minutes away from Miri city. Picnic and barbecue facilities are provided here.<ref>{{cite web|title=Hawaii Beach|url=http://sarawaktourism.com/attraction/hawaii-beach/|publisher=Sarawak Tourism Board|access-date=13 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150413162747/http://sarawaktourism.com/attraction/hawaii-beach/|archive-date=13 April 2015}}</ref> Lutong Beach is suitable for [[paragliding]] and [[paramotor]] sports.<ref>{{cite news|title=Taiwanese paramotor pilots rave about Lutong beach, Miri as a top venue|url=http://www.theborneopost.com/2014/06/03/taiwanese-paramotor-pilots-rave-about-lutong-beach-miri-as-a-top-venue/|access-date=14 April 2015|newspaper=The Borneo Post|date=3 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150414092247/http://www.theborneopost.com/2014/06/03/taiwanese-paramotor-pilots-rave-about-lutong-beach-miri-as-a-top-venue/|archive-date=14 April 2015}}</ref> Luak Esplanade Beach is located 11&nbsp;km south of the city. It is a common spot for barbecues and picnics.<ref>{{cite web|title=Miri Luak Esplanade|url=http://www.miriresortcity.com/esplanade|website=MiriResortCity.com|access-date=13 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141103051639/http://www.miriresortcity.com/esplanade|archive-date=3 November 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Luak Bay Esplanade|url=http://sarawaktourism.com/attraction/luak-bay-esplanade/|publisher=Sarawak Tourism Board|access-date=13 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150413161859/http://sarawaktourism.com/attraction/luak-bay-esplanade/|archive-date=13 April 2015}}</ref> Further down to the south of Luak Esplanade Beach is Bungai Beach, which is located at [[Bekenu]], about 1 hour drive from Miri city.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bungai Beach|url=http://sarawaktourism.com/attraction/bungai-beach/|publisher=Sarawak Tourism Board|access-date=13 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150413163400/http://sarawaktourism.com/attraction/bungai-beach/|archive-date=13 April 2015}}</ref> Since 2015, the "Blue Tears" phenomenon caused by [[Dinoflagellate]] bioluminescence can be seen at Miri beaches particularly at Tusan beach, which is a half-an-hour drive from the Miri city.<ref>{{cite news|title=Tusan Beach a stunning open secret in Miri|url=http://www.theborneopost.com/2015/09/21/tusan-beach-a-stunning-open-secret-in-miri/|access-date=24 November 2016|newspaper=The Borneo Post|date=21 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160425111252/http://www.theborneopost.com/2015/09/21/tusan-beach-a-stunning-open-secret-in-miri/|archive-date=25 April 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Ee Vei|first1=Chong|title=Blue Tears & Bioluminescence phenomenon back again in Miri!|url=http://www.theborneopost.com/2016/11/22/blue-tears-bioluminescence-phenomenon-back-again-in-miri/|access-date=24 November 2016|newspaper=The Borneo Post|date=22 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161123135735/http://www.theborneopost.com/2016/11/22/blue-tears-bioluminescence-phenomenon-back-again-in-miri/|archive-date=23 November 2016}}</ref>

Miri Bulatan Park was opened to the public in 1993. It has a man-made lake, a jogging track, and a traffic garden. Traffic games will held every year at Miri Bulatan Park.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Lai|first1=Cindy|title=Residents bemoan sorry state of Bulatan Park|url=http://www.theborneopost.com/2014/04/30/residents-bemoan-sorry-state-of-bulatan-park/|access-date=14 April 2015|newspaper=The Borneo Post|date=30 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150414093333/http://www.theborneopost.com/2014/04/30/residents-bemoan-sorry-state-of-bulatan-park/|archive-date=14 April 2015}}</ref> Taman Awam Miri (Miri Public Park) is located 3&nbsp;km away from Miri city centre. It has a children's playground, botanical garden, and a jogging trail.<ref>{{cite web|title=Taman Awam Miri (Miri Public Park)|url=http://sarawaktourism.com/attraction/taman-awam-miri-miri-public-park/|publisher=Sarawak Tourism Board|access-date=14 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150403071135/http://sarawaktourism.com/attraction/taman-awam-miri-miri-public-park/|archive-date=3 April 2015}}</ref> Miri City Fan is an urban park complex that has a variety of theme gardens, botanical garden, a swimming pool, a library, and an amphitheatre where concerts are frequently held.<ref>{{cite web|title=Miri City Fan|url=http://sarawaktourism.com/attraction/miri-city-fan/|publisher=Sarawak Tourism Board|access-date=14 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150204144014/http://sarawaktourism.com/attraction/miri-city-fan/|archive-date=4 February 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Miri City Fan|url=http://www.miriresortcity.com/miri_city_fan|website=MiriResortCity.com|access-date=14 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150318181517/http://www.miriresortcity.com/miri_city_fan|archive-date=18 March 2015}}</ref> Taman Bunga (Flower Garden) is located at Asrama Road. Every plant here has a label which list the name and characteristics of the plant.<ref>{{cite web|title=Around and About Miri|url=http://www.gomiri.com/en/04go/sightseeing.htm|website=gomiri.com|access-date=14 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150210144807/http://gomiri.com/en/04go/sightseeing.htm|archive-date=10 February 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Taman Bunga (Flower Garden)|url=http://www.kiddy123.com/listing/taman-bunga-flower-garden.html|website=kiddy123.com|access-date=14 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150331030809/http://kiddy123.com/listing/taman-bunga-flower-garden.html|archive-date=31 March 2015}}</ref>

====Other attractions====
[[Miri Crocodile Farm cum Mini Zoo|Miri Crocodile Farm Wildlife Mini Zoo]] is located near the Baram Delta. It houses 1,000 [[Estuary|estuarine]] crocodiles including [[False gharial|Malayan gharial]] crocodiles. Man-made sanctuary pools are also constructed for the crocodiles. Other animals can also be found here such as [[cassowary]], sun bears, python, monkeys and porcupines. Visitors are allowed to feed the animals with bananas available from the canteen.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Crocodile Farm|url=http://www.miricrocodilefarm.com/about_miri_crocodile_farm.htm|publisher=Miri Crocodile Farm|access-date=14 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150213122319/http://miricrocodilefarm.com/about_miri_crocodile_farm.htm|archive-date=13 February 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Miri Crocodile Farm cum Mini Zoo|url=http://sarawaktourism.com/attraction/miri-crocodile-farm-cum-mini-zoo/|publisher=Sarawak Tourism Board|access-date=14 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150414232425/http://sarawaktourism.com/attraction/miri-crocodile-farm-cum-mini-zoo/|archive-date=14 April 2015}}</ref>

====Shopping====
{{main|List of shopping malls in Malaysia}}

Miri has always been a shopping haven for nearby Bruneians, thanks to the favourable currency exchange rates. There are plenty of shopping malls in Miri and the popular ones include Bintang Megamall,<ref>{{cite web|title=Bintang Megamall|url=http://www.bintangmegamall.com/|publisher=Bintang Megamall|access-date=14 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141216220821/http://bintangmegamall.com/|archive-date=16 December 2014}}</ref> Boulevard Shopping Complex,<ref>{{cite web|title=Boulevard Shopping Complex|url=http://www.miriresortcity.com/boulevardsc|publisher=Boulevard Shopping Complex|access-date=14 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150318182120/http://www.miriresortcity.com/boulevardsc|archive-date=18 March 2015}}</ref> The Imperial Mall,<ref>{{cite web|title=Inside Imperial Mall|url=http://www.miribiz.com/directory/shopping_complexes/inside_imperial_mall_0|website=miribiz.com|access-date=14 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150315001021/http://miribiz.com/directory/shopping_complexes/inside_imperial_mall_0|archive-date=15 March 2015}}</ref> E-Mart,<ref>{{cite web|title=Welcome to Emart Supermarket|url=http://www.emart.my/|publisher=Emart Supermarket|access-date=14 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141219203502/http://www.emart.my/|archive-date=19 December 2014}}</ref> Miri Plaza (Servay Hypermarket),<ref>{{cite web|title=Miri Plaza, Miri, Sarawak, Malaysia|url=http://www.exploring-malaysia.com/mobile/sarawak/miri/miri-plaza.htm|website=exploring-malaysia.com|access-date=14 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150414215335/http://www.exploring-malaysia.com/mobile/sarawak/miri/miri-plaza.htm|archive-date=14 April 2015}}</ref> MYY Mall,<ref>{{cite web|title=Inside MYY Mall|url=http://www.miribiz.com/directory/shopping-complexes/inside-myy-mall|website=miribiz.com|access-date=14 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150315000847/http://www.miribiz.com/directory/shopping-complexes/inside-myy-mall|archive-date=15 March 2015}}</ref> Permy Mall,<ref>{{cite web|title=Permy Mall|url=http://www.naim.com.my/permymall/|publisher=Naim Holdings Berhad|access-date=14 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140726232927/http://www.naim.com.my/permymall/|archive-date=26 July 2014}}</ref> Soon Hup Shopping Complex,<ref>{{cite web|title=Inside Soon Hup Tower|url=http://www.miribiz.com/directory/shopping_complexes/inside_soon_hup_tower|website=miribiz.com|access-date=14 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150315000907/http://miribiz.com/directory/shopping_complexes/inside_soon_hup_tower|archive-date=15 March 2015}}</ref> Wisma Pelita Tunku,<ref>{{cite web|title=Wisma Pelita Tunku|url=http://www.miriresortcity.com/pelitatunku|website=MiriResortCity.com|access-date=14 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150318165958/http://www.miriresortcity.com/pelitatunku|archive-date=18 March 2015}}</ref> and Permaisuri Imperial City Mall.<ref>{{cite news|title=Permaisuri Imperial City Mall set for soft opening this Friday|url=http://www.theborneopost.com/2014/01/14/permaisuri-imperial-city-mall-set-for-soft-opening-this-friday/|access-date=14 April 2015|newspaper=The Borneo Post|date=14 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150411095656/http://www.theborneopost.com/2014/01/14/permaisuri-imperial-city-mall-set-for-soft-opening-this-friday/|archive-date=11 April 2015}}</ref>

Saberkas Weekend Market is located at Sarbekas Commercial Centre. It opens in late evening every Friday, Saturday and Sunday. There are over 170 stalls in the market which sell vegetables, fruits, sea products, drinks, satay, grilled fish, BBQ chicken wings and other products such as local handicrafts, clothes as well as used magazines at reasonable prices.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sarbekas Weekend Market|url=http://www.miriresortcity.com/Sarbekas_weekend_market|website=MiriResortCity.com|access-date=15 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150318182232/http://www.miriresortcity.com/Sarbekas_weekend_market|archive-date=18 March 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Saberkas Weekend Market|url=http://www.lonelyplanet.com/malaysia/malaysian-borneo-sarawak/miri/sights/markets-bazaars/saberkas-weekend-market|publisher=Lonely Planet|access-date=15 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150415005942/http://www.lonelyplanet.com/malaysia/malaysian-borneo-sarawak/miri/sights/markets-bazaars/saberkas-weekend-market|archive-date=15 April 2015}}</ref> Miri Handicraft Centre is located at Brooke Road, Miri.<ref>{{cite web|title=Handicraft Heritage Centre|url=http://sarawak.attractionsinmalaysia.com/Handicraft-Heritage-Centre.php|website=attractionsinmalaysia.com|access-date=15 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130907080917/http://sarawak.attractionsinmalaysia.com/Handicraft-Heritage-Centre.php|archive-date=7 September 2013}}</ref> It features handicrafts and souvenirs of Sarawak such as colourful bags, beadwork, woodcarvings, and textiles made by local indigenous groups, Chinese, and Malay artisans.<ref>{{cite web|title=Miri Handicraft Centre|url=http://sarawaktourism.com/attraction/miri-handicraft-centre/|publisher=Sarawak Tourism Board|access-date=15 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150415010830/http://sarawaktourism.com/attraction/miri-handicraft-centre/|archive-date=15 April 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Miri Handicraft Centre|url=http://www.lonelyplanet.com/malaysia/malaysian-borneo-sarawak/miri/shopping/arts-crafts/miri-handicraft-centre|publisher=Lonely Planet|access-date=15 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150415011256/http://www.lonelyplanet.com/malaysia/malaysian-borneo-sarawak/miri/shopping/arts-crafts/miri-handicraft-centre|archive-date=15 April 2015}}</ref>

===Music===
There are three music festivals in Miri, namely [[Borneo Jazz Festival]], Asia Music Festival (AMF) and Miri Country Music Fest (MCMF). Borneo Jazz Festival was started in 2006.<ref>{{cite web|title=Borneo Jazz Festival|url=http://www.tourism.gov.my/en/events/2014/5/borneo-jazz-festival|website=tourism.gov.my|publisher=Malaysian Tourism Promotion Board|access-date=15 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150415020947/http://www.tourism.gov.my/en/events/2014/5/borneo-jazz-festival|archive-date=15 April 2015 }}</ref> It is a 2-night festival of 4 performances in each night by local and international jazz musicians at Parkcity Everly hotel, Miri.<ref>{{cite web|title=Borneo Jazz Festival 2015|url=http://sarawaktourism.com/event/borneo-jazz-festival-2015/|publisher=Sarawak Tourism Board|access-date=15 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150412170930/http://sarawaktourism.com/event/borneo-jazz-festival-2015/|archive-date=12 April 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Borneo Jazz Programme 2015|url=http://jazzborneo.com/programme/show-time/|publisher=Sarawak Tourism Board|access-date=15 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150215204434/http://jazzborneo.com/programme/show-time/|archive-date=15 February 2015}}</ref> Asia Music Festival is also a 2-day event featuring artists and musicians from Asian countries such as India, Taiwan, Philippines, and Indonesia.<ref>{{cite web|title=About Asia Music Festival|url=http://asiamusicfestival.net/about/|publisher=Asia Music Festival|access-date=15 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150202160325/http://asiamusicfestival.net/about/|archive-date=2 February 2015}}</ref> It was first held in 2013 at Eastwood Valley Golf and Country Club, about 5&nbsp;km from the city centre. It attracts about 4,000 music lovers attending the event.<ref>{{cite news|title=Asia Music Festival 2014 to attract more than 4,000 music lovers|url=http://malaysiatravelnews.com/asia-music-festival-2014-attract-4000-music-lovers/|access-date=15 April 2015|publisher=Malaysia Travel News|date=17 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150415022315/http://malaysiatravelnews.com/asia-music-festival-2014-attract-4000-music-lovers/|archive-date=15 April 2015}}</ref> Miri Country Music Fest (MCMF) is a one-day event introduced in 2014, held at Parkcity Everly Hotel, Miri. Among the activities that can be found here are music and dance workshop, and night concert featuring country music bands from all over the world. Stalls selling food items, games, and souvenir items are also available.<ref>{{cite web|title=Miri Country Music Festival 2016|url=http://sarawaktourism.com/event/miri-country-music-festival/|publisher=Sarawak Tourism Board|access-date=15 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150415024411/http://sarawaktourism.com/event/miri-country-music-festival/|archive-date=15 April 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Miri Country Music Fest on Feb 7|url=http://www.theborneopost.com/2015/01/29/miri-country-music-fest-on-feb-7/|access-date=15 April 2015|newspaper=The Borneo Post|date=29 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150415024623/http://www.theborneopost.com/2015/01/29/miri-country-music-fest-on-feb-7/|archive-date=15 April 2015}}</ref>

===Local radio stations===
Several local radio stations have their office in the city, this include [[Hitz FM (Malaysia)|Hitz FM Sarawak]] (105.8), [[Era FM|Era FM Sarawak]] (101.3), [[My FM (Malaysia)|MY FM Sarawak]] (103.2) and [[Cats FM]] (93.3).

==Cuisine==
[[File:Bird's-nest-soup-Miri-Malaysia.jpg|thumb|right|A bowl of [[bird nest soup]] in Miri]]
Miri Central Market (also known as Miri Open Air Market) is located at the Miri Old Town centre. It offers a wide choices of local food whose recipes which have been passed on for generations.<ref>{{cite web|title=Eating Out|url=http://www.curtin.edu.my/hrd/doc/Eating_out.pdf|publisher=Curtin University Sarawak|access-date=15 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150415001328/http://www.curtin.edu.my/hrd/doc/Eating_out.pdf|archive-date=15 April 2015}}</ref><ref name=Lonelyplanetmarket>{{cite web|title=Miri Central Market|url=http://www.lonelyplanet.com/malaysia/malaysian-borneo-sarawak/miri/restaurants/street-food-hawkers/miri-central-market|publisher=Lonely Planet|access-date=14 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131123113246/http://www.lonelyplanet.com/malaysia/malaysian-borneo-sarawak/miri/restaurants/street-food-hawkers/miri-central-market|archive-date=23 November 2013}}</ref> Local delicacies such as Miri Curry Rice,<ref>{{cite web|title=Miri Curry Rice|url=http://www.mirifoodhunt.com/#!Miri%20Curry%20Rice/zoom/c2p8/image234n|website=mirifoodhunt.com|access-date=15 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141220051121/http://www.mirifoodhunt.com/#!Miri%20Curry%20Rice/zoom/c2p8/image234n|archive-date=20 December 2014}}</ref> chicken porridge,<ref name=Lonelyplanetmarket/> open air kolo mee,<ref>{{cite web|title=Great Kolo Mee - Review of Central Market|url=http://www.tripadvisor.com.my/ShowUserReviews-g303998-d1166439-r253013264-Central_Market-Miri_Miri_District_Sarawak.html|publisher=tripadvisor|access-date=15 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150406071617/http://www.tripadvisor.com.my/ShowUserReviews-g303998-d1166439-r253013264-Central_Market-Miri_Miri_District_Sarawak.html|archive-date=6 April 2015}}</ref> and [[Char kway teow]] can be found here.<ref>{{cite web|title=Char Kueh Tiaw at Open Air Market Miri|url=http://www.miricitysharing.com/char-kueh-tiaw-at-open-air-market-miri/|website=miricitysharing.com|date=11 March 2012 |access-date=15 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121014060826/http://www.miricitysharing.com/char-kueh-tiaw-at-open-air-market-miri/|archive-date=14 October 2012}}</ref> Exotic dishes of pig's stomach cooked with pineapple and pig's blood with [[chives]] can also be found at the central market.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Yi|first1=Chang|title=Miri boasts exotic native cuisine|url=http://www.theborneopost.com/2014/05/18/miri-boasts-exotic-native-cuisine/|access-date=15 April 2015|newspaper=The Borneo Post|date=18 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140519032732/http://www.theborneopost.com/2014/05/18/miri-boasts-exotic-native-cuisine/|archive-date=19 May 2014}}</ref> There are also a variety of restaurants in Miri that offer seafood, Western food, Chinese, Japanese, and Muslim food.<ref>{{cite web|title=Where to Eat in Miri?|url=http://www.gomiri.com/en/05eat/restaurants.htm|website=gomiri.com|access-date=15 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130130045132/http://www.gomiri.com/en/05eat/restaurants.htm|archive-date=30 January 2013 }}</ref> Authentic cuisine from [[Kelabit Highlands]] especially from [[Bario]] can also be found here.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Rose |first1=Diana |title=Best of Bario in Miri city |url=http://www.thestar.com.my/story/?sec=sundaymetro&file=%2f2010%2f9%2f26%2fSundayMetro%2f7084132 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150415004512/http://www.thestar.com.my/story/?sec=sundaymetro&file=%2F2010%2F9%2F26%2FSundayMetro%2F7084132 |url-status=dead |archive-date=15 April 2015 |access-date=15 April 2015 |newspaper=The Star (Malaysia) |date=26 September 2010 }}</ref>

==Notable people==
* [[Paul Phua]], businessman, bookmaker, and poker player.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=253964|title=Paul Phua's profile on The Hendon Mob|website=The Hendon Mob Poker Database|language=en|access-date=8 August 2019}}</ref>
* [[Zee Avi]], international singer and ukulele player.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Book of Zee Avi|url=http://thebookofzeeavi.tumblr.com/post/22311346899/zee-avi-to-hold-concert-in-miri|website=tumblr.com|access-date=16 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121014143400/http://thebookofzeeavi.tumblr.com/post/22311346899/zee-avi-to-hold-concert-in-miri|archive-date=14 October 2012}}</ref>
* [[Shaun Maloney]], Scottish football Manager.<ref>{{cite web|title=Maloney: I play for Scotland but Malaysia will always be a special part of me|url=http://www.fourfourtwo.com/my/features/maloney-i-play-scotland-malaysia-will-always-be-special-part-me|website=FourFourTwo.com|access-date=16 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141030225446/http://www.fourfourtwo.com/my/features/maloney-i-play-scotland-malaysia-will-always-be-special-part-me|archive-date=30 October 2014}}</ref>
* [[Abdul Taib Mahmud]], fourth chief minister of Sarawak.<ref name=Syam>Syam, M.F. (2012). In ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=nhAU_JcFNZ0C&dq=walnut+sized+red+gem&pg=PA120 Domination and Contestation: Muslim Bumiputera Politics in Sarawak]''. [[Institute of Southeast Asian Studies]]. p. 114-120. {{ISBN|978-981-4311-58-8}}. Google Book Search. Retrieved 23 June 2014.</ref>
* [[Joseph Kalang Tie]], Sarawak FA football player.<ref>{{cite news|title=Joseph Kalang Tie returns to Sarawak|url=http://www.theborneopost.com/2012/09/22/joseph-kalang-tie-returns-to-sarawak-new/|access-date=16 May 2015|newspaper=The Borneo Post|date=22 September 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150516020713/http://www.theborneopost.com/2012/09/22/joseph-kalang-tie-returns-to-sarawak-new/|archive-date=16 May 2015|quote=The Miri lad who has completed his loan period is however willing to pull on Terengganu colours again...}}</ref>
* [[George Chan Hong Nam]], Sarawak's former deputy chief minister.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Tan|first1=Joceline|title=By George! It's a tough battle|url=http://www.thestar.com.my/Opinion/Columnists/Analysis/Profile/Articles/2011/04/11/By-George-Its-a-tough-battle/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150516021402/http://www.thestar.com.my/Opinion/Columnists/Analysis/Profile/Articles/2011/04/11/By-George-Its-a-tough-battle/|url-status=dead|archive-date=16 May 2015|access-date=16 May 2015|newspaper=The Star (Malaysia)|date=5 June 2013}}</ref>
* [[Wee Han Wen]], first chairman of the [[Miri City Council]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Sman|first1=Cecilia|title=Von Jolly Riding High|url=http://www.theborneopost.com/2012/12/09/von-jolly-riding-high/|access-date=16 May 2015|newspaper=The Borneo Post|date=9 December 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150516022253/http://www.theborneopost.com/2012/12/09/von-jolly-riding-high/|archive-date=16 May 2015}}</ref>
* [[Watson Nyambek]], Ex-national sprinter.
* [[Lukanisman Awang Sauni]], politician.

==Sister cities==
{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in Malaysia#Miri|l1=List of twin towns and sister cities in Malaysia}}

{{Portal|Malaysia}}
Miri currently has two sister cities:
* {{flagicon|PRC}} [[Guangning County]], People's Republic of China<ref>{{cite news|title=肇庆市广宁县与马来西亚美里市缔结友好城市 (Guangning County of Zhaoqing city built a sister-city relationship with Malaysian city of Miri)|url=http://www.gdql.org/lnqx/ShowArticle.asp?ArticleID=26627|access-date=21 March 2015|publisher=广东省归国华侨联合会 (Guangdong province Returned Overseas Chinese Association)|date=2 December 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150321102914/http://www.gdql.org/lnqx/ShowArticle.asp?ArticleID=26627|archive-date=21 March 2015|language=zh}}</ref>
* {{flagicon|ROC}} [[Hualien County]], Republic of China<ref>{{cite web|title=Hualien county and City of Miri, Malaysia becoming sisters cities|url=http://www.hl.gov.tw/files/13-1001-53768-1.php|publisher=Hualien County Government|access-date=24 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150724235702/http://www.hl.gov.tw/files/13-1001-53768-1.php|archive-date=24 July 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=游|first1=清海|title=花蓮縣與馬來西亞砂拉越州美里市締結友好城市 (Hualien County built a sister city relationship with Malaysian city of Miri, Sarawak)|url=http://www.fingermedia.tw/?p=284215|access-date=19 July 2015|publisher=指傳媒 (Fingermedia)|date=23 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150719150307/http://www.fingermedia.tw/?p=284215|archive-date=19 July 2015|language=zh}}</ref>

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<ref name=Mirihealthycity>{{cite web|title=Miri Healthy City|url=http://www.healthycity.sarawak.gov.my/miri.html|website=healthycity.sarawak.gov.my|access-date=17 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715124657/http://www.healthycity.sarawak.gov.my/miri.html|archive-date=15 July 2014}}</ref>
<ref name=wtwy>{{cite web|title=Sibu, the centre of the Rajang basin|url=http://www.wtwy.com/reports/view/15/spb-vol-2-issue-4|website=Sarawak Property Bulletin vol 2 issue 4|publisher=CH Williams Talhar Yong & Yeo Sdn. Bhd|access-date=14 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150214051810/http://www.wtwy.com/reports/view/15/spb-vol-2-issue-4|archive-date=14 February 2015|location=Sarawak, Malaysia|date=26 January 2005}}</ref>
<ref name=Tuapekong>{{cite news|last1=Lai|first1=Cindy|title=Tua Pek Kong always remembered and revered by Miri folk|url=http://www.thestar.com.my/Story/?sec=sarawak&file=%2F2010%2F5%2F5%2Fsarawak%2F6182055|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150405125045/http://www.thestar.com.my/Story/?sec=sarawak&file=%2F2010%2F5%2F5%2Fsarawak%2F6182055|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 April 2015|access-date=5 April 2015|newspaper=The Star (Malaysia)|date=5 May 2010}}</ref>
}}

==External links==
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