JAMBUSAN

General View of Jambusan Bazaar


Jambusan, about 3 kilometers from Bau main road is a small but important settlement area in the district. There are 80 Chinese families with a population of 550 and 8 Bidayuh Kampungs with a population of 1996. The word "Jambusan" actually pronounced as "Jan-Bu-San" in Chinese/Hakka dialect and it literally means "Bird-nest Hill". It deserves its name simply because there are plenty of limestone caves around the hill which produce plenty of edible bird-nests. The two most popular bird-nest producing caves are Gua Jawang near Kampung Merembeh and Gua Puang which is just in front of Jambusan Bazaar.

Jambusan was a mining settlement area in the last century. Plenty of gold and antimony had been extracted and exported. An old grave erected in 1874 near Jambusan Bazaar indicates that the area has been inhabited by the early Chinese settlers for more than 12Q years.  As far as rural development is concerned, the reconstruction of the 5 kilometers Bau/Jambusan Road was completed in 1983 and the new road to Kampung Seromah was also completed in 1986. The area is provided with water supply and electricity supply.