Bintangor (formerly known as Binatang) is a town, and the capital of the Meradong District in Sarikei Division, of Sarawak, Malaysia.

Situated along the Rejang River, Bintangor was an express boat services hub connecting between, Sarikei town and Sibu city in the 1970s up to the early 1990s.

It was said that this area was once a fertile land with various wild fruits; attracting animals to gather here and search for food.

According to Ptolemy's Geography book written circa 150 AD, a location at the northwest tip of Borneo was described as Theriodes which means "animal" in Greek which tallies with Sanskrit "Tiryagja" and Malay "Binatang", presently still the name of a town near the mouth of the Rejang River.

[2] However, the local people later felt that the name was indecent and it was changed to Bintang (meaning "stars" in Malay).

[3] The Calanolide A compound extracted from the Bintangor tree (Calophyllum lanigerum) is believed to be a vital component to treat HIV infection.

[4] In 1853, James Brooke was able to take over Rajang River and its surrounding settlements from the Brunei Sultanate.

[1][note 4] The Malays later moved away but was then requested by Rajah Brooke stay in the southern part of Bintangor so as to protect the early Chinese settlers against other natives in the region.

There was a documentation whereby a Chinese named Huang Zhi Yun (黄志云) bought a land in Bintangor in 1908.

He found that the area was suitable for large-scale cultivation due to sparse population and large tracts of land.

The Brooke government started to employ Chinese workers to build roads to solve the unemployment problems due to fall in rubber price.

[1][note 16] The northern part of the Meradong district is swampy with many small tributaries into the Rajang river.

Majority of the Malays and the Iban people are staying in this area, with boats as their main form of transportation.

The Chinese (mostly Fuzhounese), Malays, and Iban people forms the majority of the ethnic groups in the Bintangor town.

[1][note 20] In 1927, Catholic missionary from Netherlands named Father Bergh first introduced lime to Bintangor.

[1][note 24] The express boats carries passengers, rubber sheets, baskets of fresh fruits, and other agricultural products to Sibu while bringing canned food, beer, bottled drinks, and other sundry goods back to Bintangor.

[9] Built by communal work by the people in the area after his death and to commemorate his services to the community, the school started with 40 pupils on the first year of its founding.

Rojak Bintangor is made of cucumber, soya, waterchestnuts mixed with prawn paste.