Formerly part of what was called the "First Division", it is the center and the starting point of modern Sarawak.

Kuching Division is a melting pot of Sarawak diverse multi-racial society.

Despite that, the ethnic composition of Kuching Division is totally different unlike the other parts of whole Sarawak.

They are scattered almost all throughout Kuching Division, with exception of rural areas of Padawan sub-district.

Most Melanau people who reside in Kuching have assimilated into Malay society due to professing Islam.

Kuching relies heavily on its productive population to run its economy, rather than exploiting its natural resources.

It has wide range of transportation services such as by air (via Kuching International Airport), land (via its vast road networks) and river.

Pan-Borneo Highway is a trunk road linking Kuching to the rest of divisions in Sarawak.

It houses the biggest public hospital in East Malaysia, named Sarawak General Hospital and also one of only two heart surgery institution in Malaysia named Pusat Jantung HUS.

Most healthcare clinics are located at Kuching city outskirts and rural communal areas.

For federal government agencies headquarters, most of them are located at Simpang Tiga (Bangunan Sultan Iskandar), Kuching while state government agencies headquarters are mostly scattered at various buildings in Petra Jaya, Kuching (Wisma Bapa Malaysia).