Bumiko Residential Area is a residential housing area located along Miri-Bintulu Road and Medical Store Road. This residential area was built in the early 1980s.
The story begins with a Mr. C.C. (Claude Champion) de Crespigny, then the Resident of Baram, who was the first to record the presence of oil in Sarawak. The entry in his diary, dated 31st July 1882, refers to oil discovered in some 18 wells dug by hand by the local inhabitants.