Sabuai Is an indigenous village located on the coast of Kotawaringin Barat district, Central Kalimantan. The people of Sabuai are ethnically Melayu, who are an indigenous people similar to the Dayak, but practice Islam.

Sabuai is a coastal village which directly faces the Java sea and is to the south of the Pangkalan Bun, the district capital. This village is crossed by Rengas, Beguruh and Getah rivers.

Most of the villagers are farmers (25%), fisherman and livestock farmers (7%), unemployed or temporary laborers (14%) and the remainder are students and housewives (43%). The major commodities cultivated in the village are rice, coconut and oil palm. Farmers are currently cultivating 750 hectares of rice with a total production of 3000 tons. Coconut is the second largest commodity with a total area of 112 hectares. Only 25 hectares of oil palm plantations are located in Sabuai. Some villagers raise cattle and chickens with a total land area of 23 ha. The fishing households in the village generally catch a total of 1 ton per month.

Sabuai residents are mostly educated to the elementary school level. They have a rather low quality of housing, health service and economic institutions. The village has two elementary schools. The people of Sabuai have limited access to health facilities and public infrastructure, so villagers have to go to the nearest town if they have health issues. Road access is also poor as the road is mostly made of sand and gravel. The road connects the village to the nearby villages, but it takes about two hours to get to the nearest town.

Coconuts are central to the cottage industries in Sabuai. Communities produce coconut oil (15 people with 3 units of processing), virgin coconut oil (VCO) (3 people with 1 unit of processing), and handcrafts (2 units).

As a pretty, coastal village, there is potential for developing tourism in Sabuai.