Kalimantan Tengah
Kalimantan Tengah | |
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Basic data | |
Area : | 153,565 km² |
Residents : | 2,588,924 |
Population density : | 17 inhabitants / km² |
Capital : | Palangka Raya |
governor | Sugianto Sabran |
Location in Indonesia | |
Website : | www.kalteng.go.id |
Kalimantan Tengah (German Central Kalimantan or Central Borneo , sometimes called Kalteng for short ) is an Indonesian province on the island of Borneo and the third largest in the country. It is located in the south of the island and borders the Java Sea . The capital is Palangkaraya .
Administrative division
Source of the administrative and area data: Peraturan Menteri Dalam Negeri RI Nomor 72 Tahun 2019 (Ordinance of the Minister of the Interior of October 2019):
The population data are based on updates by the regional civil registration offices and are from the end of 2019
population
The population is made up of indigenous Dayak , especially the Ngaju , and Muslim Malay people . The policy of the Indonesian government to relocate people from the overpopulated islands of Java and Madura to sparsely populated regions has led to conflicts between the indigenous population and the newcomers. With 17 inhabitants / square kilometer, the province is very sparsely populated.
With 17 inhabitants / square kilometer, the province is very sparsely populated. 70.0% of the population are Muslim. There is a relatively strong Christian minority (19.86%, i.e. 431,694 Protestants and 82,557 Catholics) and a Hindu minority (5.99%). The rest of the population is predominantly Buddhist or adheres to ethnic religions.
Economy u. environment
In addition to the destruction of the rainforest, a major ecological problem is the use of mercury for artisanal gold extraction in the amalgam process . The resulting mercury vapors are highly toxic and precipitate in the environment. Air and water pollution affects around 225,000 people. In 2013 this deficiency led to the “nomination” of all of Central and South Kalimantan among the top 10 most contaminated areas on earth by the Blacksmith Institute . The institute tries to improve the situation through educational work with the gold miners.
history
The surface of the province is mainly flat, only in the north are hilly regions, the foothills of the Schwaner mountain range. Large swamps along the coast add to the inaccessibility of the region. The climate is humid and tropical. The longest rivers are Barito, Katingan, Kapuas, Kahayan - all over 600 km long and mostly navigable. The Bukit Baka-Bukit Raya National Park with the highest mountain in the province (Bukit Raya, 2278 m) extends across the border with West Kalimantan ( Kalimantan Barat ). There are 66 islands in the province. The region had belonged to the Sultanate of Banjarmasin since the 17th century before it was colonized and mapped by the Dutch in the 19th century . After Indonesia's independence, the local Dayak claimed their own province; this was created in 1957 (Law No. 10/1957). Three administrative districts (Kotawaringin, Kapuas and Barito) were separated from the province of Kalimantan Selatan .
In 1965, the city of Palangka Raya was spun off from the Kapuas administrative district by law 5/1965, and in 2002 the last eight administrative districts (area code 62.06 to 62.13) were newly formed (law No. 5/2002)
In the 1990s there were multiple violent conflicts between Dayaks and immigrants from other provinces.
Web links
- E-books on the statistics page of the province (BPS - Badan Pusat Statistics Provinsi Kalimantan Tengah) (Indonesian / English)
- Reliefweb: Infographic
Individual evidence
- ↑ Peraturan Menteri Dalam Negeri RI Nomor 72 Tahun 2019: page 6, 2573
- ↑ Visualisasi Data Kependudukan , clickable map
- ↑ Directorate Jenderal Kependudukan dan Pencatatan Sipil - Kementerian Dalam Negeri - Peta Persebaran Agama - Provinsi 2019 , clickable map
- ↑ Top Ten Threats 2013.pdf of the Blacksmith Institute
- ↑ Daftar Nama Pulau
- ↑ Undang-Undang RI No. 10 Tahun 1957
- ↑ Undang-Undang RI No. 5 Tahun 1965
- ↑ Undang-Undang RI No. 5 Tahun 2002
Coordinates: 2 ° 0 ′ S , 114 ° 0 ′ E