Batulicin
| Kota Batulicin Batu Licin |
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| Coordinates | 3 ° 27 ' S , 116 ° 0' E | ||
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| Country | Indonesia | ||
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Geographical unit |
Kalimantan | ||
| province | Kalimantan Selatan | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | ID-KS | ||
| height | 20 m | ||
| surface | - | ||
| Metropolitan area | 5007 km² | ||
| Residents | - | ||
| Metropolitan area | 305,633 (2015) | ||
| density | - | ||
| Metropolitan area | 61 Ew. / km² | ||
| Post Code | 72271 | ||
| Telephone code | +62 (0) 518 | ||
| Website | www.tanahbumbukab.go.id | ||
 Government building
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Batulicin (also: Batu Licin ) is the capital of the administrative district ( Kabupaten ) Tanah Bumbu in the province of South Kalimantan in Indonesia and is located a good 250 kilometers east of the provincial capital Banjarmasin .
geography
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Batulicin is located at the mouth of the river of the same name and serves as a ferry port to the island of Laut at the southern end of the Makassar Strait , through which the biogeographical separation of Asia and Australia runs through the Wallace Line .
history
At the beginning of the 19th century Batulicin was an independent kingdom under the name Batoe Litjin , which was handed over to the Dutch East Indies by King Banjar on May 4, 1826 . From 1898 it has been the main town of the now self-governing Tanah Bumbu, although it has never been officially named the seat of government.
economy
Bumi Resources operates an open-pit coal mine in Batulicin, making the port an important center for Indonesia's coal shipping.
In the north of the city is the airport with the IATA code BTW.