Kalimantan Barat

Kalimantan Barat
Basic data
Area :	147,307 km²
Residents :	5,440,030
Population density :	37 inhabitants / km²
Capital :	Pontianak
governor	H. Sutarmidji
Location in Indonesia
Website :	www.kalbarprov.go.id

The province on the island of Borneo

Kalimantan Barat (German West Kalimantan ), sometimes abbreviated to Kalbar , is one of the five Indonesian provinces on the island of Borneo . It was formed at the beginning of 1957 and is the fourth largest province in the country with 147,307 square kilometers.

geography

Kalimantan Barat is located in the southwest of the island of Borneo and borders in the north on the Malaysian state of Sarawak , in the east on the province of Kalimantan Timur , in the south on the Java Sea ( Laut Java ) and in the west on the Natuna Sea ( Laut Natuna ) and the Karimata Strait ( Selat Karimata ). The province is cut by the equator , the capital Pontianak lies on both hemispheres .

The landscape of the province is mainly characterized by flat land. The province is flanked by two mountain ranges: the Kalingkang / Kapuas-Hulu Mountains in the north and the Schwaner Mountains in the south. The highest mountain is the Baturaya (2278 m) in the Serawai subdistrict of the Sintang administrative district, followed by the Batusambung (1770 m) in the Ambalau subdistrict of the same administrative district and close to the border with Malaysia, the Gunung Lawit (1767 m) in the Ambalau Hulu subdistrict of the administrative district Hooda's Hulu.

Most of the land area consists of forest (42.32%) and grassland / bush (34.11%). The settlement area only makes up a small proportion (0.83%).

The coastal regions are characterized by large swamps. Numerous rivers brought the province the name "Land of a Thousand Rivers" (indones. Seribu Sungai). With a length of 1086 km, the Kapuas is also the longest river in Indonesia, 942 km of which are navigable. Other important rivers are the Melawi (471 km navigable), Pawan (197 km), Kendawagan (128 km), Jelai (135 km), Sekadau (117 km), Sambas (233) and Landak (178 km).

There are only two significant lakes: Sentarum (117,500 hectares) and Luar I (5,400 hectares), both of which are located in Kapuas Hulu Governorate. Both lakes are well-visited tourist destinations, the former is also a national park.

The province includes 21 islands, of which Karimatan, Maya, Penebangan, Bawal and Gelam in the Karimata Strait are the largest, they belong to the administrative district of Ketapang. Some of them form the Gunung Palung National Park in this administrative district. Other important islands are Laut, Betangin Tengah, Butung, Nyamuk and Karunia.

Administrative division

The province is divided into twelve administrative districts ( Kabupaten ) and two equivalent cities ( Kota ):

Code Wilayah area code	coat of arms	Kabupaten / Kota administrative district / city	Ibu Kota seat of government	Kecamatan Sub- District	Keluruhan / Desa municipality	Area [km²]	Population [2019]	Inh. / Km² [2019]
61.01		Kabupaten Sambas	Sambas	19th	- / 193	6,716.52	636.848	94.8
61.02		Kabupaten Mempawah	Mempawah	9	7/60	2,797.88	306.358	109.5
61.03		Kabupaten Sanggau	Sanggau	15th	6/163	12,857.80	487.313	37.9
61.04		Kabupaten Ketapang	Ketapang	20th	9/253	31,240.74	573.074	18.3
61.05		Kabupaten Sintang	Sintang	14th	16/390	21,638.20	410.734	19th
61.06		Kabupaten Kapuas Hulu	Putussibau	23	4/278	29,842.00	246,772	8.3
61.07		Kabupaten Bengkayang	Bengkayang	17th	2/122	5075.48	288,589	56.9
61.08		Kabupaten Landak	Ngabang	13	- / 156	8915.10	401.147	45
61.09		Kabupaten Sekadau	Sekadau	7th	- / 87	5444.20	214297	39.4
61.10		Kabupaten Melawi	Nanga Pinoh	11	- / 169	10640.80	233673	22nd
61.11		Kabupaten Kayong Utara	Sukadane	6th	- / 43	4568.26	127301	27.9
61.12		Kabupaten Kubu Raya	Sungai Raya	9	- / 117	6,958.22	607.560	87.3
61.71		Kota Pontianak	Pontianak	6th	29 / -	107.80	668.935	6,205.3
61.72		Kota Singkawang	Singkawang	5	26 / -	504.00	237.429	471.1
61	Kalimantan Barat		Pontianak	174	99/2031	147,307.00	5,440,030	36.9

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 immigrated Javanese , Madurese and the native Dayak , who mainly live inland. There are also Chinese who mostly live in the big cities. The capital is Pontianak with almost 670,000 inhabitants, the city of Singkawang has around 237,000 inhabitants.

religion

religion	Population (2019)	proportion of
Islam	3,263,658	59.99%
Catholics	1,206,585	22.18%
Protestants	627.063	11.53%
Buddhists	325.075	5.98%

economy

The most important branches of the economy include oil production and the copra , rubber , wood and palm oil industries . As in many other Indonesian provinces, clearing forests to create plantations is a major ecological problem.

history

The location on the South China Sea and thus along the shipping route from China to India has sparked numerous cultural impulses. The Hinduism shaped the province since the 4th century, was in the 15th century, starting from Brunei and South Sumatra of Islam spread. In 1771 Arab adventurers founded the Sultanate of Pontianak, which came under Dutch administration in the 19th century . Since 1950 Kalimantan Barat has been a province of the now independent Indonesia.