Kalimantan Tengah

Kalimantan Tengah
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

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]
62.01		Kabupaten Kotawaringin Barat	Pangkalan Bun	6th	13/81	10,759	253.881	23.6
62.02		Kabupaten Kotawaringin Timur	Sampit	17th	17/168	16,796	414.463	24.7
62.03		Kabupaten Kapuas	Kuala Kapuas	17th	17/214	14,999	415,618	27.7
62.04		Kabupaten Barito Selatan	Buntok	6th	7/86	8,830	129,786	14.7
62.05		Kabupaten Barito Utara	Muara Teweh	9	10/93	8,300	156.260	18.8
62.06		Kabupaten Katingan	Kasongan	13	7/154	17,500	157.817	9.0
62.07		Kabupaten Seruyan	Kuala Pembuan	10	3/97	16,404	148.230	9.0
62.08		Kabupaten Sukamara	Sukamura	5	3/29	3,827	61,696	16.1
62.09		Kabupaten Lamandau	Nanga Pulik	8th	3/85	6,414	91,405	14.3
62.10		Kabupaten Gunung Mas	Kuala Korun	12	13/114	10,805	135,498	12.5
62.11		Kabupaten Pulang Pisau	Pulang Pisau	8th	4/95	8,997	132.813	14.8
62.12		Kabupaten Murung Raya	Puruk Cahu	10	9/116	23,700	109,951	4.6
62.13		Kabupaten Barito Timur	Tamiang Layang	10	3/100	3.834	113,974	29.7
62.71		Kota Palangka Raya		5	30 / -	2,400	267,532	111.5
62	Kalimantan Tengah		Palangka Raya	136	139/1432	153,565	2,588,924	16.9

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 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.