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Kalimantan

Kalimantan
Region
Location of Kalimantan (Indonesia) in Borneo Island
Location of Kalimantan (Indonesia) in Borneo Island
Coordinates: 1°S 114°E / 1°S 114°E / -1; 114
CountryIndonesia
ProvinceWest Kalimantan
Central Kalimantan
South Kalimantan
East Kalimantan
North Kalimantan
Largest citiesSamarinda
Balikpapan
Pontianak
Banjarmasin
Palangkaraya
Banjarbaru
Tarakan
Singkawang
Bontang
Other townsTanjung Selor
Population
 (mid 2023 estimate)[1]
 • Total17,259,155
ISO 3166 codeID-KA
Vehicle signDA
KB
KH
KT
KU
HDIIncrease 0.708 (High)

Kalimantan (Indonesian pronunciation: [kaliˈmantan]) is the Indonesian portion of the island of Borneo.[2] It constitutes 73% of the island's area, and consists of the provinces of Central Kalimantan, East Kalimantan, North Kalimantan, South Kalimantan, and West Kalimantan. The non-Indonesian parts of Borneo are Brunei and East Malaysia. Colloquially in Indonesia, the whole island of Borneo is also called "Kalimantan".[2]

In 2019, President of Indonesia Joko Widodo proposed that Indonesia's capital be moved to Kalimantan. The People's Consultative Assembly approved the Law on State Capital in January 2022.[3] The future capital, Nusantara, is a planned city that will be carved out of East Kalimantan. A government official said construction is expected to be fully complete by 2045,[4] but the unfinished capital officially celebrated Indonesian Independence Day for the first time and it was scheduled to be inaugurated as the capital city on 17 August 2024,[5] but the move did not take place due to delays of construction.[6]

  1. ^ Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Kalimantan". Britannica. Retrieved 2008-02-26.
  3. ^ "Indonesia president proposes to move capital to Borneo". Reuters. 2021-07-16. Archived from the original on 2021-07-16. Retrieved 2022-07-01.
  4. ^ "Nusantara will replace Jakarta as the new capital of Indonesia". 18 January 2022.
  5. ^ Faris Mokhtar; Rieka Rahadiana (2 August 2022). "Indonesia Breaks Ground on Nusantara as Jakarta Sinks". Bloomberg.
  6. ^ "Indonesia's new capital isn't ready yet. The president is celebrating Independence Day there anyway". AP News. 2024-08-17. Retrieved 2024-08-18.

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