West Kotawaringin Regency

Coordinates: 2°24′00″S 111°44′00″E / 2.4000°S 111.7333°E / -2.4000; 111.7333
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West Kotawaringin Regency
Kabupaten Kotawaringin Barat
Regency
UTC+7 (Western Indonesia Time)
Area code(+62) 532
Websitekotawaringinbaratkab.go.id

West Kotawaringin Regency (Indonesian: Kabupaten Kotawaringin Barat) is one of the thirteen regencies which comprise the Central Kalimantan Province on the island of Kalimantan (Borneo), Indonesia. It originally comprised the whole western part of the province, having been split from a single Kotawaringin Regency on 26 June 1959 into separate regencies for West and East Kotawaringin, but on 10 April 2002 the most westerly districts of West Kotawaringin were split off to form the new Lamandau Regency and Sukamara Regency. The residual West Kotawaringin Regency has a land area of about 10,759 km2, and its population was 235,803 at the 2010 Census[2] and 270,388 at the 2020 Census;[3] the official estimate as at mid 2023 was 279,740 (comprising 144,765 males and 134,975 females).[1] The town of Pangkalan Bun in Arut Selatan District is the capital of West Kotawaringin Regency.

Administrative districts

West Kotawaringin Regency consists of six

administrative villages
in each district (a total of 81 rural desa and 13 urban kelurahan), and its post codes.

Kode
Wilayah		 Name of
District
(kecamatan)		 Area
in
km2		 Pop'n
Census
2010		 Pop'n
Census
2020		 Pop'n
Estimate
mid 2023		 Admin
centre		 No.
of
villages		 Post
codes
62.01.03 Kotawaringin Lama 1,219.83 16,796 19,100 19,710 Kotawaringin Hilir 17 (a) 74161
62.01.02 Arut Selatan
(South Arut)		 2,342.66 98,406 117,700 123,040 Madurejo 20 (b) 74111
-74117
62.01.01 Kumai 2,915.05 46,544 52,600 54,110 Candi 18 (c) 74181
62.01.06 Pangkalan Banteng 1,311.73 30,597 37,400 37,680 Karang Mulya 17 74183
62.01.05 Pangkalan Lada 284.73 27,934 34,200 35,930 Pandu Sanjaya 11 74184
62.01.04 Arut Utara
(North Arut)		 2,685.00 15,526 9,300 9,270 Pangkut 11 (d) 74152
Totals 10,759.00 235,803 270,388 279,740 Pangkalan Bun 94

Notes: (a) including 2 kelurahan (Kotawaringin Hilir and Kotawaringin Hulu). (b) comprising 7 kelurahan (Baru, Madurejo, Mendawai, Mendawai Seberang, Raja, Raja Seberang and Sidorejo) and 13 desa.
(c) including 3 kelurahan (Candi, Kumai Hilir and Kumai Hulu). (d) including 1 kelurahan (Pangkut).

References

  1. ^ a b c Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2024, Kabupaten Kotawaringin Barat Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.6201)
  2. ^ a b Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.
  3. ^ a b Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.

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