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Barito Kuala Regency

Regency in South Kalimantan, Indonesia

Summary

Regency in South Kalimantan, Indonesia

Field	Value
official_name	Barito Kuala Regency
native_name	Kabupaten Barito Kuala
settlement_type	Regency
motto	Selidah
(One Tongue)
image_skyline	TMP_5_Desember_Marabahan_002.jpg
image_caption	Heroes cemetery at Marabahan
image_shield	Lambang Kabupaten Barito Kuala.png
image_map	Lokasi Kalimantan Selatan Kabupaten Barito Kuala.svg
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Indonesia
subdivision_type1	Province
subdivision_name1	South Kalimantan
subdivision_type3	Capital
subdivision_name3	Marabahan
leader_title	Regent
leader_name
leader_title1	Vice Regent
leader_name1
area_total_km2	2425.83
population_as_of	mid 2024 estimate
population_note
population_total	329799
population_density_km2	auto
timezone	WITA
utc_offset	+8
area_code	+62 511
website

(One Tongue) | grand total of population = Barito Kuala Regency is one of the regencies (kabupaten) in the Indonesian province of South Kalimantan. It is situated in the southwest of the province, bordering Central Kalimantan province to its immediate west and separated from Banjarmasin city to its east by the lower reaches of the Barito River. The regency's land area is 2,425.83 km2, and the population was 276,147 at the 2010 Census and 313,021 at the 2020 Census; the official estimate (as at mid 2024) was 329,799 (comprising 167,086 males and 162,713 females). The capital is the town of Marabahan.

Administrative districts

The Regency is divided into seventeen districts (), tabulated below with their areas and population totals from the 2010 Census and 2120 Census, together with the official estimates for mid 2024. The three most southern (Tabunganen, Tamban and Mekarsari) and the nine more geographically central of the districts lie within the official Banjarmasin metropolitan area; the other five districts (Barambai, Bakumpai, Marabahan, Tabukan and Kuripan) lie to the north outside the metropolitan area. The table also includes the locations of the district administrative centres, the number of administrative villages in each district (a total of 195 rural desa and 6 urban kelurahan), and its postal codes.

Kode
Wilayah		Name of
District
(kecamatan)		Area
in
km2		Pop'n
Census
2010		Pop'n
Census
2020		Pop'n
Estimate
mid 2024		Admin
centre		No.
of
villages		Post
codes
63.04.01
63.04.02
63.04.13
63.04.03
63.04.04
63.04.05
63.04.06
63.04.17
63.04.08
63.04.16
63.04.14
63.04.07
63.04.09
63.04.10
63.04.15
63.04.12
63.04.11

Note: (a) including 3 small offshore or riverine islands. (b) including 3 kelurahan - Berangas, Berangas Barat and Handil Bakti. (c) including one kelurahan - Lepasan. (d) including 2 kelurahan - Marabahan Kota and Ulu Benteng.

Climate

Marabahan, the seat of the regency, has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) with heavy rainfall from October to May and moderate rainfall from June to September.

References

Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2025, ''Kabupaten Barito Kuala Dalam Angka 2025'' (Katalog-BPS 1102001.6304)
Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.
Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.

Wikipedia Source

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