Kalimantan

Kalimantan (Indonesian pronunciation: [kaliˈmantan]) is the Indonesian portion of the island of Borneo. 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".

Kalimantan
Region
Location of Kalimantan (Indonesia) in Borneo Island
Coordinates: 1°S 114°E
CountryIndonesia
ProvinceWest Kalimantan
Central Kalimantan
South Kalimantan
East Kalimantan
North Kalimantan
Largest citiesBalikpapan
Banjarmasin
Palangkaraya
Pontianak
Samarinda
Tarakan
Tanjung Selor
Population
 (2020 Census)
 • Total16,625,796
ISO 3166 codeID-KA
Vehicle signDA
KB
KH
KT
KU
HDI 0.708 (High)

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. The new capital, Nusantara, is a planned city that will be carved out of East Kalimantan. A government official said construction is expected to take up to 10 years.

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