Kalimantan (Indonesian pronunciation: [kaliˈmantan]) is the Indonesian portion of the island of Borneo.[2] It constitutes 73% of the island's area. The non-Indonesian parts of Borneo are Brunei and East Malaysia. In Indonesia, "Kalimantan" refers to the whole island of Borneo.[2]
Kalimantan | |
|---|---|
 Location of Kalimantan (Indonesia) in Borneo Island | |
| Coordinates: 1°S 114°E / 1°S 114°ECoordinates: 1°S 114°E / 1°S 114°E | |
| Country | Indonesia |
| Province | West Kalimantan Central Kalimantan South Kalimantan East Kalimantan North Kalimantan |
| Largest Cities | Balikpapan Banjarmasin Palangkaraya Pontianak Samarinda Tarakan Tanjung Selor |
| Population (2020 Census)[1] | |
| • Total | 16,625,796 |
| ISO 3166 code | ID-KA |
| Vehicle sign | DA KB KH KT KU |
| HDI |  0.708 (High) |
In 2019, President of Indonesia Joko Widodo proposed that Indonesia's capital be moved to Kalimantan, and in January 2022 Indonesian legislature approved the proposal.[3] The shift is expected to take up to 10 years.[4]
EtymologyEdit
The name Kalimantan is derived from the Sanskrit word Kalamanthana, which means "burning weather island", or island with a very hot temperature, referring to its hot and humid tropical climate. It consists of the two words kal[a] ("time, season, period") and manthan[a] ("boiling, churning, burning").[5] The indigenous people of the eastern region of Borneo referred to their island as Pulu K'lemantan or "Kalimantan" when the sixteenth century Portuguese explorer Jorge de Menezes made contact with them.[6][7] Its association with the island and its people has also been attributed to British scientist and colonial administrator Charles Hose from the early 20th century.
AreaEdit
The Indonesian territory makes up 73% of the island by area, and 69.5% of its population (13,772,543 at the 2010 Census of Indonesia, and 16,625,796 at the 2020 Census.[8] The non-Indonesian parts of Borneo are of Brunei (460,345 in 2020[9]) and East Malaysia (6,824,600 in 2020), the latter comprising the states of Sabah (3,908,500) and Sarawak (2,816,500), and the federal territory of Labuan (99,600). The region within Indonesia is also known as Indonesian Borneo.
Kalimantan's total area is 539,237.77 square kilometres (208,201 sq mi).[10]
Administrative divisionsEdit
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 5,154,774 | — |
| 1980 | 6,723,086 | +30.4% |
| 1990 | 9,099,874 | +35.4% |
| 1995 | 10,470,843 | +15.1% |
| 2000 | 11,331,558 | +8.2% |
| 2005 | 12,541,554 | +10.7% |
| 2010 | 14,297,069 | +14.0% |
| 2015 | 15,320,017 | +7.2% |
| 2020 | 16,625,796 | +8.5% |
| Sources: Statistics Indonesia[11] | ||
Kalimantan is now divided into five provinces. It was administered as one province between 1945 and 1956, but in 1956 it was split into three provinces - East Kalimantan, South Kalimantan and West Kalimantan; then in 1957, the province of Central Kalimantan was created when it was split away from the existing South Kalimantan. There remained four provinces until 25 October 2012, when North Kalimantan was split off from East Kalimantan.
| Province | Area (km2) | Pop. (2005 Census) |
Pop. (2010 Census) |
Pop. (2015 Census) |
Pop. (2020 Census)[8] |
Density per km2 (2020) |
Provincial capital |
Largest metro |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Kalimantan (Kalimantan Barat) |
147,307.00 | 4,042,817 | 4,393,239 | 4,783,209 | 5,414,390 | 36.8 | Pontianak | Pontianak |
| Central Kalimantan (Kalimantan Tengah) |
153,564.50 | 1,913,026 | 2,202,599 | 2,490,178 | 2,669,969 | 17.4 | Palangkaraya | Palangkaraya |
| South Kalimantan (Kalimantan Selatan) |
38,744.23 | 3,271,413 | 3,626,119 | 3,984,315 | 4,073,584 | 105.1 | Banjarbaru | Banjarmasin |
| East Kalimantan (Kalimantan Timur) |
127,346.92 | 2,840,874 | 3,550,586 | 3,422,676* | 3,766,039 | 29.6 | Samarinda | Balikpapan |
| North Kalimantan (Kalimantan Utara) |
72,275.12 | 473,424 | 524,526 | 639,639 | 701,814 | 9.7 | Tanjung Selor | Tarakan |
| Total | 539,237.77 | 12,541,554 | 14,297,069 | 15,320,017 | 16,625,796 | 30.8 | - | Banjarmasin |
* excluding North Kalimantan, split off from East Kalimantan with resulting population and area loss for the 2015 census.
DemographicsEdit
Ethnic groupsEdit
Number of the largest population of ethnic groups according to the 2010 census:
| Ethnicity | West Kalimantan | Central Kalimantan | South Kalimantan | North and East Kalimantan | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Banjarese | 14,430 (0.33%) |
464,260 (21.28%) |
2,686,627 (74.84%) |
440,453 (12.45%) |
3,605,770 (26.31%) |
| Dayak | 1,531,989 (34.93%) |
1,029,182 (46.62%) |
80,708 (2.23%) |
351,437 (9.94%) |
2,993,316 (21.78%) |
| Javanese | 427,238 (9.74%) |
478,393 (21.67%) |
523,276 (14.51%) |
1,069,605 (30.24%) |
2,498,512 (18.18%) |
| Malay | 1,484,085 (33.84%) |
87,348 (3.96%) |
3,681 (0.10%) |
6,053 (0.17%) |
1,581,167 (11.51%) |
| Buginese | 137,282 (3.13%) |
17,104 (0.77%) |
101,727 (2.81%) |
735,819 (20.81%) |
991,932 (7.22%) |
| Madurese | 274,869 (6.27%) |
42,668 (1.93%) |
53,002 (1.47%) |
46,823 (1.32%) |
417,362 (3.04%) |
| Chinese | 358,451 (8.17%) |
5,130 (0.23%) |
13,000 (0.36%) |
32,757 (0.93%) |
409,338 (2.98%) |
| Kutai | None | None | None | 275,696 (7.80%) |
275,696 (2.01%) |
| Sundanese | 49,530 (1.13%) |
28,580 (1.29%) |
24,592 (0.68%) |
55,659 (1.57%) |
158,361 (1.15%) |
| Batak | 26,486 (0.60%) |
12,324 (0.56%) |
12,408 (0.34%) |
37,145 (1.05%) |
88,363 (0.64%) |
| Others | 80,996 (1.85%) |
42,378 (1.92%) |
114,971 (3.18%) |
485,056 (13.72%) |
723,401 (5.26%) |
| Total | 4,385,356 (100%) |
2,207,367 (100%) |
3,613,992 (100%) |
3,536,503 (100%) |
13,743,218 (100%) |
ReligionEdit
Number of the largest population of religious groups according to the 2010 census:
| Religion | West Kalimantan | Central Kalimantan | South Kalimantan | North Kalimantan | East Kalimantan | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Islam | 2,603,318 (59.22%) |
1,643,715 (74.31%) |
3,505,846 (96.67%) |
378,478 (72.14%) |
2,655,227 (87.68%) |
10,786,584 (78.23%) |
| Protestantism | 500,254 (11.38%) |
353,353 (15.97%) |
47,974 (1.32%) |
109,358 (20.84%) |
228,022 (7.53%) |
1,238,961 (8.99%) |
| Roman Catholic | 1,008,368 (22.94%) |
58,279 (2.63%) |
16,045 (0.44%) |
29,366 (5.60%) |
109,263 (3.61%) |
1,221,321 (8.86%) |
| Hinduism | 2,708 (0.06%) |
11,149 (0.50%) |
16,064 (0.44%) |
288 (0.05%) |
7,369 (0.24%) |
37,578 (0.27%) |
| Buddhism | 237,741 (5.41%) |
2,301 (0.10%) |
11,675 (0.32%) |
3,879 (0.74%) |
12,477 (0.41%) |
268,073 (1.94%) |
| Confucianism | 29,737 (0.68%) |
414 (0.02%) |
236 (0.01%) |
175 (0.03%) |
905 (0.03%) |
31,467 (0.23%) |
| Other religions | 2,907 (0.07%) |
138,419 (6.26%) |
16,465 (0.45%) |
25 (0.00%) |
824 (0.03%) |
158,640 (1.35%) |
| Not Stated | 671 (0.01%) |
220 (0.01%) |
3 (0.00%) |
454 (0.09%) |
1,497 (0.05%) |
2,845 (0.02%) |
| Not Asked | 10,279 (0.23%) |
4,239 (0.19%) |
12,308 (0.34%) |
2,633 (0.50%) |
12,903 (0.43%) |
42,362 (0.31%) |
| Total | 4,395,983 (100%) |
2,212,089 (100%) |
3,626,616 (100%) |
524,656 (100%) |
3,028,487 (100%) |
13,787,831 (100%) |
See alsoEdit
ReferencesEdit
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External linksEdit
Kalimantan travel guide from Wikivoyage- MacKinnon, Kathy; Hatta, Gusti; Mangalik, Arthur; Halim, Hakimah (1996). The Ecology of Kalimantan. Periplus Editions. ISBN 9780945971733.
