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North Hulu Sungai Regency

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North Hulu Sungai Regency (Sungai means "River" in Indonesian) is one of the regencies in the Indonesian province of South Kalimantan. It has an area of 892.7 km2, and had a population of 209,246 at the 2010 Census and 226,727 at the 2020 Census;[2] the official estimate as at mid 2021 was 228,830.[3] The capital of the regency is the town of Amuntai.

North Hulu Sungai Regency
Kabupaten Hulu Sungai Utara
Regency
Coat of arms of North Hulu Sungai Regency
Coat of arms
Motto(s): 
Agung
(Great)
Lokasi Kalimantan Selatan Kabupaten Hulu Sungai Utara.svg
CountryIndonesia
ProvinceSouth Kalimantan
CapitalAmuntai
Area
 • Total892.70 km2 (344.67 sq mi)
Population
 (mid 2021 estimate)
 • Total228,830
 • Density260/km2 (660/sq mi)
 [1]
Time zoneUTC+8 (WITA)
Area code+62 527
Websitehsu.go.id/web/
Itik Alabio Monument as local mascot.

Administrative districtsEdit

North Hulu Sungai Regency is divided into ten districts (kecamatan), listed below with their areas and their 2010 Census[4] and 2020 Census[5] populations. The table includes the locations of the district administrative centres, the number of administrative villages (rural desa and urban kelurahan) in each district, and its post code.

Name Area
in
km2		 Population
Census
2010		 Population
Census
2020		 Administrative
centre		 No. of
villages		 Post
code
Danau Panggang 224.49 19,593 20,514 Danau Panggang 16 71453
Paminggir 156.13 7,377 8,000 Paminggir 7 71451
Babirik 77.44 17,833 19,402 Babirik 23 71454
Sungai Pandan
(Pandan River)		 45.00 25,905 27,639 Alabio 33 71455
Sungai Tabukan
(Tabukan River)		 29.24 13,801 14,828 Sungai Tabukan 17 71456
Amuntai Selatan
(South Amuntai)		 183.16 26,466 30,153 Telaga Silaba 30 71452
Amuntai Tengah
(Central Amuntai)		 57.00 47,961 50,609 Amuntai 29 71412
-71419
Banjang 41.00 16,185 18,693 Banjang 20 71416
Amuntai Utara
(North Amuntai)		 45.09 19,955 20,510 Teluk Daun 26 71471
Haur Gading 34.15 14,170 16,379 Sungai Limas 18 71472
Totals 892.70 209,246 226,727 Amuntai 219

ClimateEdit

Amuntai has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) with moderate rainfall from July to September and heavy rainfall in the remaining months.

Climate data for Amuntai
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average high °C (°F) 29.6
(85.3) 		30.1
(86.2) 		30.4
(86.7) 		30.8
(87.4) 		30.9
(87.6) 		30.5
(86.9) 		30.6
(87.1) 		31.2
(88.2) 		31.4
(88.5) 		31.5
(88.7) 		30.7
(87.3) 		30.1
(86.2) 		30.6
(87.2)
Daily mean °C (°F) 26.1
(79.0) 		26.4
(79.5) 		26.6
(79.9) 		26.9
(80.4) 		27.1
(80.8) 		26.5
(79.7) 		26.4
(79.5) 		26.7
(80.1) 		26.9
(80.4) 		27.1
(80.8) 		26.7
(80.1) 		26.5
(79.7) 		26.7
(80.0)
Average low °C (°F) 22.6
(72.7) 		22.8
(73.0) 		22.9
(73.2) 		23.1
(73.6) 		23.3
(73.9) 		22.6
(72.7) 		22.2
(72.0) 		22.3
(72.1) 		22.5
(72.5) 		22.7
(72.9) 		22.8
(73.0) 		22.9
(73.2) 		22.7
(72.9)
Average rainfall mm (inches) 274
(10.8) 		273
(10.7) 		248
(9.8) 		217
(8.5) 		193
(7.6) 		133
(5.2) 		122
(4.8) 		97
(3.8) 		113
(4.4) 		135
(5.3) 		233
(9.2) 		300
(11.8) 		2,338
(91.9)
Source: Climate-Data.org[6]

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2022.
  2. ^ Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.
  3. ^ Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.
  4. ^ Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.
  5. ^ Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.
  6. ^ "Climate: Amuntai". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 24 November 2020.

External linksEdit

2°27′00″S 115°08′00″E / 2.4500°S 115.1333°E / -2.4500; 115.1333


 

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