Kutai Kartanegara Regency
Regency in East Kalimantan, Indonesia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Kutai Kartanegara Regency (abbreviated as Kukar) is a regency of East Kalimantan Province, Indonesia. It has a land area of 27,263.10 km2 and a water area of 4,097 km2, geographically located between 1°18′40″S and 116°31′36″E. The population of the regency was 626,286 at the 2010 Census[2] and 729,382 at the 2020 Census;[3] the official estimate as of mid-2023 was 788,113.[1] The town of Tenggarong is the capital of the regency.
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Kutai Kartanegara Regency
Kabupaten Kutai Kartanegara | |
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Motto(s): Bena Benua Etam (Kutai) (Care About Our Region) | |
Coordinates: 0.44019°S 116.98139°E / -0.44019; 116.98139 | |
Country | Indonesia |
Province | East Kalimantan |
Capital | Tenggarong |
Government | |
• Regent | Edi Damansyah |
• Vice Regent | Rendi Solihin |
Area | |
• Total | 27,263.10 km2 (10,526.34 sq mi) |
Population (mid 2023 estimate) | |
• Total | 788,113 |
• Density | 29/km2 (75/sq mi) |
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Time zone | UTC+8 (ICST) |
Area code | (+62) 541 |
Website | kukarkab |
The regency includes the middle and lower reaches of the Mahakam River, the longest river in East Kalimantan, including its extensive delta. The city of Samarinda is situated on the river, about 48 km (30 miles) from its mouth; it is an administrative enclave within the regency, which thus contains much of the metropolitan area of Samarinda.
In 2019, President Joko Widodo proclaimed that the new national capital of Indonesia would be built in an area partly in the Kutai Kartanegara Regency and partly in the adjacent Penajam North Paser Regency and that the construction process would set off around 2024.[4][5]