Central Kalimantan

Central Kalimantan
Kalimantan Tengah
Province of Central Kalimantan
Provinsi Kalimantan Tengah
Coat of arms of Central Kalimantan
Nickname: 
Bumi Tambun Bungai
Motto(s): 
Isen Mulang (Ngaju)
Persistent
   Central Kalimantan in    Indonesia
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Coordinates: 2°13′S 113°55′E / 2.217°S 113.917°E / -2.217; 113.917
Founded2 July 1958
Capital
and largest city
Palangka Raya
Government
 • BodyCentral Kalimantan Provincial Government
 • GovernorSugianto Sabran (PDI-P)
 • Vice GovernorEdy Pratowo
Area
 • Total
153,443.91 km2 (59,245.02 sq mi)
 • Rank1st
Highest elevation
(Bukit Raya)
2,300 m (7,546 ft)
Population
 (mid 2024 Estimate)[1]
 • Total
2,809,700
 • Density18/km2 (47/sq mi)
Demographics
 • Ethnic groups46% Dayak
22% Javanese
21% Banjarese
3.9% Malay
1.9% Madurese
4.8% other
[3]
 • Religion (2021)[4]74.11% Islam
16.67% Protestant
5.84% Hinduism/Kaharingan
3.23% Catholic
0.11% Buddhism
0.1% other
[4][5]
 • LanguagesIndonesian (official)
Ngaju
Banjar
Maanyan
Time zoneUTC+7 (Western Indonesian Time)
GDP (nominal)2022
 - Total[6]Rp 199.9 trillion (21st)
US$ 13.5 billion
Int$ 42.0 billion (PPP)
 - Per capita[7]Rp 72.9 million (9th)
US$ 4,913
Int$ 15,329 (PPP)
 - Growth[8]Increase 6.45%
HDI (2024)Increase 0.743[9] (19th) – high
Websitekalteng.go.id

Central Kalimantan (Indonesian: Kalimantan Tengah) is a province of Indonesia. It is one of five provinces in Kalimantan, the Indonesian part of Borneo. It is bordered by West Kalimantan to the west, South Kalimantan and East Kalimantan to the east, Java Sea to the south and is separated narrowly from North Kalimantan and Malaysia by East Kalimantan's Mahakam Ulu Regency. Its provincial capital is Palangka Raya and in 2010 its population was over 2.2 million,[10] while the 2020 Census showed a total of almost 2.67 million;[11] the official estimate as at mid 2023 was 2,774,747 (comprising 1,434,119 males and 1,339,628 females), and was projected to rise to 2,809,700 at mid 2024.[1]

The population growth rate was almost 3.0% per annum between 1990 and 2000, one of the highest provincial growth rates in Indonesia during that time; in the subsequent decade to 2010 the average annual growth rate slowed markedly to around 1.8%, but it rose again in the decade beginning 2010. More than is the case in other province in the region, Central Kalimantan is populated by the Dayaks, the indigenous inhabitants of Borneo.

  1. ^ a b Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2024, Provinsi Kalimantan Tengah Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.62)
  2. ^ Leo Suryadinata; Evi Nurvidya Arifin; Aris Ananta (2003). Indonesia's Population: Ethnicity and Religion in a Changing Political Landscape. Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies.
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