Kapuas Regency
Kabupaten Kapuas | |
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 Regent office of Kapuas | |
 Coat of arms | |
| Motto(s): "Tingang Menteng Panunjung Tarung" Ngaju language: "Collective willpower to actualize dignified prosperity of the people" | |
 Location within Central Kalimantan | |
  Kapuas Regency Location in Kalimantan and Indonesia  Kapuas Regency Kapuas Regency (Indonesia) | |
| Coordinates: 3°00′00″S 114°22′48″E / 3.00000°S 114.38000°E | |
| Country | Indonesia |
| Region | Kalimantan |
| Province | Central Kalimantan |
| Capital | Kuala Kapuas |
| Government | |
| • Acting Regent | Erlin Hardi |
| Area | |
| • Total | 6,590.91 sq mi (17,070.39 km2) |
| Population (mid 2023 estimate)[1] | |
| • Total | 425,186 |
| • Density | 65/sq mi (25/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC+7 (Western Indonesia Time) |
| Area code | (+62) 513 |
| Website | kapuaskab |
Kapuas Regency (Indonesian: Kabupaten Kapuas) is one of the thirteen regencies which divide Central Kalimantan Province, on the island of Kalimantan, Indonesia. It formerly covered a wider area, but on 10 April 2002 two further regencies (Pulang Pisau Regency and Gunung Mas Regency) were cut out of its western districts, and the residual area is now 17,070.39 km.2 Its population was 329,646 at the 2010 Census[2] and 410,446 at the 2020 Census;[3] the official estimate as at mid 2023 was 425,186 (comprising 219,045 males and 206,141 females).[1] The administrative centre is the town of Kuala Kapuas near the coast, but the largest town is Selat, which includes 8 of the regency's 15 urban kelurahan, and had 72,382 inhabitants in mid 2023.