Kutai Kartanegara Regency

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Kutai Kartanegara Regency Kabupaten Kutai Kartanegara
Regency
Kutai Kartanegara Bridge
Coat of arms
Motto(s):  Bena Benua Etam (Kutai) (Care About Our Region)
Location within East Kalimantan
Kutai Kartanegara Regency Location in Kalimantan and Indonesia Show map of Kalimantan Kutai Kartanegara Regency Kutai Kartanegara Regency (Indonesia) Show map of Indonesia
Coordinates: 0°26′25″S 116°58′53″E / 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.go.id

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.

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]