Kutai Kartanegara Regency

Kutai Kartanegara Regency
Kabupaten Kutai Kartanegara
Kutai Kartanegara Bridge
Coat of arms of Kutai Kartanegara Regency
Motto(s): 
Bena Benua Etam (Kutai)
(Care About Our Region)
Location within East Kalimantan
Location within East Kalimantan
Kutai Kartanegara Regency is located in Kalimantan
Kutai Kartanegara Regency
Kutai Kartanegara Regency
Location in Kalimantan and Indonesia
Kutai Kartanegara Regency is located in Indonesia
Kutai Kartanegara Regency
Kutai Kartanegara Regency
Kutai Kartanegara Regency (Indonesia)
Coordinates: 0°26′25″S 116°58′53″E / 0.44019°S 116.98139°E / -0.44019; 116.98139
CountryIndonesia
ProvinceEast Kalimantan
CapitalTenggarong
Government
 • RegentEdi Damansyah
 • Vice RegentRendi Solihin
Area
 • Total27,263.10 km2 (10,526.34 sq mi)
Population
 (mid 2023 estimate)
 • Total788,113
 • Density29/km2 (75/sq mi)
 [1]
Time zoneUTC+8 (ICST)
Area code(+62) 541
Websitekukarkab.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]

  1. ^ a b Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2024, Kabupaten Kutai Kartanegara Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.6403)
  2. ^ Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.
  3. ^ Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.
  4. ^ Kusuma, Hendra (26 August 2019). "Resmi! Jokowi Putuskan Ibu Kota RI Pindah ke Kaltim". detikfinance (in Indonesian). Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  5. ^ Picheta, Rob (26 August 2019). "Indonesia will build its new capital city in Borneo as Jakarta sinks into the Java Sea". CNN. Retrieved 6 January 2020.