Mempawah Regency

Mempawah Regency
Kabupaten Mempawah
Regency
Coat of arms of Mempawah Regency
Coat of arms
Motto(s): 
Maju dengan Ilmu
Forward with knowledge
Location within West Kalimantan
Location within West Kalimantan
Mempawah Regency is located in Kalimantan
Mempawah Regency
Mempawah Regency
Location in Kalimantan and Indonesia
Mempawah Regency is located in Indonesia
Mempawah Regency
Mempawah Regency
Mempawah Regency (Indonesia)
Coordinates: 0°15′00″N 109°10′00″E / 0.2500°N 109.1667°E / 0.2500; 109.1667
CountryIndonesia
ProvinceWest Kalimantan
CapitalMempawah
Government
 • RegentErlina
 • Vice RegentMuhammad Pagi
Area
 • Total
1,935.42 km2 (747.27 sq mi)
Population
 (mid 2023 estimate)[1]
 • Total
312,785
 • Density160/km2 (420/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+7 (IWST)
Area code(+62) 561
Websitemempawahkab.go.id

Mempawah Regency (formerly called the Pontianak Regency) is a regency of West Kalimantan Province of Indonesia. Originally including a wider area of West Kalimantan, this Pontianak Regency was reduced on 4 October 1999 by the north-eastern districts (formerly the majority of the regency's land area) being removed to form a new Landak Regency, and was further reduced on 17 July 2007 by its southern districts cut out to create a new Kubu Raya Regency. Since 2007 the residual regency (now renamed Mempawah Regency) covers 1,935.42 km2, and had a population of 234,021 at the 2010 Census[2] and 301,560 at the 2020 Census;[3] the official estimate as at mid 2023 was 312,785 (comprising 159,986 males and 152,799 females).[1] The administrative centre is at the town of Mempawah.

  1. ^ a b Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2024, Kabupaten Mempawah Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.6102)
  2. ^ Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.
  3. ^ Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.