South Kalimantan

South Kalimantan
Kalimantan Selatan
Province
Province of South Kalimantan
Provinsi Kalimantan Selatan
Coat of arms of South Kalimantan
Coat of arms
Motto(s): 
Wadja Sampai Kaputing (Banjar)
Strong as steel until the end
   South Kalimantan in    Indonesia
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Coordinates: 2°30′S 115°30′E / 2.500°S 115.500°E / -2.500; 115.500
Established14 August 1950
CapitalBanjarbaru[1]
03°26′33″S 114°49′57″E / 3.44250°S 114.83250°E / -3.44250; 114.83250
Largest cityBanjarmasin
3°20′S 114°35′E / 3.333°S 114.583°E / -3.333; 114.583
Government
 • BodySouth Kalimantan Provincial Government
 • GovernorRoy Rizali Anwar (acting)
 • Vice GovernorVacant
Area
 • Total
38,320.66 km2 (14,795.69 sq mi)
 • Rank19th in Indonesia
Highest elevation
(Gunung Besar)
1,901 m (6,237 ft)
Population
 (mid 2023 estimate)[2]
 • Total
4,221,929
 • Density110/km2 (290/sq mi)
Demographics
 • Ethnic groups76% Banjarese
13% Javanese
11% other (Buginese, Dayak, Madurese, Sundanese, Chinese etc)[3]
 • LanguagesIndonesian (official)
Banjarese
Time zoneUTC+8 (Indonesia Central Time)
ISO 3166 codeID-KS
GDP (nominal)2022
 - Total[4]Rp 251.3 trillion (18th)
US$ 16.9 billion
Int$ 52.8 billion (PPP)
 - Per capita[5]Rp 60.1 million (16th)
US$ 4,046
Int$ 12,626 (PPP)
 - Growth[6]Increase 5.11%
HDI (2024)Increase 0.752[7] (13th) – high
Websitekalselprov.go.id

South Kalimantan (Indonesian: Kalimantan Selatan) is a province of Indonesia. It is the second most populous province on the island of Kalimantan, the Indonesian territory of the island of Borneo after West Kalimantan. The provincial capital was Banjarmasin until 15 February 2022 when it was legally moved 35 kms southeast to Banjarbaru.[1][8] The population of South Kalimantan was recorded at just over 3.625 million people at the 2010 Census,[9] and at 4.07 million at the 2020 Census.[10] The official estimate as at mid 2023 was 4,221,929 (comprising 2,133,224 males and 2,088,705 females).[2] One of the five Indonesian provinces in Kalimantan, it is bordered by the Makassar Strait in the east, Central Kalimantan in the west and north, the Java Sea in the south, and East Kalimantan in the northeast. The province also includes the island of Pulau Laut ("Sea Island"), located off the eastern coast of Kalimantan, as well as other smaller offshore islands. The province is divided into 11 regencies and 2 cities. South Kalimantan is the traditional homeland of the Banjar people, although some parts of East Kalimantan and Central Kalimantan are also included in this criterion. Nevertheless, South Kalimantan, especially the former capital city Banjarmasin has always been the cultural capital of Banjarese culture. Many Banjarese have migrated to other parts of Indonesia, as well as neighbouring countries such as Singapore and Malaysia. In addition, other ethnic groups also inhabit the province, such as several groups of the Dayaks, who mostly live in the interior part of the province, as well as the Javanese, who mostly migrated from Java due to the Transmigration program which dated from the Dutch colonial era. It is one of the provinces in Indonesia that has a larger population than Mongolia.

The territory of what is now South Kalimantan, bounced between local Kingdoms, because of its strategic location for trade, before becoming tributes to the Sultanate of Mataram in the 17th century, with increasing Dutch encroachment, the territory was colonized as part of the Dutch East Indies and the Japanese Empire until Indonesian Independence in 1945.

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