Tana Tidung Regency

Tana Tidung
Tana Tidung Regency
Kabupaten Tana Tidung
Coat of arms of Tana Tidung
Motto(s): 
Upun Taka (Southern Tidung)
"Our Land"
Location of Tana Tidung Regency in North Kalimantan
Location of Tana Tidung Regency in North Kalimantan
CountryIndonesia
ProvinceNorth Kalimantan
Regency seatTideng Pale
Government
 • RegentIbrahim Ali
 • Vice RegentHendrik
Area
 • Total4,058.71 km2 (1,567.08 sq mi)
Population
 (mid 2023 estimate[1])
 • Total27,470
 • Density6.8/km2 (18/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (Central Indonesian Time)
HDI (2019)Decrease 0.678 (Medium)
Websitetanatidungkab.go.id

Tana Tidung Regency is a regency within the Indonesian province of North Kalimantan. It is Indonesia's least populous regency, with 25,584 inhabitants recorded in the 2020 census;[2] the official estimate as at mid 2023 was 27,470 (comprising 14,567 males and 12,903 females).[1] Its regency seat is the town of Tideng Pale, in Sesayap District, where 11,227 of the regency's population lived in mid 2023.

Created on 17 July 2007 by splitting off the most northern three districts of Bulungan Regency, it is a relatively new regency and the smallest in terms of land area in North Kalimantan province (4,058.71 km2). The regency has the lowest poverty rate in the province, and is the second least-densely populated area after the Malinau Regency.[3] Historically, the region is the cultural center of the Tidung people and was home to the Kingdom of Tidung.

  1. ^ a b Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2024, Kabupaten Tana Tidung Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.6504)
  2. ^ Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.
  3. ^ Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2023, Kabupaten Tana Tidung Dalam Angka 2023 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.6504)