Kalimantan 

is the Indonesian portion of the island of Borneo.[1] It comprises 73% of

the island's area. The non-Indonesian parts of Borneo are Brunei and East Malaysia.
In Indonesia, "Kalimantan" refers to the whole island of Borneo.[1] In 2019, the
Indonesian President Joko Widodo proposed that Indonesia's capital be moved to
Kalimantan.[2]

Contents

 1Etymology
 2Area
 3Administration
 4See also
 5References
 6External links

Etymology[edit]
The name Kalimantan, which is often spelled Klemantan, was derived from
the Sanskrit word Kalamanthana, which means "burning weather island", or island
with a very hot temperature, to describe its hot and humid tropical climate. It consists
of the two words kal[a] ("time, season, period") and manthan[a] ("boiling, churning,
burning").[3] The indigenous people of the eastern region of Borneo referred to their
island by the term Pulu K'lemantan or "Kalimantan" by the time the Portuguese
explorer Jorge de Menezes made contact with them.[4][5] Its association with the island
and its peoples has also been attributed to British scientist and colonial
administrator Charles Hose from the early 20th century. However, the use of this
term to refer to a supposed Klemantan people has since been discontinued, as it has
been deemed to be an invented term of convenience that does not properly
represent the people it claims to describe.

Area[edit]

Map of Kalimantan (light colour) and its component provinces.

The Indonesian territory makes up 73% of the island by area, and 69.5%
(13,772,543 at the 2010 Census of Indonesia) by population. The non-Indonesian
parts of Borneo are of Brunei (400,000) and East Malaysia (5,625,000), the latter
comprising the states of Sabah, Sarawak and the federal territory of Labuan. The
region within Indonesia is also known as Indonesian Borneo.
Kalimantan's total area is 544,150 square kilometres (210,097 sq mi).[6]

Administration[edit]
Historical population

Year Pop. ±%

1971 5,154,774 —    

1980 6,723,086 +30.4%

1990 9,099,874 +35.4%

1995 10,470,843 +15.1%

2000 11,331,558 +8.2%

2005 12,541,554 +10.7%

2010 14,297,069 +14.0%

2015 15,320,017 +7.2%

Sources: Statistics Indonesia[7]

Kalimantan was administered as one province between 1945 and 1956. It is now
divided into five provinces. There were four provinces until 25 October 2012,
when North Kalimantan was split off from East Kalimantan.
Provinces of Kalimantan
Pop.
Populati Pop. (2015 Pop. Provinci
Provinc Area Largest
on (2010 C density/k al
e (km2) metro
(2005C) C) prelim m2 capital
)
West
Kalimant
147,307. 4,393,23 4,783,20
an 4,042,817 32.5 Pontianak Pontianak
00 9 9
(Kalimant
an Barat)
Central 153,564. 1,913,026 2,202,59 2,490,17 16.2 Palangkara Palangkara
Kalimant 50 9 8 ya ya
an
 Provinces of Kalimantan
Pop.
Populati Pop. (2015 Pop. Provinci
Provinc Area Largest
on (2010 C density/k al
e (km2) metro
(2005C) C) prelim m2 capital
)
(Kalimant
an
Tengah)
South
Kalimant
an 38,744.2 3,626,11 3,984,31 Banjarmasi Banjarmasi
3,271,413 102.8
(Kalimant 3 9 5 n n
an
Selatan)
East
Kalimant
3,550,58 3,422,67
an 129,067 2,840,874 26.5 Samarinda Balikpapan
6 6*
(Kalimant
an Timur)
North
Kalimant
71,176.7 Tanjung
an 473,424 524,526 639,639 8.5 Tarakan
2 Selor
(Kalimant
an Utara)
544,150. 14,297,0 15,320,0 Banjarmasi
Total 12,541,554 28 -
07 69 17 n
* North Kalimantan split off East Kalimantan with resulting population and area loss for the 2015 census.

See also[edit]
 Indonesia portal

 List of rivers of Kalimantan

 Languages of Kalimantan

References[edit]
1. ^ Jump up to:    "Kalimantan". Britannica. Retrieved 2008-02-26.
a b

2. ^ "Indonesia president proposes to move capital to

Borneo". Reuters. 2019-08-16. Retrieved  2019-08-16.
3. ^ "Central Kalimantan Province". archipelago fastfact.
Retrieved 13 October  2014.
4. ^ "Notice historique du royaume Banjarmasin (Bornéo) par M. le
Baron T. Van Capellen, lieutenant d'artillerie , aide-de-camp de S.
Exc. le gouverneur-général des indes néerlandaises" [Historical
record of the Banjarmasin Kingdom (Borneo) by Baron T. Van
Capellen, lieutenant of artillery, aide-de-camp of His Excellency,
the Governor General of the Dutch Indies]. Le Moniteur des Indes-
Orientales et Occidentales [The Monitor of the East and West
 Indies] (in French). The Hague, Netherlands: Belinfant Brothers.
1847. pp. 164.
5. ^ "A Discourse Delivered at a Meeting of the Society of Arts and
Sciences in Batavia, on the Twenty-fourth day of April 1813, being
the Anniversary of the Institution, by the Honorable Thomas
Stamford Raffles, President.". Verhandelingen van het
Bataviaasch Genootschap, der Kunsten en
Wetenschappen [Treatises of the Society of Arts and Sciences in
Batavia]. 7. Batavia, Dutch East Indies: A. H. Hubbard. 1814.
p. 21.
6. ^ "Indonesia General Info". Geohive.com. Archived from the
original on 2009-10-15. Retrieved 2009-08-11.
7. ^ "Penduduk Indonesia menurut Provinsi 1971, 1980, 1990, 1995,
2000 dan 2010". Archived from  the original on 2013-07-01.
Retrieved 2013-07-17.

External links[edit]
  Kalimantan travel guide from Wikivoyage
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