East Barito Regency (Indonesian: Kabupaten Barito Timur) is one of the thirteen regencies which comprise the Central Kalimantan Province on the island of Kalimantan (Borneo), Indonesia. The town of Tamiang Layang is the capital of East Barito Regency, which covers an area of 3,834 km2. The population of East Barito Regency was 97,372 at the 2010 Census[2] and 113,229 at the 2020 Census.[3]
East Barito Regency
Kabupaten Barito Timur | |
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Regency | |
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Coordinates: 1.9333°S 115.1000°E / -1.9333; 115.1000 | |
Country | Indonesia |
Region | Kalimantan |
Province | Central Kalimantan |
Capital | Tamiang Layang |
Government | |
• Regent | Ampera A.Y. Mebas |
• Vice Regent | Suriansyah |
Area | |
• Total | 1,480 sq mi (3,834 km2) |
Population (2020 Census) | |
• Total | 113,229 |
• Density | 76/sq mi (30/km2) |
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Time zone | UTC+7 (Indonesian Western Time) |
Area code | (+62) 526 |
Website | baritotimurkab |
East Barito Regency consists of ten districts (kecamatan), tabulated below with their areas and their population totals from the 2010 Census[4] and the 2020 Census.[5] The table also includes the number of administrative villages (rural desa and urban kelurahan) in each district, and its postal codes.
Name | Area in km2 | Population Census 2010[6] | Population Census 2020[7] | Number of villages | Post codes |
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Benua Lima | 258.0 | 6,071 | 6,336 | 7 | 73661 |
Dusun Timur (East Dusun) | 867.7 | 21,323 | 28,144 | 17 | 73612-73618 (a) |
Paju Epat | 664.3 | 3,990 | 6,270 | 9 | 73617 |
Awang | 203.0 | 5,587 | 6,101 | 11 | 73681 |
Patangkep Tutui | 255.0 | 7,225 | 7,001 | 10 | 73671 |
Dusun Tengah (Central Dusun) | 371.0 | 22,578 | 24,458 | 8 | 73652 |
Raren Batuah | 186.0 | 7,603 | 8,327 | 9 | 73655 |
Paku | 272.0 | 7,554 | 8,686 | 12 | 73654 |
Karusen Janang | 178.0 | 4,194 | 5,312 | 7 | 73650 |
Pematang Karau | 579.0 | 11,247 | 12,594 | 13 | 73653 |
Totals | 3,834.0 | 97,372 | 113,229 | 103 |
Note: (a) the village of Magantis has a postcode of 73612, Matabu of 73613, Dorong of 73614, Harang of 73615, while seven villages share 73617 and six villages share 73618.
Religion as of the Indonesia 2010 census:[8]
Tamiang Layang has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) with heavy rainfall from October to June and moderate rainfall from July to September.
Climate data for Tamiang Layang | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Average high °C (°F) | 29.5 (85.1) |
30.1 (86.2) |
30.3 (86.5) |
30.7 (87.3) |
30.8 (87.4) |
30.4 (86.7) |
30.4 (86.7) |
31.0 (87.8) |
31.3 (88.3) |
31.3 (88.3) |
30.6 (87.1) |
30.1 (86.2) |
30.5 (87.0) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 26.0 (78.8) |
26.4 (79.5) |
26.5 (79.7) |
26.9 (80.4) |
27.0 (80.6) |
26.5 (79.7) |
26.3 (79.3) |
26.7 (80.1) |
26.9 (80.4) |
27.0 (80.6) |
26.7 (80.1) |
26.5 (79.7) |
26.6 (79.9) |
Average low °C (°F) | 22.6 (72.7) |
22.7 (72.9) |
22.8 (73.0) |
23.1 (73.6) |
23.2 (73.8) |
22.6 (72.7) |
22.2 (72.0) |
22.4 (72.3) |
22.6 (72.7) |
22.7 (72.9) |
22.8 (73.0) |
22.9 (73.2) |
22.7 (72.9) |
Average rainfall mm (inches) | 286 (11.3) |
262 (10.3) |
274 (10.8) |
246 (9.7) |
208 (8.2) |
147 (5.8) |
118 (4.6) |
98 (3.9) |
123 (4.8) |
145 (5.7) |
241 (9.5) |
301 (11.9) |
2,449 (96.5) |
Source: Climate-Data.org[9] |
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