Sungai Durian, or "Durian River", is a district (Indonesian: Kecamatan) of Kotabaru Regency in the province of South Kalimantan, Indonesia. The population is entirely rural.

Sungai Durian
District
Gendang Timburu village office in Sungai Durian
Sungai Durian
Coordinates: 2.597703°S 115.969071°E / -2.597703; 115.969071
Country	Indonesia
Province	South Kalimantan
Regency	Kotabaru
Population  (2010)
• Total	10,400

Geography

The district capital is Manunggal Lama. Sungai Durian is bordered on the north by the districts of North Pamukan and Pamukan West; on the east by the district of Sampanahan; on the south by the district of Kelumpang West; and on the west by the district of Juai, Hulu Sungai Utara.[1] The district has an area of 1,042.38 square kilometres (402.47 sq mi) and an average elevation of 5 metres (16 ft) above sea level.[1] It contains seven villages:[1][2]

Sungai Durian is in the Kutai Basin, which holds a major coal formation created from the Early Pliocene to the Eocene.[3]

Demographics

The district had a total population of 10,400 as of the 2010 census, all considered rural. Of these 5,610 were male and 4,790 female.[4] The breakdown by religion was Islam: 7,029, Christian: 1,130, Catholic: 283, Hindu: 117, Buddhist: 1,104, Other: 737.[5]

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