Bontang

Bontang is a city on the eastern coast of the island of in Indonesia, and is located in the province of . It occupies a land area of 160.62 km2, and had a population of 140,787 people at the 2010 census, and 178,917 people at the 2020 census; the official estimate as of mid-2025 was 194,606 people.
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  • Type: City with 161,000 residents
  • Description: city in East Kalimantan Province, Indonesia
  • Also known as: “Bontang City”

Places of Interest

Highlights include PT Badak Bontang Airport and Mulawarman Stadium.

Aerodrome
, is a private airport in Bontang, , . This airport is managed by the state liquefied natural gas company Badak LNG, a subsidiary of .

Stadium
is a multi-purpose in Bontang, . It is used mostly for football matches and is used as the home stadium for Bontang Football Club and Persibon Bontang. The stadium has a capacity of 12,000 people.

Bontang

Latitude
0.1237° or 0° 7′ 25″ north
Longitude
117.4717° or 117° 28′ 18″ east
Population
161,000
Elevation
10 metres (33 feet)
IATA airport code
BXT
United Nations Location Code
ID BXT
Open location code
6PGV4FFC+FM
Open­Street­Map ID
node 536415772
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1648186
Wiki­data ID
Q14495
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Satellite Map

Discover Bontang from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Vietnamese—“Bontang” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Bontang”
  • Arabic: “بونتانغ”
  • Arabic: “بونتانق”
  • Balinese: “Kota Bontang”
  • Banjar: “Bontang”
  • Bengali: “বোন্ট্যাং”
  • Betawi: “Kota Bontang”
  • Buginese: “Bontang”
  • Bulgarian: “Бонтанг”
  • Catalan: “Bontang”
  • Cebuano: “Bontang”
  • Chinese: “Bontang Chhī”
  • Chinese: “汶當”
  • Chinese: “邦唐”
  • Danish: “Bontang”
  • Dutch: “Bontang”
  • Esperanto: “Bontang”
  • Finnish: “Bontang”
  • French: “Bontang”
  • German: “Bontang”
  • Greek: “Μπόντανγκ”
  • Gujarati: “બોન્ટાંગ”
  • Hindi: “बोनतांग”
  • Indonesian: “Bontang, Kalimantan Timur”
  • Indonesian: “Bontang”
  • Indonesian: “Kota Bontang”
  • Irish: “Bontang”
  • Italian: “Bontang”
  • Japanese: “ボンタン”
  • Javanese: “Kutha Bontang”
  • Kannada: “ಬೊಂಟಾಂಗ್”
  • Kannada: “ಬೋತಂಗ್”
  • Korean: “본탕”
  • Latvian: “Bontanga”
  • Lithuanian: “Bontangas”
  • Malagasy: “Kota Bontang”
  • Malay: “Kota Bontang”
  • Malayalam: “ബോണ്ടാങ്”
  • Marathi: “बोन्टांग”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Bontang Chhī”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Bontang”
  • Norwegian: “Bontang”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Bontang”
  • Persian: “بونتانگ”
  • Polish: “Bontang”
  • Russian: “Бонтанг”
  • Sinhala: “බොන්ටැංග්”
  • Spanish: “Bontang”
  • Swedish: “Bontang”
  • Tamil: “Bontang”
  • Tatar: “Бонтаң”
  • Telugu: “బొంటాంగ్”
  • Thai: “บอนตัง”
  • Turkish: “Bontang”
  • Ukrainian: “Бонтанг”
  • Urdu: “بونتانگ”
  • Venetian: “Bontang”
  • Vietnamese: “Bontang”
  • “Bontang”
  • “Kota Bontang”

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