West Kalimantan

West Kalimantan is a province of in , the Indonesian part of . Its capital city is , located on the equator.
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is the capital of the province of West Kalimantan, on the island of Borneo, and bisected by the Equator. The city is mostly populated by ethnic Chinese, Dayaks and Malays, as well as significant numbers of minorities such as Bugis and Javanese.

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, or San-Khew-Jong, is a coastal city and port located in the province of West Kalimantan, on the island of in . It is located at about 145 km north of Pontianak, the provincial capital, and is surrounded by the Pasi, Poteng, and Sakkok mountains.

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Mount Palung National Park lies on the island of , in the province of West Kalimantan, north of and east of .

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Regency is a regency in the south of the province of West Kalimantan, on the island of in . Until 2007 Regency occupied an area of 34,120 km, and at the census in 2010 it had 427,460 inhabitants; the 2020 census revealed a growth in population to 570,657 over the intervening decade; the official estimate as at mid 2025 was 607,049.

West Kalimantan

Latitude of center
-0.1322° or 0° 7′ 56″ south
Longitude of center
111.0969° or 111° 5′ 49″ east
Population
5,410,000
Elevation
33 metres (108 feet)
Open­Street­Map ID
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Geo­Names ID
1641900
Wiki­data ID
Q3916
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In Other Languages

From Achinese to Yue Chinese—“West Kalimantan” goes by many names.
  • Achinese: “Kalimantan Barat”
  • Amharic: “ምዕራብ ካሊማንታን”
  • Arabic: “كالمنتان الغربية”
  • Arabic: “كليمنتان الغربية”
  • Asturian: “Borneo Occidental”
  • Azerbaijani: “Qərb Kalimantan”
  • Balinese: “Kalimantan Barat”
  • Balinese: “Kalimantan Kauh”
  • Balinese: “ᬓᬮᬶᬫᬦ᭄ᬢᬦ᭄ᬓᭁᬄ”
  • Balinese: “ᬓᬮᬶᬫᬦ᭄ᬢᬦ᭄ᬩᬭᬢ᭄”
  • Banjar: “Kalimantan Barat”
  • Basque: “Mendebaldeko Kalimantan”
  • Batak Mandailing: “Kalimantan Barat”
  • Bengali: “পশ্চিম কালিমান্তান”
  • Betawi: “Kalimantan Kulon”
  • Breton: “Kornôg Kalimantan”
  • Bulgarian: “Западен Калимантан”
  • Catalan: “Kalimantan Occidental”
  • Cebuano: “Provinsi Kalimantan Barat”
  • Central Bikol: “Solnopan na Kalimantan”
  • Chinese: “Sai Kalimantan Séng”
  • Chinese: “西加里曼丹”
  • Chinese: “西加里曼丹省”
  • Czech: “Západní Kalimantan”
  • Danish: “Kalimantan Barat”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Kalimantan Rocawani”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Kalimantanê Rocawani”
  • Dutch: “West-Kalimantan”
  • Esperanto: “Okcidenta Kalimantano”
  • Estonian: “Lääne-Kalimantan”
  • Estonian: “Lääne-Kalimantani provints”
  • Finnish: “Länsi-Kalimantan”
  • French: “Kalimantan occidental”
  • Georgian: “დასავლეთი კალიმანტანი”
  • German: “Kalimantan Barat”
  • German: “Provinz Westkalimantan”
  • German: “West-Kalimantan”
  • Gorontalo: “Kalimantan Barat”
  • Greek: “Δυτικό Καλιμαντάν”
  • Gujarati: “કાલિમંતાન બારાટ”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Sî Kalimantan”
  • Hausa: “Yamma Kalimantan”
  • Hebrew: “מערב קלימנטן”
  • Hindi: “कालिमंतान बराट”
  • Hindi: “पश्चिम कालिमंतान”
  • Hungarian: “Nyugat-Kalimantan”
  • Iban: “Kalimantan Barat”
  • Iloko: “Laud a Kalimantan”
  • Indonesian: “Daerah Tingkat I Kalimantan Barat”
  • Indonesian: “Kalbar”
  • Indonesian: “Kalimantan Barat”
  • Indonesian: “Propinsi Kalimantan Barat”
  • Indonesian: “Propinsi Kalimantan-Barat”
  • Indonesian: “Prov. Kalimantan Barat”
  • Indonesian: “Provinsi Kalimantan Barat”
  • Irish: “Kalimantan Thiar”
  • Italian: “Kalimantan Occidentale”
  • Japanese: “西カリマンタン州”
  • Javanese: “Kalimantan Kulon”
  • Kannada: “ಕಲಿಮಾಂತನ್ ಬರಾಟ್”
  • Kazakh: “Батыс Құлимантан”
  • Kirghiz: “Батыш Калиманттан”
  • Komering: “Kalimantan Barat”
  • Komering: “Kalimantan Lawok”
  • Korean: “서칼리만탄주”
  • Latvian: “Rietumkalimantāna”
  • Lithuanian: “Vakarų Kalimantanas”
  • Macedonian: “Западен Калимантан”
  • Madurese: “Kalimantan Bârâ‘”
  • Madurese: “Kalimantan Bârâ’”
  • Malagasy: “Kalimantan Andrefana”
  • Malagasy: “Kalimantana Andrefana”
  • Malay: “Kalimantan Barat”
  • Malay: “کاليمنتن بارت”
  • Malayalam: “പശ്ചിമ കലിമന്താൻ”
  • Marathi: “पश्चिम कालिमंतान”
  • Marathi: “पश्चिम कालिमांतान”
  • Mazanderani: “غربی کالیمانتان”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Să̤ Kalimantan”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Sai Kalimantan”
  • Minangkabau: “Kalimantan Barat”
  • Mongolian: “Баруун Калимантан”
  • Mongolian: “Өрнө Калимантан”
  • Northern Frisian: “Waast Kalimantan”
  • Northern Luri: “کالیمانتان افتونشین”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kalimantan Barat”
  • Oromo: “Giddu Kalimantan”
  • Panjabi: “ਪੱਛਮ ਕਾਲੀਮਾਂਤਾਨ”
  • Persian: “کالیمانتان غربی”
  • Polish: “Borneo Zachodnie”
  • Portuguese: “Calimantã Ocidental”
  • Portuguese: “Kalimantan Ocidental”
  • Pushto: “لویدیز کالیمانتان”
  • Russian: “Западный Калимантан”
  • Santali: “ᱯᱟᱪᱮ ᱠᱟᱞᱤᱢᱟᱱᱛᱟᱱ”
  • Serbian: “Западни Калимантан”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Zapadni Kalimantan”
  • Sinhala: “කලිමන්ටන් බාරට්”
  • Sinhala: “බටහිර කලිමන්තන් පළාත, ඉන්දුනීසියාව”
  • Slovenian: “Zahodni Borneo”
  • Slovenian: “Zahodni Kalimantan”
  • Somali: “Galbeed Kalimantan”
  • Somali: “Kalimantan Barat,”
  • South Azerbaijani: “باتی کالیمانتان”
  • Spanish: “Borneo Occidental”
  • Spanish: “Kalimantan Occidental”
  • Spanish: “Provincia de Borneo Occidental”
  • Sundanese: “Kalimantan Kulon”
  • Swahili: “Kalimantan Magharibi”
  • Swedish: “Kalimantan Barat”
  • Tajik: “Қалимантании Ғарб”
  • Tamil: “மேற்கு கலிமந்தான்”
  • Tamil: “மேற்கு களிமந்தான் மாகாணம்”
  • Tamil: “மேற்குக் கலிமந்தான்”
  • Tamil: “மேற்குக் களிமந்தான்”
  • Tatar: “Көнбатыш Калимантан”
  • Telugu: “కాలిమంటన్ బారాట్”
  • Thai: “จังหวัดกาลีมันตันตะวันตก”
  • Thai: “จังหวัดกาลีมันตันบารัต”
  • Turkish: “Batı Kalimantan”
  • Ukrainian: “Західний Калімантан”
  • Urdu: “مغربی کالیمانتان”
  • Uzbek: “G’arbiy Kalimantan”
  • Vietnamese: “Kalimantan Barat”
  • Vietnamese: “Tây Kalimantan”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Katundan nga Kalimantan”
  • Western Armenian: “Արեւմտեան Քալիմանթան”
  • Western Panjabi: “صوبا لہندا کالیمانتان”
  • Western Panjabi: “صوبہ لہندا کالیمانتان”
  • Wu Chinese: “西加里曼丹省”
  • Yue Chinese: “西加里曼丹”
  • “Kalimantan Barat”
  • “Kalimantan-Barat”
  • “Prov. Kalimantan Barat”

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