Kalimantan is the Indonesian portion of the island of Borneo. It comprises 73% of the island's area. The non-Indonesian parts of Borneo are Brunei and East Malaysia.
In Indonesian, the term "Kalimantan" refers to the whole island of Borneo.
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Etymology
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). The word Kalamanthana is spelled Kalmantan, and then the indigenous people fixed it into Klemantan.
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Area
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).
Administration
Kalimantan is divided into five provinces. There were four provinces until 25 October 2012, when North Kalimantan was split off from East Kalimantan.
* North Kalimantan split off East Kalimantan with resulting population and area loss for 2015 census.
See also
- Languages of Kalimantan
- List of rivers of Kalimantan
References
Further reading
- Vltchek, Andre (June 3, 2017). Indonesian Borneo is Finished: They Also Sell Orangutans into Sex Slavery.
External links
- Kalimantan travel guide from Wikivoyage
Source of article : Wikipedia
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