Barito Kuala Regency is one of the

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(''kabupaten'') in the Indonesian province of

South Kalimantan South Kalimantan ( id, Kalimantan Selatan) is a Provinces of Indonesia, province of Indonesia. It is the smallest province in Kalimantan, the Indonesian territory of Borneo. The provincial capital was Banjarmasin until 15 February 2022 when it wa ...

. The area is 2,996.46 km², and the population at the 2010 Census was 276,147; the latest official estimate (as at mid 2019) is 313,595. The

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is Marabahan. The Motto of the Regency is "Selidah".

Administrative Districts

The Regency is divided into seventeen

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( id, kecamatan), tabulated below with their areas and population totals from the 2010 Census and the official estimates for mid 2018.Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2020. The table also includes the number of administrative villages (rural ''desa'' and urban ''kelurahan'') in each district, and its postal codes. Note: (a) including 3 small offshore or riverine islands.

Climate

Marabahan, the seat of the regency has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) with heavy rainfall from October to May and moderate rainfall from June to September.

References

External links

* Regencies of South Kalimantan {{SKalimantan-geo-stub