Kapuas Regency ( id, Kabupaten Kapuas) is one of the thirteen regencies which divide

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Province, on the island of

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. It formerly covered a wider area, but on 10 April 2002 two further regencies (

Pulang Pisau Regency Pulang Pisau Regency ( id, Kabupaten Pulang Pisau) is one of the thirteen regencies which comprise the Central Kalimantan Province on the island of Kalimantan (Borneo), Indonesia. The town of Pulang Pisau is the capital of Pulang Pisau Regency. ...

and Gunung Mas Regency) were cut out of its western districts, and the residual area is now 14,999 km.² Its population was 329,646 at the 2010 CensusBiro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011. and 410,446 at the 2020 Census; the official estimate as at mid 2022 was 423,210 (comprising 218,291 males and 204,919 females). The administrative centre is the town of Kuala Kapuas near the coast, but the largest town is Selat, which includes 8 of the regency's 15 urban ''kelurahan'', and had 73,900 inhabitants in 2022.

Geography

The total area of Kapuas Regency is 14,999 square km (9.77% of the area of Central Kalimantan Province), delineated into ebbtide and non-ebbtide areas. It adjoins Gunung Mas Regency, the

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, Barito Selatan Regency and Kalimantan Selatan Province ( Barito Kuala Regency), and

, to the north, south, east and west, respectively. The north is marked by hills and mountains up to 500 metres above sea level, while the south is coastal and marshy, ebb-tidal and vulnerable to flooding. Rivers in Kapuas Regency are the Kapuas and Kapuas Murung, 600 and 66.38 km in length, respectively. There are four canals: Anjir Serapat (28 km in length;) and Anjir Tamban (25 km), each connecting Kuala Kapuas with

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, running through Kalimantan Tengah (for 13–14 km) and Kalimantan Selatan (12–14 km); the Anjir Kalampan (14.5 km), connecting Mandomai, the capital of Kapuas Barat district, with Pulang Pisau Regency; and the Anjir Basarang (24 km), connecting Kuala Kapuas with Pulang Pisau.

Administration

Kapuas Regency's seventeen districts include 231 villages. In 2009 there were 204 villages (190 rural ''desa'' and 14 urban ''kelurahan''). These were categorised as 44 traditional (''swadaya''), 61 transitional (''swakarya'') and 59 development (''swasembada'') villages, 6 isolated villages/wards (2.94 percent) and 52 poor villages/wards (25.49 percent). In 2009, there were 190 ''desa'' heads, 160 ''desa'' secretaries, 950 ''desa'' staff, 14 ''kelurahan'' heads and 14 ''kelurahan'' secretaries. In 2022 there were 214 rural ''desa'' and 17 urban ''kelurahan''.

Administrative Districts

Kapuas Regency consists of seventeen

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(''kecamatan''), tabulated below with their areas and population totals from the 2010 Census and from the 2020 Census, together with the official estimates as at mid 2022. The 2020 Census and 2022 estimated figures are rounded to the nearest 100 people. The table also includes the locations of the district administrative centres, the number of administrative villages (rural ''desa'' and urban ''kelurahan'') in each district, and its postal codes. Notes: (a) includes the offshore island of Pulau Roko.

Climate

Kapuas Kuala, the seat of the regency, has a

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(Af) with heavy rainfall in all months except July and August.

Population

The 2010 census recorded 329,646 people, including 167,937 males (50.98%) and 161,503 females (49.02%). The 2020 Census total rose to 410,446, and the population was 423,210 in mid 2022. The 2020 population density was 27.36 people/km2, ranging from a high of 624.66 in Selat to only 5.07 people/km2 in Mandau Talawang.

Demographics

Religion as of 2018:Badan Pusat Statistik, Kapuas Regency, 2018. *

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77.71% *

Protestant Protestantism is a Christian denomination, branch of Christianity that follows the theological tenets of the Reformation, Protestant Reformation, a movement that began seeking to reform the Catholic Church from within in the 16th century agai ...

12.15% *

Hindu Hindus (; ) are people who religiously adhere to Hinduism.Jeffery D. Long (2007), A Vision for Hinduism, IB Tauris, , pages 35–37 Historically, the term has also been used as a geographical, cultural, and later religious identifier for ...

9.35% *

Roman Catholic Roman or Romans most often refers to: *Rome, the capital city of Italy *Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD *Roman people, the people of ancient Rome *'' Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a lette ...

0.77% *

Buddhist Buddhism ( , ), also known as Buddha Dharma and Dharmavinaya (), is an Indian religion or philosophical tradition based on teachings attributed to the Buddha. It originated in northern India as a -movement in the 5th century BCE, and ...

0.01% *

Confucian Confucianism, also known as Ruism or Ru classicism, is a system of thought and behavior originating in ancient China. Variously described as tradition, a philosophy, a Religious Confucianism, religion, a humanistic or rationalistic religion, ...

0.00%

Social

Education is a development sector given priority by government (1945 Constitution mandate, as stated in article no 31 point 2), with an ultimate aim of improving the quality of human resources in Indonesia. There were 147 kindergartens in the regency, with 390 teachers and 4,181 students in 2009. In 2010, there were 390 Primary schools (including private schools), with 2,736 teachers and 40,714 students, yielding student:teacher ratio of about 14.88. There were 86 Junior High schools (state and private), with 1,085 teachers, 9,667 students and 465 classrooms; 25 Senior High schools (state and private), with 636 teachers and 5,886 students. The region had only 38 doctors in 2010, resulting in a service ratio of 8,669.

References

External links

Phone Directory in Kapuas Regency

INFORMASI KAPUAS

KUALA KAPUAS

Official Website of Local Government

General Hospital of Kapuas Regency

Indonesian Medical Association Branch Kapuas

Indonesia Redcross Branch Kapuas
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