Mempawah Regency (formerly the Pontianak Regency) is a
regency
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of
West Kalimantan
West Kalimantan ( id, Kalimantan Barat) is a province of Indonesia. It is one of five Indonesian provinces comprising Kalimantan, the Indonesian part of the island of Borneo. Its capital city is Pontianak, Indonesia, Pontianak. The province has ...
Province of
Indonesia
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. Since 2007 it covers 1,276.90 km
2, and had a population of 234,021 at the 2010 Census and 301,560 at the 2020 Census; the official estimate as at mid 2021 was 305,673. The principal town lies at
Mempawah
Mempawah Regency (formerly the Pontianak Regency) is a regency of West Kalimantan Province of Indonesia. Since 2007 it covers 1,276.90 km2, and had a population of 234,021 at the 2010 Census and 301,560 at the 2020 Census; the official estimat ...
.
History
Based on Government Regulation No. 58 of 2014 (''Peraturan Pemerintah Nomor 58 Tahun 2014''), Pontianak Regency was formally renamed Mempawah Regency.
Administrative Districts
Since the separation of the southern parts of the former Pontianak Regency on 17 July 2007 to form the new
Kubu Raya Regency
Kubu Raya Regency or Great Kubu Regency is a regency of West Kalimantan, Indonesia. It was created on 17 July 2007 from the (larger) central and southern part of Pontianak Regency. It covers an area of 6,985.24 km2, and it had a population of ...
, the residual area - in 2014 renamed as Mempawah Regency - consists of nine
districts
A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions o ...
(''kecamatan''), tabulated below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 Census and the 2020 Census, together with the official estimates as at mid 2021. 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 post code.
Gallery
File:LOGO KABUPATEN PONTIANAK.png, Emblem of the former Pontianak Regency (1963-2014). To prevent confusion with Pontianak City and the creation of Landak Regency
Landak Regency is a Regencies of Indonesia, regency of West Kalimantan province, Indonesia. It was created in 1999 from the northeastern part of Pontianak Regency. It covers 9,909.10 km2 and had a population of 329,649 at the 2010 Census and ...
and Kubu Raya Regency
Kubu Raya Regency or Great Kubu Regency is a regency of West Kalimantan, Indonesia. It was created on 17 July 2007 from the (larger) central and southern part of Pontianak Regency. It covers an area of 6,985.24 km2, and it had a population of ...
from its territory, the residual part of this regency was in 2014 renamed as Mempawah Regency.
References
Regencies of West Kalimantan
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