Sambas is a town and the

regency seat A regency seat ( id, Ibu kota kabupaten) is an capital or seat of government of a regency in Indonesia. It is roughly equivalent of county seat in the United States or county town in the United Kingdom. Legally, regency seats are not administrati ...

Sambas Regency Sambas Regency is the most northerly Regencies of Indonesia, regency in West Kalimantan Province of Indonesia. The regency is one of the original regencies in West Kalimantan. It covers 6,394.70 km2, and had a population of 496,120 at the 2010 ...

(Kabupaten Sambas), on the island of

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. Sambas Regency is one of the regencies 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. The province has an area of 147,307&nbs ...

province in

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Geography

Sambas town is located between 1°11'20" and 1°24'48" north latitude and between 109°09'16" and 109°26'23" east longitude. With an area of , Sambas town area covers just under 4% of the area of

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Monografi kecamatan Sambas
/ref> The town district had 57,300 inhabitants at the 2020 Census.Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021. The following are the boundaries of Sambas town:

Climate

Sambas has a

tropical rainforest climate A tropical rainforest climate, humid tropical climate or equatorial climate is a tropical climate sub-type usually found within 10 to 15 degrees latitude of the equator. There are some other areas at higher latitudes, such as the coast of southea ...

(Af) with heavy to very heavy rainfall year-round.

Gallery

File:Istana 100613-3106 sbs.jpg, Alwatzikhoebillah Palace File:Sambas Sultanate mosque, Indonesia.jpg, Sultan Muhammad Syafi'oeddin II Mosque File:Jembatan Belanda 100618-4094 sbs.jpg, Old bridge made by Dutch File:Bubur 100618-4100 sbs.jpg, Bubur pedas, Sambas cuisine

References

External links

Official website
* http://database.kalbarprov.go.id/_wilayah/wilayah_kab.php?61.01 * http://sambas.go.id/images/files/Kec.%20Sambas.jpg * http://humassambas.com/kecamatan/sambas/ {{Authority control Populated places in West Kalimantan Port cities and towns in Indonesia Regency seats of West Kalimantan