Sambas is a town and the

regency seat A regency seat () is a 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 administrative subdivisions of Ind ...

Sambas Regency Sambas Regency is the most northerly regency in West Kalimantan Province of Indonesia. The regency is one of the original regencies in West Kalimantan, but on 20 April 1999 the southern districts were removed from Sambas Regency to form a new B ...

(Kabupaten Sambas), on the island of

Kalimantan Kalimantan (; ) is the Indonesian portion of the island of Borneo. It constitutes 73% of the island's area, and consists of the provinces of Central Kalimantan, East Kalimantan, North Kalimantan, South Kalimantan, and West Kalimantan. The non-Ind ...

. Sambas Regency is one of the regencies of

West Kalimantan West Kalimantan () is a province of Indonesia. It is one of five Indonesian provinces comprising Kalimantan, the Indonesian part of the island of Borneo. Its capital and largest city is Pontianak. It is bordered by East Kalimantan and Central ...

province in

Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania, between the Indian Ocean, Indian and Pacific Ocean, Pacific oceans. Comprising over List of islands of Indonesia, 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, ...

History

The town was the center of the

Sultanate of Sambas The Sultanate of Sambas () was a traditional Malay state on the Western coast of the island of Borneo, in modern-day Indonesia. History At first governed by governors, Sambas became a kingdom in 1609 with the descendant of Sepudak. She marri ...

. In 1813, it was captured by the British in the second Sambas expedition, but the British did not occupy the town for long and the Sultan was restored later that year. In 1963, a new district named Sejangkung District was established from the northeastern portion of Sambas District. On 21 June 2001, a new Subah District was cut out from the southern part of Sambas District. In 2004, new Sebawi and Sajad Districts were split off from the southeast and eastern portions of Sambas District, respectively.

Geography

Sambas town is located on the south side of the Sambas River 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 3.7% of the area of

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Monografi kecamatan Sambas
/ref> The town district had 57,295 inhabitants at the 2020 Census, and had increased to 59,627 at the official estimates for mid 2024.Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2025. The following are the boundaries of Sambas town:

Climate

Sambas has a

tropical rainforest climate A tropical rainforest 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 southeast Florida, United States ...

(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