Tanah Grogot is a

kecamatan The term ''district'', in the context of Indonesia, refers to the third-level administrative subdivision, below regency or city. The local term ' is used in the majority of Indonesian areas, except in Papua, West Papua, and the Special Region of ...

and the capital of

Paser Regency Paser Regency is a Regency (''kabupaten'') within East Kalimantan province in Indonesia, it is the southernmost regency of the East Kalimantan province. Its administrative centre is Tana Paser (or Tanah Grogot). It covers an area of 11,603.94 km2, ...

East Kalimantan East Kalimantan (Indonesian: ) is a province of Indonesia. Its territory comprises the eastern portion of Borneo. It had a population of about 3.03 million at the 2010 census (within the current boundary), 3.42 million at the 2015 census, and 3. ...

Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...

. It shares a border with Kuaro in the north, Pasir Belengkong in the south. In the year 2020, its total population is 76,344. On December 29, 1959, Tanah Grogot was inaugurated as the capital of

by the law No. 27 of 1959.

Geography

Tanah Grogot is located on the southern part of

, eastern side of

Borneo Borneo (; id, Kalimantan) is the third-largest island in the world and the largest in Asia. At the geographic centre of Maritime Southeast Asia, in relation to major Indonesian islands, it is located north of Java, west of Sulawesi, and eas ...

. Its average elevation is 5 meters above the sea level.

Climate

Tanah Grogot 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). It gets the most amount of rainfall in March, with an average precipitation of 305 mm; and the least rainfall in August, with an average precipitation of 92 mm.

Administrative division

Tanah Grogot is divided into the following 15 villages and 1 subdistrict:

Demographics

In 2020, there are a total of 76,344 inhabitants within the district. About 97.19% of the population are

Muslims Muslims ( ar, المسلمون, , ) are people who adhere to Islam, a monotheistic religion belonging to the Abrahamic tradition. They consider the Quran, the foundational religious text of Islam, to be the verbatim word of the God of Abraha ...

, 2.05% are

Protestant Christians Protestantism is a branch of Christianity that follows the theological tenets of the Protestant Reformation, a movement that began seeking to reform the Catholic Church from within in the 16th century against what its followers perceived to b ...

, 0.64% are

Catholic Christians The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.3 billion baptized Catholics worldwide . It is among the world's oldest and largest international institutions, and has played a ...

, and the rest 0.12% belong to other religions (

Hinduism Hinduism () is an Indian religion or '' dharma'', a religious and universal order or way of life by which followers abide. As a religion, it is the world's third-largest, with over 1.2–1.35 billion followers, or 15–16% of the global p ...

Buddhism 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 gra ...

, etc.) or non-religious.{{Cite web , title=Batas Kecamatan: TANAH GROGOT , url=https://gis.dukcapil.kemendagri.go.id/peta/ , access-date=2023-04-26 , website=gis.dukcapil.kemendagri.go.id

Galleries

File:Taman Putri Shaleha Tana Paser.jpg, Shaleha Princess Park File:Taman Alam Lembayung Tanah Grogot.jpg, Amber Nature Park File:Kandilo Plaza.jpg, Kandilo Plaza File:Taman Makam Pahlawan Daya Taka, Tanah Grogot.jpg, TMP Daya Taka

References

Districts of East Kalimantan Districts of Indonesia