Barito Kuala Regency is one of the
regencies (''kabupaten'') in the
Indonesia
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province
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of
South Kalimantan. The area is 2,996.46 km
2, and the population at the 2010 Census was 276,147; the latest official estimate (as at mid 2019) is 313,595. The
capital is
Marabahan. The Motto of the Regency is "Selidah".
Administrative Districts
The Regency is divided into seventeen
districts ( id, kecamatan), tabulated below with their areas and population totals from the 2010 Census and the official estimates for mid 2018.
[Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2020.] The table also includes the number of administrative villages (rural ''desa'' and urban ''kelurahan'') in each district, and its postal codes.
Note: (a) including 3 small offshore or riverine islands.
Climate
Marabahan, the seat of the regency has a
tropical rainforest climate
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(Af) with heavy rainfall from October to May and moderate rainfall from June to September.
References
External links
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Regencies of South Kalimantan
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