The town of Malinau is one of the districts of
Malinau Regency
Malinau Regency is a regency of North Kalimantan Province in Indonesia. The administrative centre is the town of Malinau. The regency is home to the Kayan Mentarang National Park. It covers an area of 40,088.38 km2, and had a population of ...
in
North Kalimantan Province of
Indonesia
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and is also the administrative capital of the Regency. The latest official estimate of population (as at mid 2021) was 27,140.
[Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2022.]
Malinau town has the highest population density within
Malinau Regency
Malinau Regency is a regency of North Kalimantan Province in Indonesia. The administrative centre is the town of Malinau. The regency is home to the Kayan Mentarang National Park. It covers an area of 40,088.38 km2, and had a population of ...
, at 191.0 people / km ² (as at 2021), in an area of only 142.07 km ².
Climate
Malinau 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.
See also
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List of regencies and cities of Indonesia
Regency (Indonesia), Regencies (''kabupaten'') and City status in Indonesia#Kota, cities (''kota'') are the second-level subdivisions of Indonesia, administrative subdivision in Indonesia, immediately below the Provinces of Indonesia, provinces, ...
References
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Regency seats of North Kalimantan