North Hulu Sungai

Regency A regent (from Latin : ruling, governing) is a person appointed to govern a state '' pro tempore'' (Latin: 'for the time being') because the monarch is a minor, absent, incapacitated or unable to discharge the powers and duties of the monarchy ...

(''Sungai'' means "River" in Indonesian) is one of the regencies in the

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 Gui ...

n province of

South Kalimantan South Kalimantan ( id, Kalimantan Selatan) is a province of Indonesia. It is the smallest province in Kalimantan, the Indonesian territory of Borneo. The provincial capital was Banjarmasin until 15 February 2022 when it was legally moved to B ...

. It has an area of 892.7 km², and had a population of 209,246 at the 2010 Census and 225,386 at the 2015 Census; the latest official estimate (for mid 2019) is 237,573. The capital of the regency is Amuntai.

Administrative districts

North Hulu Sungai Regency is divided into ten

districts A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions ...

(''kecamatan''), listed below with their areas and their 2010 Census and 2015 CensusBadan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2020. populations. The table includes the number of administrative villages (rural ''desa'' and urban ''kelurahan'') in each district, and its post code.

Climate

Amuntai 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 southe ...

(Af) with moderate rainfall from July to September and heavy rainfall in the remaining months.

References

External links

* Regencies of South Kalimantan {{SKalimantan-geo-stub