Sambas Regency is the most northerly
regency
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in
West Kalimantan
West Kalimantan ( id, Kalimantan Barat) is a province of Indonesia. It is one of five Indonesian provinces comprising Kalimantan, the Indonesian part of the island of Borneo. Its capital city is Pontianak. The province has an area of 147,307&nbs ...
Province of
Indonesia
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. The regency is one of the original regencies in West Kalimantan. It covers 6,394.70 km
2, and had a population of 496,120 at the 2010 census and 629,905 at the 2020 census. The principal town lies at
Sambas.
History
The famous
Sambas Treasure, a collection of 9th century Buddhist sculptures, was found near Sambas Town. It is now part of the
British Museum
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's collection.
In the
Sambas riots
The Sambas riots were an outbreak of inter-ethnic violence in Indonesia, in 1999. The conflict started in the regency of Sambas, West Kalimantan Province. The conflict involved Malay allying with the indigenous Dayak people in order to massacr ...
in 1999
Malays and
Dayaks
The Dayak (; older spelling: Dajak) or Dyak or Dayuh are one of the native groups of Borneo. It is a loose term for over 200 riverine and hill-dwelling ethnic groups, located principally in the central and southern interior of Borneo, each w ...
joined to massacre the
Madurese during the conflict. Madurese were mutilated, raped, and killed by the Malays and Dayaks and 3,000 of them died in the massacres, with the Indonesian government doing little to stop the violence.
Adjoining Regencies and City
Population
At the 2010 census, Sambas Regency had a population of 496,120, which by the 2020 census had grown to 629,905 people, with an average density of 98.5 people per km
2.
Watershed
Sambas has three watersheds (total: 516,200 ha): the Sambas watershed (258,700 ha), the Paloh watershed (64,375 ha), and the Sebangkau watershed (193,125 ha).
Administrative Districts
Sambas Regency consists of nineteen
districts (''kecamatan''), tabulated below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 census and the 2020 census.
[Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 20201.] The table also includes the number of administrative villages (rural ''desa'' and urban ''kelurahan'') in each district, its post code and their administrative centres:
List of Sambas Regents and Vice Regents
References
External links
General Condition of Sambas Regency - Official Site of Sambas Regency*
ttps://web.archive.org/web/20101031175034/http://www.sambas.go.id/profile-daerah/pimpinan-daerah/wakil-bupati.html The Vice Regent of Sambas Regency - Official Site of Sambas Regency
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Regencies of West Kalimantan