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Samboja
Samboja () is a district in Kutai Kartanegara Regency, East Kalimantan, Indonesia. As of 2023, it was inhabited by 41,607 people, and currently has the total area of 284.93 km2. Its district seat is located at the village of Kampung Lama. It borders West Samboja to the west and Muara Jawa to the north. Etymology The origin of this place name is still unclear, there are two theories: from a male given name, or from a purported Chinese sentence ''sam bo cia'' "not eating in three days". History The small town of Samboja was founded about a century ago in what was then rainforest when oil was discovered in the area. The first drilling began in 1897 near Balikpapan Bay. Dutch oil workers moved into the area to work for a company that was later taken over by Royal Dutch Shell and later still by the national Indonesian oil company Pertamina. The oil company began cutting wood in the 1950s and as people came flooding into the booming oil town of Balikpapan they cleared the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Samboja Lestari
Samboja Lestari is a Bornean orangutan (''Pongo pygmaeus'') rescue and rehabilitation centre, tropical rainforest restoration project, sun bear sanctuary, and eco-lodge located in the district of Samboja in Kutai Kartanegara Regency, East Kalimantan, Indonesia, owned and operated by the Borneo Orangutan Survival (BOS) Foundation. According to its founder, Willie Smits, Samboja Lestari uses the principles of People, Planet, Profit, attempting to provide incomes for local people using conservation.February 2009 TED (conference), TED talk, It is located about 38 kilometres from Balikpapan. The project covers about of previously Deforestation, deforested land. In 2001, the BOS Foundation began purchasing land near Samboja that, like much of the deforestation in Borneo, deforested land in Borneo, was covered in alang-alang grass (''Imperata cylindrica''). The name Samboja Lestari roughly translates as the 'Samboja Forever'. Reforestation and orangutan rehabilitation are at the core of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Willie Smits
Willie Smits (born February 22, 1957, in Weurt, Gelderland, the Netherlands) is a trained forester, microbiologist, conservationist, animal welfare activist, wilderness engineer and social entrepreneur. He has lived in Indonesia since 1985 and is an Indonesian citizen. He is married to Adrienne C. Watson since March 2016. Smits founded the Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation and has worked for the survival of this threatened species of ape, during which time his work has also broadened out into the related areas of sustainable farming, reforestation and remote monitoring of forests. He travels widely, raising awareness of the issues surrounding deforestation in Borneo and the plight of the orangutan. He became a senior advisor to the Ministry of Forests in Indonesia and has been knighted in the Netherlands. Training In 1994, Willie Smits received his MSc degree in tropical forestry, tropical soil science and genetics at the Wageningen University in the Netherlands, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Kutai Kartanegara Regency
Kutai Kartanegara Regency (abbreviated as ''Kukar'') is a regency of East Kalimantan Province, Indonesia. It has a land area of 27,891.13 km2 and a water area of 4,097 km2, geographically located between 1°18′40″S and 116°31′36″E. The population of the regency was 626,286 at the 2010 CensusBiro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011. and 729,382 at the 2020 Census;Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021. the official estimate as of mid-2024 was 789,767.Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2025, ''Kabupaten Kutai Kartanegara Dalam Angka 2025'' (Katalog-BPS 1102001.6403) The town of Tenggarong is the capital of the regency. The regency includes the middle and lower reaches of the Mahakam River, the longest river in East Kalimantan, including its extensive delta. The city of Samarinda is situated on the river, about 48 km (30 miles) from its mouth; it is an administrative enclave within the regency, which thus contains much of the metropolitan area of Samarin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
West Samboja
West Samboja (, ) is a district in Kutai Kartanegara Regency, East Kalimantan, Indonesia. As of 2023, it was inhabited by 31,513 people, and currently has a total area of 415.92 km2. Its district seat is located at the village of Tani Bakti. West Samboja was created from western parts of Samboja on 19 October 2020, and it is the youngest district in the regency along with Kota Bangun Darat. It borders Loa Janan and Muara Jawa to the north; Samboja to the east; West Balikpapan, Central Balikpapan, and East Balikpapan (Balikpapan) to the south; and Sepaku Sepaku () is a district of Penajam North Paser Regency, East Kalimantan, Indonesia. As of 2024, it was inhabited by 41,677 people, an increase from 40,322 people in 2023 and 39,738 people in 2022, and currently has the total area of 1,172.36 ... (Penajam North Paser Regency, Penajam North Paser) to the northwest. Governance Villages Samboja is divided into the following 10 villages (the rest are urban , rura ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
List Of Districts Of East Kalimantan
The province of East Kalimantan in Indonesia is divided into 10 regencies and cities which in turn are divided administratively into 105 districts, known as ''kecamatan''. Each district have their own villages or subdistricts, rural ones are known as or (the latter only in Berau, Mahakam Ulu and West Kutai), while urban ones are known as . The tables below are accompanied by regional codes (), and years of establishment, according to regional regulations (/ government regulations) or other sources. Regarding the latter, many of them have no clear history regarding its legal formation, since 56 districts (excluding 13 districts of Bulungan, now part of North Kalimantan since 2012), have been named on ''Monografi Daerah Propinsi Kalimantan Timur'' ("Regional Monograph of the Province of East Kalimantan", 1969). The districts of East Kalimantan, with the regency (or city) each falls into, are as follows: Balikpapan Berau Bontang East Kutai Kutai Kartanegara ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
East Kalimantan
East Kalimantan (Indonesian language, Indonesian: ) is a Provinces of Indonesia, province of Indonesia. Its territory comprises the eastern portion of Borneo/Kalimantan. It had a population of about 3.03 million at the 2010 census (within the current boundary),Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011. 3.42 million at the 2015 census, and 3.766 million at the 2020 census;Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021. the official estimate as at mid 2023 was 4,030,488.Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2024, ''Provinsi Kalimantan Timur Dalam Angka 2024'' (Katalog-BPS 1102001.64) Its capital is the city of Samarinda, the most populous city in the entire Borneo. East Kalimantan has a total area of and is the third Provinces of Indonesia, least densely populated province in Kalimantan (after North Kalimantan and Central Kalimantan). The majority of the region shares a maritime border to the east with West Sulawesi and Central Sulawesi; its Cape Mangkalihat separates the Makassar Strait fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Muara Jawa
Muara Jawa is a district in Kutai Kartanegara Regency, East Kalimantan, Indonesia. As of 2023, it was inhabited by 44,070 people, and currently has the total area of 619.16 km2. Its district seat is located at the village of Muara Jawa Ulu. The district borders Sanga-Sanga to the north, Loa Janan to the east, and Samboja to the south. From 24 April 1969 until 21 October 1987, along with Sanga-Sanga and Samboja, Muara Jawa belonged to Samarinda Samarinda is the capital city of the Provinces of Indonesia, Indonesian province of East Kalimantan on the island of Borneo. The city lies on the banks of the Mahakam River with a land area of . Samarinda was one of Indonesia's top ten City qu ..., until these districts were returned to Kutai that date. Governance Villages Sanga-Sanga is divided into the following 8 villages (): References {{reflist Districts of Kutai Kartanegara Regency ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Samarinda
Samarinda is the capital city of the Provinces of Indonesia, Indonesian province of East Kalimantan on the island of Borneo. The city lies on the banks of the Mahakam River with a land area of . Samarinda was one of Indonesia's top ten City quality of life indices, Most Liveable Cities in 2022, ranks first on East Kalimantan Human development (economics), Human Development Index and it is the most populous city on the entire Borneo island, with a population of 727,500 at the 2010 CensusBiro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011. and 827,994 at the 2020 Census;Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021. the official estimate as at mid 2024 was 868,499.Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2025, ''Kota Samarinda Dalam Angka 2025'' (Katalog-BPS 1102001.6472) Samarinda is East Kalimantan's largest exporter and fifth-largest importer. The city has the highest number of bank headquarters in East Kalimantan. In 2021, Samarinda Harbour became the busiest passenger port in East Borneo, East Ka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Sanga-Sanga, Kutai Kartanegara
Sanga-Sanga () is a district in Kutai Kartanegara Regency, East Kalimantan, Indonesia. As of 2023, it was inhabited by 20,969 people (an increase from 11,855 people in 2005), and currently has the total area of 233.40 km2. Its district seat is located at the village of Sanga-Sanga Dalam. Sanga-Sanga borders Palaran (Samarinda) and Loa Janan (narrow border) to the west, and Muara Jawa to the south. This district is an important oil-producing area. History Sanga-Sanga is the site of several battles. The most notable one, known as the Red-and-White Incident, occurred on 27 January 1947 against the NICA, during the Indonesian National Revolution. It eventually became the Commemoration of the Red-and-White, held annually on that date. From 24 April 1969 until 21 October 1987, along with Muara Jawa and Samboja, Sanga-Sanga belonged to Samarinda, until these districts were returned to Kutai that date. The village of Bantuas, however, still remained within Samarinda, but transf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Kantor Kecamatan Samboja, Kutai Kartanegara
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COVID-19 Pandemic In Indonesia
The COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia is part of the COVID-19 pandemic, worldwide pandemic of COVID-19, coronavirus disease 2019 () caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). It was confirmed to have spread to Indonesia on 2 March 2020, after a dance instructor and her mother tested positive for the virus. Both were infected from a Japanese national. By 9 April 2020, the pandemic had spread to all Provinces of Indonesia, 34 provinces in the country at that time. Jakarta, West Java, and Central Java are the worst-hit provinces, together accounting more than half of the national total cases. On 13 July 2020, the recoveries exceeded active cases for the first time. The number of deaths may be much higher than what has been reported as those who died with acute Symptoms of COVID-19, COVID-19 symptoms but had not been confirmed or tested were not counted in the official death figure. Instead of implementing a nationwide lockdown, the government appl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Joko Widodo
Joko Widodo (; born 21 June 1961), often known mononymously as Jokowi, is an Indonesian politician, engineer, and businessman who served as the seventh president of Indonesia from 2014 to 2024. Previously a member of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), he was the country's first president not to emerge from the country's political or military elite. He previously served as governor of Jakarta from 2012 to 2014 and mayor of Surakarta from 2005 to 2012. Jokowi was born and raised in a riverside slum in Surakarta. He graduated from Gadjah Mada University in 1985, and married his wife, Iriana, a year later. He worked as a carpenter and a furniture exporter before being 2005 Surakarta mayoral election, elected mayor of Surakarta in 2005. He achieved national prominence as mayor and was elected governor of Jakarta 2012 Jakarta gubernatorial election, in 2012, with Basuki Tjahaja Purnama as vice governor. As governor, he reinvigorated local politics, introduced publi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
