West Kutai Regency ( id, Kabupaten Kutai Barat) is a
regency
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(''kabupaten'') in the
Indonesia
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n province of
East Kalimantan
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. It previously covered a much greater area, with a population of 165,091 at the 2010 Census, but in December 2012 the five northernmost districts were split off to form a new
Mahakam Ulu Regency
Mahakam Ulu Regency is a regency (''kabupaten'') in the province of East Kalimantan, Indonesia. It covers an area of 15,315 km2. The regency was established on 14 December 2012, partitioned from West Kutai Regency. The districts now forming the reg ...
; the residual area of 20,384.6 km
2 had a population of 140,097 at the 2010 Census, and 165,938 at the 2020 Census. The town of
Sendawar is the administrative capital.
Administrative Districts
Following the removal of the northern five districts in December 2012 to form the new Mahakam Ulu Regency, the residual West Kutai Regency is divided into sixteen
districts
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(''kecamatan''), tabulated below with their areas and their 2010 and 2020 Census populations.
[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.
Notes: (a) except the four villages of Abit, Muara Jawaq, Rembayan and Tondah (which share a postcode of 75774). (b) includes the riverine island of Pulau Kualan.
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