Sunday 18 August 2013

Province East Kalimantan, Indonesia

East Kalimantan

East Kalimantan
East KalimantanEast Kalimantan is divided into 10 regencies and 4 cities. Awang Faroek Ishak is its governor and Farid Wadjdy as its vice governor.
This province is the location of the oldest Hindu kingdom in Indonesia, Kutai, the existence of which is attested to by a stone manuscript, or Prasasti, which is now kept in the National Museum in Jakarta. The manuscript is written in the Pallava alphabet and the Sanskrit language. The replica of this manuscript can be seen in the Governor's Office in Samarinda.
Inscriptions on seven
5th century BCE on the
Mulavarman, records his victories,
Brahmins, his princely		stone pillars erected in the
command of a local ruler, King
his generosity to
genealogy.
East Kalimantan was
cities. Tarakan and 4 counties
Kalimantan. The new area is
balance of 3,026,060 for the		divided into 10 counties and 4
split off to form North
133,357.62 square km, with the
2010 census .
On the 22nd of October
Representatives agreed to the creation
North Kalimantan out of the 4
namely Malinau Regency,
Regency, Bulungan Regency, and 1		2012, the Indonesian House of
of a new province named
counties in East Kalimantan,
Nunukan Regency, Tana Tidung
city, Tarakan.
Illegal logging has
forests of the province. Less
forest remains in places such
Kutai national parks.		removed much of the original
than half the original
as the Kayan Mentarang the
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The projects that
conservation includes a WWF project
one of Borneo Orangutan
reforestation and orangutan		supports tropical rainforest
and Samboja Lestari lodge,
Survival Foundation's
rehabilitation projects.
East Kalimantan's
earth resources such as
gas, coal and gold.
plant that was built by Dutch
destroyed during World War II, and
independence.		economy heavily depends on
oilfield exploration, natural
Balikpapan has an oil refinery
governance before World War II,
rebuilt after Indonesian
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Other developing
agriculture and tourism.		economic sectors include
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Obstacles to economic
transportation infrastructure.
boats connecting coastal
river, Mahakam River.		development include a lack of
Transportation depends on traditional
cities and areas along main
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In 2012, Russia's state
Company signed a Memorandum of
Kalimantan Governor over railway
other freight. The 1st stage
Balikpapan port to West Kutai
and is estimated to cost
commence in 2013 and by 2017 it is
tons of coal annually. The
line to Murung Raya in
kilometer line, which will cost an		railway firm Joint Stock
Understanding with the East
lines to transport coal and
will connect an area near
Regency in a 183-kilometer line
about $1.8 billion. It will
hoped that it carry 20 million
2nd phase will connect a
Central Kalimantan with a 60
estimated $600 million.
In addition to Derawan
unique natural site, Labuan
district which features fresh
meters thickness and sea water
fish and sea water fish live
their respective habitat
in Indonesian language
to the clarity of the		Islands, East Kalimantan has a
Cermin Lake at Biduk-biduk
water on top with about 2
underneath it. Both fresh water
in the lake inhabiting
layer. "Cermin" means mirror
and the lake was named so due
water.
North Kalimantan
Indonesia will be formally
The new province is a part of
Kalimantan Province and Irianto
governor of it until a new
people in the election.		Province is the 34th province of
initially run on April 15, 2013.
current of north of East
Lambrie will be acting as the
governor is choosen by their
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