Ketapang Regency

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Ketapang Regency
Kabupaten Ketapang
Official seal of Ketapang Regency
Location within West Kalimantan
Location within West Kalimantan
Ketapang was part of Tanjungpura Kingdom
Ketapang was part of Tanjungpura Kingdom
Ketapang Regency is located in Kalimantan
Ketapang Regency
Ketapang Regency
Location in Kalimantan and Indonesia
Coordinates: 1°35′00″S 110°30′00″E / 1.5833°S 110.5000°E / -1.5833; 110.5000
CountryIndonesia
ProvinceWest Kalimantan
CapitalKetapang
Government
 • RegentMartin Rantan
 • Vice RegentSuprapto S
Area
 • Total31,588 km2 (12,196 sq mi)
Population
 (2020 Census)[1]
 • Total570,657
 • Density18/km2 (47/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+7 (IWST)
Area code(+62) 534
Websiteketapangkab.go.id

Ketapang Regency is a regency in the south of the province of West Kalimantan, on the island of Borneo in Indonesia. Ketapang Regency occupies an area of 31,588 km², and at the census in 2010 it had 427,460 inhabitants following the splitting off of five districts in the north-west of the regency in 2007 to form the new North Kayong Regency; the 2020 Census revealed a growth in population to 570,657 over the intervening decade.[2] The principal town lies at Ketapang.

Administrative Districts[]

Following the splitting off of the five districts to form the North Kayong Regency in 2007, the Ketapang Regency now consists of twenty districts (kecamatan), tabulated below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 Census[3] and the 2020 Census.[4] The table includes the number of administrative villages (rural desa and urban kelurahan) in each district, and its post code.

Name Area
in
km2
Pop'n
Census
2010
Pop'n
Census
2020
No.
of
vill.
Post
code
Admin centre
5,859 32,505 57,808 19 78862 Kendawangan Kiri
2,912 24,627 34,658 22 78864 Manis Mata
1,160 11,901 17,283 10 78865 Sukakarya
227 6,154 8,299 8 78866 Sukaraja
793 16,620 20,224 9 78863 Air Upas

(Upper Jelai)
1,358 15,648 20,596 22 78876 Periangan
1,198 23,286 28,938 25 78877 Tumbang Titi
326 4,446 5,781 7 78874 Pebihingan
122 11,650 15,036 11 78875 Sungai Melayu

(South Lower Matan)
1,813 30,528 40,289 11 78822 Pesaguan Kanan
349 35,165 45,047 11 78821
-78822
Tuan Tuan

(North Lower Matan)
720 14,739 19,992 5 78813 Kuala Tolak
Delta Pawan
(Ketapang town)
74 71,509 90,634 9 78811
-78813
Ketapang
611 13,109 18,039 8 78810 Sungai Awan Kiri
1,728 27,490 36,378 20 78873 Nanga Tayap
1,779 24,474 32,374 13 78870 Sandai
4,685 11,553 13,884 12 78871 Menyumbung
1,651 16,702 19,248 19 78872 Riam Bunut

(Upper Simpang)
3,175 27,847 36,864 15 78850 Balai Pinang
1,048 7,507 9,285 6 78854 Semandang Kanan
Totals 31,588 427,460 570,657 262

References[]

  1. ^ Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.
  2. ^ Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.
  3. ^ Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.
  4. ^ Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.

Coordinates: 1°35′00″S 110°30′00″E / 1.5833°S 110.5000°E / -1.5833; 110.5000

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