Putussibau is a town in Kapuas Hulu Regency, West Kalimantan, Indonesia, sitting on the Kapuas River with its main built-up area on the river's right bank. Officially an administrative village within North Putussibau District, its urban settlement has sprawled to the opposite bank, and official estimates placed the town proper's population at 12,459 in 2015.
Facts
Area (sq km) Founding Year Population Estimate Year Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Putussibau - Wikipedia
Demographics section
Official estimates from Statistics Indonesia places the population of the town proper at 12,459 in 2015.
Demographics section, estimate year
Official estimates from Statistics Indonesia places the population of the town proper at 12,459 in 2015.
Geography section
The territory administered by the kelurahan measures 139.3 square km
History section
In 1895, the colonial government chose the site as an outpost to both govern the region and to combat headhunting.
Infobox (Coordinates), latitude
0°51′27″N 112°55′30″E / 0.85750°N 112.92500°E
Infobox (Coordinates), longitude
0°51′27″N 112°55′30″E / 0.85750°N 112.92500°E
- In Group: Cities of South-eastern Asia (World), Wikipedia infobox, country field
View the Source2. GeoNames: Putussibau - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 1630281
0.83333 112.93333 P PPLA2 ID 11 6108 0 32 Asia/Pontianak
Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 32 m
View the Source 3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 0.75, 112.75Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 0.75, 112.75
0.75 112.75 Af
Wikidata: Putussibau
Wikidata Q3175947, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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