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West Kalimantan

Province

West Kalimantan, or Kalimantan Barat, is a province of Indonesia on the island of Borneo, bordering the Malaysian state of Sarawak to the north and fronting the Karimata Strait to the west. Its capital is Pontianak, a city that sits almost exactly on the equator at the confluence of the Kapuas and Landak rivers.

Facts
Population
5,766,030 1
Area (sq km)
147,018.06 1
Admission Year
1950 1
Connections

Associated With

Indonesia, Countries
Sources
1. West Kalimantan (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Infobox: area_total_km2
    147018.06
  • Infobox: population_total
    5766030
  • Infobox: established_date
    14 July 1950
  • Part Of: Indonesia, Lead paragraph
    کليمنتن بارت) is a province of Indonesia.
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Wikidata: West Kalimantan
Wikidata Q3916, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source

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