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Samarinda

South-eastern Asia

Samarinda is a city in the province of East Kalimantan in Indonesia. Indonesia treats it as a city (kota) at the regency level, and the figures compiled by City Population count 827,994 inhabitants at the 2020 census, against 727,500 at the 2010 census. GeoNames places Samarinda at latitude -0.49167 and longitude 117.14583, about 24 metres above sea level by its digital elevation model, in the Asia/Makassar time zone of the IANA database, which is UTC+8. GeoNames records Samarinda as the seat of a first-order administrative division, which makes it the provincial capital of East Kalimantan. GeoNames carries its own population figure of 865,306. The atlas places it in the South-eastern Asia subregion of Asia.

Facts
Population
827,994 1
Population
865,306 2
Population Estimate Year
2020 1
Elevation (m)
24 2
Latitude
0.49167 degrees south 2
Longitude
117.14583 degrees east 2
Elevation Band
Sea Level 2
Climate Zone
Tropical 3
Time Zone
UTC+08:00 2
Connections

Capital Of

East Kalimantan, States or Territories
Source GeoNames: Samarinda
Sources
1. citypopulation.de: Indonesia: Administrative Division
citypopulation.de
  • Cities table, census of 2020-09-15
    Kota Samarinda City 574,439 727,500 811,314 827,994
  • Cities table, census column 2020-09-15
    Kota Samarinda City 574,439 727,500 811,314 827,994
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2. GeoNames: Samarinda
  • GeoNames page, Population
    Population 865,306
  • GeoNames page, elevation, banded by atlas thresholds
    SRTM3 24 m
  • GeoNames page, Timezone
    Timezone Asia/Makassar
  • Coordinates
    Coordinates -0.49167, 117.14583
  • Elevation
    SRTM3 24 m
  • Part Of: Indonesia, GeoNames hierarchy line
    Indonesia ID Country
  • On Continent: Asia, GeoNames hierarchy line
    Asia > Indonesia ID
  • In Group: Cities of South-eastern Asia (World), GeoNames hierarchy line
    Indonesia ID Country
  • Capital Of: East Kalimantan, Feature code
    Feature code P PPLA
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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
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell
-0.25 117.25 Af
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