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West Kalimantan

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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.

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Indonesia, Countries

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Asia, Continents
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