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
Area (sq km) Admission Year Connections
Associated With
Has Capital
Source GeoNames: Pontianak
Sources
1. West Kalimantan (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationInfobox: 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.
View the Source Wikidata: West Kalimantan
Wikidata Q3916, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source GeoNames: Pontianak
Has Capital: Pontianak, GeoNames hierarchy and feature codeQuote, Has Capital: Pontianak, GeoNames hierarchy and feature code
Feature code P PPLA
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