Administration
East Kalimantan was divided into 10 regencies and 4 cities. Tarakan and 4 regencies split off to form North Kalimantan. The new area is 133,357.62 square km, with the balance of 3,026,060 for the 2010 census (retroactively).
| Name | Area (km2) | Population 2005 estimate |
Population 2010 Census |
Capital |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paser Regency | 11,603.94 | 174,420 | 231,593 | Tanah Grogot |
| North Penajam Paser Regency (Penajam Paser Utara) |
3,333.06 | 120,508 | 142,693 | Penajam |
| Balikpapan City | 503.30 | 469,884 | 559,196 | Balikpapan |
| West Kutai Regency (Kutai Barat) |
33,052.00 | 151,227 | 165,934 | Sendawar |
| Kutai Kartanegara Regency | 27,263.10 | 490,607 | 626,286 | Tenggarong |
| Samarinda City | 574,439 | 726,223 | Samarinda | |
| Bontang City | 497.57 | 120,348 | 140,787 | Bontang |
| East Kutai Regency (Kutai Timur) |
35,747.50 | 174,018 | 253,904 | Sangatta |
| Berau Regency | 34,127.47 | 148,437 | 179,444 | Tanjung Redeb |
| Malinau Regency | 49,517 | 62,423 | Malinau | |
| Bulungan Regency | 135,915 | 113,045 | Tanjung Selor | |
| Tana Tidung Regency | 22,503 | 15,147 | Tideng Pale | |
| Tarakan City | 155,716 | 193,069 | Tarakan | |
| Nunukan Regency | 109,773 | 140,842 | Nunukan | |
| Totals | 2,840,874 | 3,550,586 | Samarinda |
On the 22nd of October 2012, the Indonesian House of Representatives agreed to the creation of a new province named North Kalimantan out of the 4 regencies in East Kalimantan, namely Malinau Regency, Nunukan Regency, Tana Tidung Regency, Bulungan Regency, and 1 city, Tarakan.
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