South_kalimantan

South Kalimantan
Kalimantan Selatan

Motto: Waja Sampai Ka Puting (Banjarese): "Spirit as strong as steel, from the start until the end"
Capital	Banjarmasin
Governor	Drs. H. Rudi Arifin
Area	36,985 km² (14,280 sq mi)
Population	3,054,129  (2002)
Density	82.6/km² (213.9/sq mi)
Ethnic groups	Banjarese (76%), Javanese (13%), Bugis(12%) INDONESIA: Population and Administrative Divisions. The Permanent Committee on Geographical Names (2003).
Religion	Islam (89%), Christianity (1.2%), Buddhism (0.42%), Hinduism (0.11%)
Languages	Indonesian (official), Banjarese
Time zone	WITA (UTC+8)
Web site	http://www.kalsel.go.id

South Kalimantan (Indonesian: Kalimantan Selatan often abbreviated to Kalsel) is a province of Indonesia. It is one of four Indonesian provinces in Kalimantan - the Indonesian part of the island of Borneo. The provincial capital is Banjarmasin.

The province has a population of 2.97 million (2000 census).

Regencies

There are 11 regencies in South Kalimantan as listed below with their capitals:

• Balangan (Paringin)
• Banjar (Martapura)
• Barito Kuala (Marabahan)
• Hulu Sungai Selatan (Kandangan)
• Hulu Sungai Tengah (Barabai)
• Hulu Sungai Utara (Amuntai)
• Kota Baru (Kotabaru)
• Tabalong (Tanjung)
• Tanah Bumbu (Batulicin)
• Tanah Laut (Pleihari)
• Tapin (Rantau)

Administrative cities: Banjarbaru

History

Initially South Kalimantan was part of Central Kalimantan during early days of the Indonesian independence. However, due to the government\'s policy of migrating a lot of people from Java island to Kalimantan, there were religious clashes occurred between the Javanese immigrant who are mostly Muslims with the local Dayak people who are mostly Christians. Due to this problem, the government had to separate Central Kalimantan become two provinces of Central Kalimantan of Christian Dayak majority and South Kalimantan where most of the Muslim Javanese immigrants reside.

References

v • d • e Provinces of Indonesia
Sumatra	Aceh · North Sumatra · West Sumatra · Bengkulu · Riau · Riau Islands · Jambi · South Sumatra · Lampung · Bangka-Belitung Islands
Java	Jakarta · West Java · Banten · Central Java · Yogyakarta · East Java
Kalimantan	West Kalimantan · Central Kalimantan · South Kalimantan · East Kalimantan
Lesser Sunda Islands	Bali · West Nusa Tenggara · East Nusa Tenggara
Sulawesi	West Sulawesi · North Sulawesi · Central Sulawesi · South Sulawesi · South East Sulawesi · Gorontalo
Maluku Islands and New Guinea	Maluku · North Maluku · West Papua · Papua

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Coordinates: 2°30′S, 115°30′E

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