Bengalon

Bengalon is an administrative district within East Kutai Regency, in East Kalimantan Province of Indonesia. According to the 2010 census, Bengalon was inhabited by 22,698 people, which rose to 45,314 at the 2020 Census, but fell back to 44,397 in mid 2024 according to the official estimates.
Bengalon was formed on 16 July 1999 from the northern parts of Sangatta. It is the location of the Bengalon coal mine. The administrative centre is in the village of Sepaso.

Etymology

There are several theories surrounding the origin of place name Bengalon:

From a local corruption of the word bungalow, a type of house;
from Bungalo Mengkaying, the place where Mahaputri Indra Perwati Dewi and Aji Batara Agung Paduka Nira were married; or
from bengalon, the name of a tree or fruit, abundant along the Bengalon river.
Governance

Bengalon is divided into the following eleven villages :

Lubuktutung is the port for the export of coal, brought in from Sepaso by a new heavy duty railway to the Bengalon Coal Handling Facility.