East Balikpapan


East Balikpapan is a district in the city of Balikpapan, East Kalimantan, Indonesia. There area of this district is 92.42 km2 in water, and in land an area is 137.158 km2. East Balikpapan is bordered by Kutai Kartanegara Regency to the North, by the Makassar Strait to the South and East, and by North Balikpapan district to the West.

History

East Balikpapan was established on 11 June 1996, after being split off from the eastern part of South Balikpapan district.

Economics

Tourism

There are contains numerous popular tourist spots, both modern historical & modern. These include Japanese Soldier Tomb Monument, Teritip Crocodile Breeding Zoo and the popular beach like as Manggar Segarasari Beach and Lamaru Beach.

Agricultural

Apart from being known for its coastal area, there is the center for agricultural food in Teritip subdistrict. In agriculture, Papaya is one of the most commonly cultivated fruits and cultivates vegetable horticulture. In addition, there are poultry raising that is sufficient to meet food needs. In the Gunung Binjai area, there are extensive zalacca plantations. Not only agriculture, this district has production, processing and marketing centers for fishery commodities in Manggar and Manggar Baru subdistricts.

Manufactures

Some multinational corporations operate in East Balikpapan district. Companies including Baker Hughes, Halliburton, Schlumberger, Thiess, Komatsu, Elnusa and Weatherford International use Manggar subdistricts as their base of operations in the region, and several others also attract many people to work in this area.

Government

In military, there are contains Depo of Vocational Education Military is a school founded by the Main Regiment of Army Military Command VI/Mulawarman was operated in Manggar Baru subdistrict and Dhomber Airfield is a base belonging to the air force located in Manggar subdistrict. Another the public government are office Police Sector in Lamaru subdistrict, and Community Health Centers and Office District in Manggar subdistrict.

Sport

Batakan Stadium is a football stadium in Manggar subdistrict. The stadium hosts Liga 2 club Persiba Balikpapan and has a capacity of 40,000.

Administrative divisions

East Balikpapan is divided into 4 administrative sub-districts:

Infrastructure

Historical architecture

  • Japanese Soldier Tomb Monument ''''

Nature and park

  • Teritip Crocodile Breeding Zoo '
  • Manggar Segarasari Beach '
  • Lamaru Beach '
  • Batakan Beach '
  • Serumpun Beach '
  • Surya Hill Recreational Park '
  • Mangrove Forest Hall Barnacle Conservation '
  • Alpha Hill '
  • Lamaru Mirror Lake ''''

Educations