East Barito Regency

East Barito Regency is one of the thirteen regencies which comprise the Central Kalimantan Province on the island of Kalimantan, Indonesia. It was formed on 10 April 2002 from districts which were formerly part of South Barito Regency. The town of Tamiang Layang is the capital of East Barito Regency, which covers an area of 3,834 km². The population of the Regency was 97,372 at the 2010 Census and 113,229 at the 2020 Census; the official estimate as at mid 2023 was 117,312.

Administrative districts

East Barito Regency consists of ten districts, tabulated below with their areas and their population totals from the 2010 Census and the 2020 Census, together with the official estimates as at mid 2023. The table also includes the locations of the district administrative centres, the number of administrative villages in each district, and its postal codes.

Kode Wilayah	Name of District	Area in km²	Pop'n Census 2010	Pop'n Census 2020	Pop'n Estimate mid 2023	Admin centre	No. of villages	Post code
62.13.02	Benua Lima	258.0	6,071	6,336	6,474	Taniran	7	73661
62.13.01	Dusun Timur	867.7	21,323	28,144	30,163	Tamiang Layang	17	73612 - 73618
62.13.07	Paju Epat	664.3	3,990	6,270	6,794	Telang	9	73617
62.13.04	Awang	203.0	5,587	6,101	6,189	Hayaping	11	73681
62.13.03	Patangkep Tutui	255.0	7,225	7,001	7,048	Bentot	10	73671
62.13.05	Dusun Tengah	371.0	22,578	24,458	24,752	Ampah Kota	8	73652
62.13.08	Raren Batuah	186.0	7,603	8,327	8,454	Unsum	9	73655
62.13.09	Paku	272.0	7,554	8,686	8,944	Tampa	12	73654
62.13.10	Karusen Janang	178.0	4,194	5,312	5,625	Dayu	7	73650
62.13.06	Pematang Karau	579.0	11,247	12,594	12,869	Bambulung	13	73653
	Totals	3,834.0	97,372	113,229	117,312	Tamiang Layang	103

Note: including one kelurahan - the district admin centre. the village of Magantis has a postcode of 73612, Matabu of 73613, Dorong of 73614, Harang of 73615, while seven villages share 73617 and six villages share 73618.

Climate

Tamiang Layang has a tropical rainforest climate with heavy rainfall from October to June and moderate rainfall from July to September.

Demographics

As of 2022, the total population of East Barito regency is 115,406 people. The population density of East Barito is roughly 30.10 people/km². The sex ratio in this regency is 105 which can be translated as there are 105 male population for a 100 female one. East Barito is one of the most diverse regencies of Central Kalimantan in terms of religious adherence. This regency is not overwhelmingly Muslim majority and it has the second highest percentage of Christian population in Central Kalimantan after Gunung Mas Regency.