Kuala Pembuang
Kuala Pembuang is the capital, administrative center, and economic center of Seruyan Regency, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia. Initially, Kuala Pembuang was a sub-district before being divided into two sub-districts, namely Kuala Pembuang I and Kuala Pembuang II.
Kuala Pembuang is known to be rich in natural resources and has beautiful natural scenery. Thus, this city has many places of interest to tourists. Even so, the development of this city is still constrained by limited funds.
Geography
Kuala Pembuang is located south of the Seruyan river. The city's coordinates are at 3.3874° South Latitude and 112°.5434 East Longitude. Administratively, this city is located in Seruyan Hilir District. This town is located to the southwest of Palangka Raya, the capital city of Central Kalimantan with the distance about ±370 km. The total area of this town is approximately 123.1 km² which makes it roughly 0.75% of the total area of Seruyan Regency.Kuala Pembuang is located on the banks of Seruyan River and is very adjacent to the river's estuary into Java Sea. This town is also situated on the lowlands of the southern coast of Central Kalimantan with the altitude being somewhere between 1 and 15 metres above sea level. As other towns and cities in Borneo, this town experiences tropical rainforest climate with high amount of precipitation most of the year, constantly high humidity, and persistent warm-to-hot temperature.
History
Samudin
Several local oral traditions mention Datuk Samudin as the first person to occupy the area around Sungai Perlu and opened access to Kuala Pembuang and established settlements there. For the people of Seruyan Hilir, Samudin is a respected person and they regard him as an ancestor.Sultanate of Banjar
Pembuang is one of the oldest settlements in Seruyan Regency, the name of this area has already been mentioned in the Hikayat Banjar whose last part was written in 1663. The name of Pembuang was given by Prince Dipati Anta-Kasuma son of the 4th Sultan of Banjar Mustain Billah, because originally the place was going to be the capital of the kingdom to be founded by him, but then it was canceled.In 1878, Tahmidullah II of Banjar handed over Pembuang and its surroundings to the Dutch East India Company. This area was made an Onderdistrict of the Dutch East Indies under the name Pemboewan District.
1905, The Pemboewan government with its capital in Pembuang Hulu was moved to Kuala Pembuang, due to its strategic location on the south coast, especially for government, transportation and the economic activities at that time.
Under Seruyan Administration
Seruyan District Government in 1946. The Pemboewan government was changed to a sub-district with the name Seruyan sub-district with its capital city being Kuala Pembuang.In 2002, the Seruyan District Government was changed to Seruyan Regency with the capital city at Kuala Pembuang. Temporary Officer, Loper Anggus.
In 2003, Darwan Ali was elected as the first regent of Seruyan Regency. He then carried out construction in the Seruyan Regency area, especially the capital, Kuala Pembuang.