Kutai Kartanegara Regency


Kutai Kartanegara Regency, previously known as the Kutai Regency until 2002, is a regency of East Kalimantan Province, Indonesia. It has a land area of 27,891.13 km2 and a water area of 4,097 km2, geographically located between 1°18′40″S and 116°31′36″E. The population of the regency was 626,286 at the 2010 Census and 729,382 at the 2020 Census; the official estimate as of mid-2024 was 789,767. The town of Tenggarong is the capital of the regency.
The regency includes the middle and lower reaches of the Mahakam River, the longest river in East Kalimantan, including its extensive delta. The city of Samarinda is situated on the river, about 48 km from its mouth; it is an administrative enclave within the regency, which thus contains much of the metropolitan area of Samarinda.
In 2019, President Joko Widodo proclaimed that the new national capital of Indonesia would be built in an area partly in the Kutai Kartanegara Regency and partly in the adjacent Penajam North Paser Regency and that the construction process would set off around 2024.

History

Kutai Kartanegara Regency lies in the historical region of Kutai, home to the first and oldest Hindu kingdom of Indonesia, the Kutai Martadipura Kingdom founded in the 4th century CE by King Kudungga.
From 1953 until 1960, it was known as the Special Region of Kutai which was ruled by the Sultanate of Kutai. Since then, it has been a regency governed by civilian officials instead of the royal family.
It first went under the name Kutai Regency. On 23 March 2002, it was officially renamed to its present name, the Kutai Kartanegara Regency.

Administrative districts

Kutai Kartanegara Regency is divided into twenty districts, tabulated below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 Census and 2020 Census, together with the official estimates as at mid-2024. The newly formed Kota Bangun Darat and Samboja Barat districts were split from Kota Bangun and Samboja districts respectively on 5 March 2021.
The table also includes the locations of the district administrative centres, the number of villages in each district, and its postcode.
Kode
Wilayah		Name of
District
Area
in
km2		Pop'n
Census
2010		Pop'n
Census
2020		Pop'n
Estimate
mid 2024		Admin
centre		No.
of
villages		Post
codes
64.02.01Muara Muntai 946.4317,31519,39620,668Muara Muntai Ilir1375562
64.02.02Loa Kulu 1,614.9639,93851,63958,169Loh Sumber1575571
64.02.03Loa Janan699.0456,07167,47173,917Loa Janan Ulu875391
64.02.04Anggana 1,882.2132,68833,41634,369Sungai Meriam875381
64.02.05Muara Badak 783.1839,83446,65650,582Muara Badak Ulu1375382
64.02.06Tenggarong 358.3496,209106,480112,937Melayu14 75511 - 75517
64.02.07Sebulu599.7036,42040,92543,663Sebulu Ilir1475552
64.02.08Kota Bangun440.3531,29236,65525,368Kota Bangun Ulu1175561
64.02.09Kenohan1,308.479,86111,58812,579Kahala975564
64.02.10Kembang Janggut2,195.2523,81725,81027,153Kembang Janggut1175557
64.02.11Muara Kaman4,235.4733,90945,88552,606Muara Kaman Ulu2075553
64.02.12Tabang8,106.719,90811,45712,360Sidomulyo1975558
64.02.13Samboja284.9354,51566,61742,253Kampung Lama13 75271, 76276,
75277, 75279
64.02.14Muara Jawa 615.7633,92341,56145,850Muara Jawa Ulu8 75261 - 75267
64.02.15Sanga Sanga105.3817,58819,72821,033Sanga Sanga Dalam5 75251 - 75256
64.02.16Tenggarong Seberang 656.7661,44167,87771,942Manunggal Jaya1875572
64.02.17Marang Kayu866.0723,39426,82328,841Sebuntal1175385
64.02.18Muara Wis1,315.788,5579,3989,938Muara Wis775559
64.02.19Kota Bangun Darat459.9014,374Kedang Ipil1075561
64.02.20Samboja Barat
416.4631,165Tani Bhakti10 75271 - 75274
Totals27,891.13626,286729,382789,767Tenggarong237

Notes: includes the offshore island of Pulau Harapan. includes the offshore island of Pulau Jerang.
including 32 offshore islands, and mainly comprising the extensive delta of the Mahakam River.
except the desa of Sidomulyo, which has a postcode of 76131.
including the 6 offshore islands of Pulau Barau, Pulau Berukang, Pulau Jopang, Pulau Lantang Kecil, Pulau Lerong and Pulau Letung.
including the riverine island of Pulau Kumala in the Mahakam River.
comprising 12 urban kelurahan and 2 rural desa.
Samboja district comprises 10 kelurahan and 3 desa.
including 13 offshore islands.
comprises 8 kelurahan.
comprises 5 kelurahan. including the riverine island of Pulau Yupa in the Mahakam River.
included in the figures for Kota Bangun District, from which it was split off in 2021. included in the figures for Samboja District, from which it was split off in 2021.
comprises nine 'kelurahan', plus one rural desa.

Bukit Bangkirai rainforest

Bukit Bangkirai is a 1,500-hectare natural tropical located about 58 kilometres from the city of Balikpapan. Plants of the family Dipterocarpaceae dominate in the area, especially Bangkirai trees growing to 40–50 metres in height. There are over 120 bird species as well as gibbons, macaque monkeys, Maroon leaf monkeys, Banded pigs, and Banggai crows. Black Orchids, among 45 kinds of orchids, are endemic to Bukit Bangkirai.
To visit the forest, visitors can walk along a 64-metre canopy bridge that connects five big Bangkirai trees 30 metres above the ground.

Mangrove information, research center

In 2011, East Kalimantan province developed an 18-hectare plot of land for mangrove information and research center in Sepatin village, in Anggana District, as Bali has done. It will function as a research, exhibition, information, breeding as well as education center on mangroves, especially in the Mahakam Delta.

Smart city

In early 2015 it was announced that part of Kutai Kartanegara Regency had been selected to be a trial 'smart city', the first in Indonesia, based on the Fujisawa Sustainable Smart Town concept. The aim of the SST concept was to reduce emissions by 70 percent and reduce consumption of water by 30 percent. The Kutai Kartanegara area was chosen as a trial area because of good investment growth in the region, the extensive area, relatively moderate levels of population density, effective planning in the area, and rich energy resources.