North Barito Regency


North Barito Regency is one of the thirteen regencies which divide the Central Kalimantan Province on the island of Kalimantan, Indonesia. It originally included much more of the northern part of the province, but on 10 April 2002 the larger northwestern part of the regency was split off to create a new Murung Raya Regency. Muara Teweh is the capital of North Barito Regency, which covers an area of 10,152.25 km2. The population of North Barito Regency was 121,573 at the 2010 Census and 154,812 at the 2020 Census; the official estimate as at mid 2023 was 160,605.

Administrative districts

At the 2010 Census, North Barito Regency consisted of six districts, but three additional districts were subsequently created by the splitting of existing districts. All nine are tabulated below with their areas and 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
codes
62.05.01Montallat694.6310,60412,14612,271Tumpung Laung II10 73861
62.05.02Gunung Timang1,066.3110,02912,49012,929Kandui1673862
62.05.03Gunung Purei1,435.802,4262,7552,798Lampeong1173871
62.05.04Teweh Timur
921.587,2216,4406,541Benangin I1273881
62.05.05Teweh Tengah
1,144.4069,94158,30861,435Muara Teweh10 73814
62.05.07Teweh Baru808.7022,09623,125Hajak10 73814
62.05.08Teweh Selatan
481.1715,26915,682Trahean1273814
62.05.06Lahei3,219.3921,35213,85714,104Lahei II13 73852
62.05.09Lahei Barat
340.2611,45111,720Benao Hulu1173853
Totals10,152.25121,573154,812160,605Muara Teweh103

Note: comprising 4 kelurahan and 6 desa. including 2 kelurahan.
except the kelurahan of Melayu and the kelurahan of Lanjas.
the 2010 populations of the new Teweh Baru and Teweh Selatan Districts are included in the figure for Teweh Tengah District, from which they were split off.
except the kelurahan of Jambu and the villages of Gandring, Liangbuah and Panaen.
the 2010 population of the new Lahei Barat District is included in the figure for Lahai District, from which it was split off.

Demographics

Religion as of the Indonesia 2010 census:
  • Muslim 71.3%
  • Protestant 11.6%
  • Roman Catholic 5.0%
  • Hindu 0.1%
  • Buddhist 0.0%
  • Confucian 0.0%
  • Other 11.8%
  • Not stated or not asked 0.2%

    Airports

A new airport was built by Muara Teweh for a predicted initial operation in 2013. The airport covers 180 hectares area and will has 2,250 metres length and 30 metres width of runway to accommodate wide body aircraft.
The new airport was built to replace Beringin Airport which cannot be expanded.
Haji Muhammad Sidik Airport is an airport located at Trinsing, South Teweh, North Barito Regency. The airport was inaugurated by Vice President Ma'ruf Amin and Minister of Transportation Budi Karya Sumadi on 30 March 2021.