Bulungan Regency

Bulungan Regency is a regency of North Kalimantan Province in Indonesia. It covers an area of 13,181.92 km2 and had a population of 112,663 at the 2010 Census[2] and 151,844 at the 2020 Census;[3] the official estimate as at mid 2022 was 157,593 (comprising 84,071 males and 73,522 females).[1] The administrative centre is at Tanjung Selor.

Bulungan Regency
Kabupaten Bulungan (Indonesian)
Regency
Coat of arms of Bulungan Regency
Coat of arms
Motto(s): 
Tenguyun
(Together)
Location of Bulungan Regency in North Kalimantan.
Location of Bulungan Regency in North Kalimantan.
CountryIndonesia
ProvinceNorth Kalimantan
CapitalTanjung Selor
Area
 • Total13,181.92 km2 (5,089.57 sq mi)
Population
 (mid 2022 estimate)
 • Total157,593
 • Density12/km2 (31/sq mi)
 [1]
Time zoneUTC+8 (Central Indonesian Time)
Websitebulungan.go.id

History

The Bulangan Regency was originally co-extensive with what subsequently became the province of North Kalimantan. On 8 October 1997 the town of Tarakan was cut out of the regency to become an independent city. Two years later, on 4 October 1999, the remaining territory of the regency was split to create two additional regencies - Malinau Regency and Nunukan Regency. On 17 July 2007, three more districts (kecamatan) was split from Bulungan Regency to form a new regency, Tana Tidung Regency.[4]

Bulangan Regency had originally been part of the East Kalimantan province, but in 2012 it - together with the areas carved out of it in 1997, 1999 and 2007 - became part of the newly created North Kalimantan province. Tanjung Selor in Bulungan Regency was designated as the province's capital.[5]

Administrative Districts

The regency is divided into ten districts (kecamatan), tabulated below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 Census[2] and the 2020 Census,[3] together with the official estimates as at mid 2022.[1] The table also includes the locations of the district administrative centres, the number of administrative villages in each district (a total of 74 rural desa and 7 urban kelurahan), and its postal codes.

Name of
District
(kecamatan)		Area
in
km2		Pop'n
Census
2010		Pop'n
Census
2020		Pop'n
Estimate
mid 2022		Admin
centre		No.
of
villages		Post
codes
Peso (a)3,142.794,3274,4004,479Long Bia1077261
Peso Hilir
(Lower Peso)		1,639.713,4844,1344,168Long Tungu677262
Tanjung Palas Barat
(West Tanjung Palas)		1,064.515,8326,4166,502Long Beluah577217
Tanjung Palas1,755.7414,03217,55617,884Gunung Putih9 (b)77211;
77214-77216
Tanjung Selor (c)677.7739,43956,56959,172Tanjung Selor Hilir9 (d)77211
& 77212
Tanjung Palas Timur
(East Tanjung Palas)		1,277.818,65118,02019,512Tanah Kuning877215
Tanjung Palas Tengah
(Central Tanjung Palas) (e)		624.957,52711,56712,261Salim Batu377216
Tanjung Palas Utara
(North Tanjung Palas)		806.348,95410,65110,744Karang Agung677218
Sekatak (f)1,993.989,27810,84210,899Sekatak Buji2277263
Bunyu198.3211,13911,68911,972Bunyu Barat377281
Totals13,181.92112,663151,844157,593Tanjung Selor81

Notes: (a) including 5 offshore islands. (b) including 4 kelurahan. (c) including 7 offshore islands.
(d) including 3 kelurahan. (e) including 65 offshore islands. (f) including 10 offshore islands.

Sultan Maulana Mohamad Jalaluddin of Bulungan (1931).

See also

References
  1. Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2023, Kabupaten Bulungan Dalam Angka 2023 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.6501)
  2. Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.
  3. Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.
  4. "UU No. 34 Tahun 2007 tentang Pembentukan Kabupaten Tana Tidung Di Provinsi Kalimantan Timur". peraturan.bpk.go.id (in Indonesian). Audit Board of Indonesia. 2007. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  5. "Sejarah | Kalimantan Utara". kaltaraprov.go.id. Retrieved 31 May 2021.

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