Sambas (town)
Sambas is a town and the regency seat of Sambas Regency (Kabupaten Sambas), on the island of Borneo. Sambas Regency is one of the regencies of West Kalimantan province in Indonesia.
Sambas | |
|---|---|
  Sambas  Sambas | |
| Coordinates: 1°21′45″N 109°18′15″E | |
| Country | Indonesia |
| Province | West Kalimantan |
| Regency | Sambas Regency |
Geography
Sambas town is located on the south side of the Sambas River between 1°11'20" and 1°24'48" north latitude and between 109°09'16" and 109°26'23" east longitude. With an area of 246.66 square kilometres (95.24 sq mi), Sambas town area covers just under 4% of the area of Sambas Regency.[1] The town district had 57,300 inhabitants at the 2020 Census,[2] and increased to 59,000 at the official estimates for mid 2022.[3]
The following are the boundaries of Sambas town:
| North | Teluk Keramat District and Sejangkung District |
| South | Subah District |
| West | Sebawi District |
| East | Subah District |
Climate
Sambas has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) with heavy to very heavy rainfall year-round.
| Climate data for Sambas | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 29.4 (84.9) |
29.6 (85.3) |
30.6 (87.1) |
31.2 (88.2) |
31.7 (89.1) |
31.3 (88.3) |
31.2 (88.2) |
31.0 (87.8) |
31.1 (88.0) |
31.0 (87.8) |
30.6 (87.1) |
30.0 (86.0) |
30.7 (87.3) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 25.9 (78.6) |
26.0 (78.8) |
26.6 (79.9) |
27.0 (80.6) |
27.3 (81.1) |
27.0 (80.6) |
26.8 (80.2) |
26.7 (80.1) |
26.9 (80.4) |
26.9 (80.4) |
26.6 (79.9) |
26.2 (79.2) |
26.7 (80.0) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 22.4 (72.3) |
22.5 (72.5) |
22.6 (72.7) |
22.8 (73.0) |
22.9 (73.2) |
22.7 (72.9) |
22.5 (72.5) |
22.5 (72.5) |
22.7 (72.9) |
22.8 (73.0) |
22.6 (72.7) |
22.5 (72.5) |
22.6 (72.7) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 360 (14.2) |
256 (10.1) |
237 (9.3) |
223 (8.8) |
200 (7.9) |
174 (6.9) |
141 (5.6) |
185 (7.3) |
191 (7.5) |
275 (10.8) |
322 (12.7) |
368 (14.5) |
2,932 (115.6) |
| Source: Climate-Data.org[4] | |||||||||||||
Gallery
Alwatzikhoebillah Palace
Sultan Muhammad Syafi'oeddin II Mosque
Old bridge made by Dutch
Bubur pedas, Sambas cuisine
References
- sambas.go.id Monografi kecamatan Sambas
- Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.
- Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2023.
- "Climate: Sambas". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
External links
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.