East Barito Regency (Indonesian: Kabupaten Barito Timur) is one of the thirteen regencies which comprise the Central Kalimantan Province on the island of Kalimantan (Borneo), Indonesia. It was formed on 10 April 2002 from districts which were formerly part of South Barito Regency. The town of Tamiang Layang is the capital of East Barito Regency, which covers an area of 3,834km2. The population of the Regency was 97,372 at the 2010 Census[2] and 113,229 at the 2020 Census;[3] the official estimate as at mid 2023 was 117,312 (comprising 60,032 males and 57,280 females).[1]
East Barito Regency consists of ten districts (kecamatan), tabulated below with their areas and their population totals from the 2010 Census[2] and the 2020 Census,[3] together with the official estimates as at mid 2023.[1] The table also includes the locations of the district administrative centres, the number of administrative villages in each district (a total of 100 rural desa and 3 urban kelurahan), and its postal codes.
Kode Wilayah
Name of District (kecamatan)
Area in km2
Pop'n Census 2010
Pop'n Census 2020
Pop'n Estimate mid 2023
Admin centre
No. of villages
Post code
62.13.02
Benua Lima
258.0
6,071
6,336
6,474
Taniran
7 (a)
73661
62.13.01
Dusun Timur (East Dusun)
867.7
21,323
28,144
30,163
Tamiang Layang
17 (a)
73612 - 73618 (b)
62.13.07
Paju Epat
664.3
3,990
6,270
6,794
Telang
9
73617
62.13.04
Awang
203.0
5,587
6,101
6,189
Hayaping
11
73681
62.13.03
Patangkep Tutui
255.0
7,225
7,001
7,048
Bentot
10
73671
62.13.05
Dusun Tengah (Central Dusun)
371.0
22,578
24,458
24,752
Ampah Kota
8 (a)
73652
62.13.08
Raren Batuah
186.0
7,603
8,327
8,454
Unsum
9
73655
62.13.09
Paku
272.0
7,554
8,686
8,944
Tampa
12
73654
62.13.10
Karusen Janang
178.0
4,194
5,312
5,625
Dayu
7
73650
62.13.06
Pematang Karau
579.0
11,247
12,594
12,869
Bambulung
13
73653
Totals
3,834.0
97,372
113,229
117,312
Tamiang Layang
103
Note: (a) including one kelurahan - the district admin centre. (b) the village of Magantis has a postcode of 73612, Matabu of 73613, Dorong of 73614, Harang of 73615, while seven villages share 73617 and six villages share 73618.
Climate
Tamiang Layang has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) with heavy rainfall from October to June and moderate rainfall from July to September.
As of 2022, the total population of East Barito regency is 115,406 people. The population density of East Barito is roughly 30.10 people/km2. The sex ratio in this regency is 105 which can be translated as there are 105 male population for a 100 female one. East Barito is one of the most diverse regencies of Central Kalimantan in terms of religious adherence. This regency is not overwhelmingly Muslim majority and it has the second highest percentage of Christian population in Central Kalimantan after Gunung Mas Regency.[1]
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