North Hulu Sungai Regency

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North Hulu Sungai Regency
Kabupaten Hulu Sungai Utara
Lambang Kabupaten Hulu Sungai Utara.png
Motto(s): 
Agung
(Great)
Lokasi Kalimantan Selatan Kabupaten Hulu Sungai Utara.svg
Country Indonesia
Province South Kalimantan
Capital Amuntai
Area
  Total
907.72 km2 (350.47 sq mi)
Population
 (mid 2023 estimate)
  Total
233,412
  Density260/km2 (670/sq mi)
  [1]
Time zone UTC+8 (WITA)
Area code +62 527
Website hsu.go.id/web/
Itik Alabio Monument as local mascot. Itik Alabio Monument.jpg
Itik Alabio Monument as local mascot.

North Hulu Sungai Regency (Sungai means "River" and Hulu means "Upper" in Indonesian) is one of the regencies in the Indonesian province of South Kalimantan. It was created on 26 June 1959 from the trifurcation of the original Hulu Sungai Regency and formerly covered a much larger area in the north of the province, but on 14 July 1965 the northern districts were split off to create a separate Tabalong Regency, and on 25 February 2003 the eastern districts were split off to create a separate Balangan Regency. It now has a land area of 907.72 km2, and had a population of 209,246 at the 2010 Census [2] and 226,727 at the 2020 Census; [3] the official estimate as of mid-2023 was 233,412 (comprising 116,900 males and 116,512 females). [1] The capital of the regency is the town of Amuntai.

Contents

Administrative districts

North Hulu Sungai Regency is divided into ten districts (kecamatan), listed below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 Census [2] and 2020 Census, [3] together with the official estimates as of mid-2023. [1] The table includes the locations of the district administrative centres, the number of administrative villages in each district (a total of 214 rural desa and 5 urban kelurahan - the latter all in Amuntai Tengah District), and its postcode.

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
63.08.01Danau Panggang136.2419,59320,51421,056Danau Panggang1671453
63.08.09Paminggir192.777,3778,0008,238Paminggir771451
63.08.02Babirik82.0117,83319,40220,054Babirik2371454
63.08.03Sungai Pandan
(Pandan River)
59.9225,90527,63928,827Alabio3371455
63.08.10Sungai Tabukan
(Tabukan River)
22.2513,80114,82815,350Sungai Tabukan1771456
63.08.04Amuntai Selatan
(South Amuntai)
149.9926,46630,15331,243Telaga Silaba3071452
63.08.05Amuntai Tengah
(Central Amuntai)
77.0947,96150,60951,504Amuntai29 (a)71412
-71419
63.08.07Banjang110.6416,18518,69318,825Banjang2071416
63.08.06 Amuntai Utara
(North Amuntai)
37.8519,95520,51021,433Teluk Daun2671471
63.08.08Haur Gading38.9614,17016,37916,882Sungai Limas1871472
Totals907.72209,246226,727233,412Amuntai219

Note: (a) including the 5 kelurahan of Antasari, Kebun Sari, Murung Sari, Paliwara and Sungai Malang.

Climate

Amuntai has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) with moderate rainfall from July to September and heavy rainfall in the remaining months.

Climate data for Amuntai
MonthJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecYear
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)29.6
(85.3)
30.1
(86.2)
30.4
(86.7)
30.8
(87.4)
30.9
(87.6)
30.5
(86.9)
30.6
(87.1)
31.2
(88.2)
31.4
(88.5)
31.5
(88.7)
30.7
(87.3)
30.1
(86.2)
30.6
(87.2)
Daily mean °C (°F)26.1
(79.0)
26.4
(79.5)
26.6
(79.9)
26.9
(80.4)
27.1
(80.8)
26.5
(79.7)
26.4
(79.5)
26.7
(80.1)
26.9
(80.4)
27.1
(80.8)
26.7
(80.1)
26.5
(79.7)
26.7
(80.0)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)22.6
(72.7)
22.8
(73.0)
22.9
(73.2)
23.1
(73.6)
23.3
(73.9)
22.6
(72.7)
22.2
(72.0)
22.3
(72.1)
22.5
(72.5)
22.7
(72.9)
22.8
(73.0)
22.9
(73.2)
22.7
(72.9)
Average rainfall mm (inches)274
(10.8)
273
(10.7)
248
(9.8)
217
(8.5)
193
(7.6)
133
(5.2)
122
(4.8)
97
(3.8)
113
(4.4)
135
(5.3)
233
(9.2)
300
(11.8)
2,338
(91.9)
Source: Climate-Data.org [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2024, Kabupaten Hulu Sungai Utara Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.6308)
  2. 1 2 Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.
  3. 1 2 Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.
  4. "Climate: Amuntai". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 24 November 2020.

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