Ketapang Regency
Kabupaten Ketapang
Regency
Official seal of Ketapang Regency
Seal
Location within West Kalimantan
Location within West Kalimantan
Ketapang Regency is located in Kalimantan
Ketapang Regency
Ketapang Regency
Location in Kalimantan and Indonesia
Ketapang Regency is located in Indonesia
Ketapang Regency
Ketapang Regency
Ketapang Regency (Indonesia)
Coordinates: 1°35′00″S 110°30′00″E / 1.5833°S 110.5000°E / -1.5833; 110.5000
CountryIndonesia
ProvinceWest Kalimantan
CapitalKetapang
Government
 • RegentMartin Rantan
 • Vice RegentSuprapto S
Area
 • Total31,588 km2 (12,196 sq mi)
Population
 (mid 2022 estimate)[1]
 • Total591,917
 • Density19/km2 (49/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+7 (IWST)
Area code(+62) 534
Websiteketapangkab.go.id

Ketapang Regency is a regency in the south of the province of West Kalimantan, on the island of Borneo in Indonesia. Ketapang Regency occupies an area of 31,588 km2, and at the census in 2010 it had 427,460 inhabitants following the splitting off of five districts in the north-west of the regency on 2 January 2007 to form the new North Kayong Regency;[2] the 2020 census revealed a growth in population to 570,657 over the intervening decade;[3] the official estimate as at mid 2022 was 591,917 (comprising 307,868 males and 284,049 females).[1] The principal town lies at Ketapang.

Administrative Districts

Following the splitting off of the five districts to form the North Kayong Regency in January 2007, the Ketapang Regency now consists of twenty 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 includes the locations of the district administrative centres, the number of administrative villages in each district (totaling 253 rural desa and 9 urban kelurahan), and its post code.

Kode
Wilayah		 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
code
61.04.04 Kendawangan 5,859 32,505 57,808 59,337 Kendawangan Kiri 19 78862
61.04.03 Manis Mata 2,912 24,627 34,658 36,630 Manis Mata 22 78864
61.04.02 Marau 1,160 11,901 17,283 17,803 Sukakarya 10 78865
61.04.22 Singkup 227 6,154 8,299 8,700 Sukaraja 8 78866
61.04.21 Air Upas 793 16,620 20,224 20,894 Air Upas 9 78863
61.04.14 Jelai Hulu
(Upper Jelai)		 1,358 15,648 20,596 21,487 Periangan 22 78876
61.04.13 Tumbang Titi 1,198 23,286 28,938 29,861 Tumbang Titi 25 78877
61.04.24 Pemahan 326 4,446 5,781 6,017 Pebihingan 7 78874
61.04.25 Sungai Melayu Rayak 122 11,650 15,036 15,162 Sungai Melayu 11 78875
61.04.12 Matan Hilir Selatan
(South Lower Matan)		 1,813 30,528 40,289 42,056 Pesaguan Kanan 11 78822
61.04.18 Benua Kayong 349 35,165 45,047 46,758 Tuan Tuan 11 (a) 78821
-78822
61.04.01 Matan Hilir Utara
(North Lower Matan)		 720 14,739 19,992 20,324 Kuala Tolak 5 78813
61.04.16 Delta Pawan
(Ketapang town)		 74 71,509 90,634 94,223 Ketapang 9 (b) 78811
-78813
61.04.17 Muara Pawan 611 13,109 18,039 18,984 Sungai Awan Kiri 8 78810
61.04.11 Nanga Tayap 1,728 27,490 36,378 37,996 Nanga Tayap 20 78873
61.04.05 Sandai 1,779 24,474 32,374 33,807 Sandai 13 78870
61.04.19 Hulu Sungai 4,685 11,553 13,884 14,232 Menyumbung 12 78871
61.04.07 Sungai Laur 1,651 16,702 19,248 19,571 Riam Bunut 19 78872
61.04.08 Simpang Hulu
(Upper Simpang)		 3,175 27,847 36,864 38,503 Balai Pinang 15 78850
61.04.20 Simpang Dua 1,048 7,507 9,285 9,572 Semandang Kanan 6 78854
Totals 31,588 427,460 570,657 591,917 Ketapang 262

Notes: (a) including 4 kelurahan. (b) including 5 kelurahan.

References

  1. ^ a b c Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2023, Kabupaten Ketapang Dalam Angka 2023 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.6104)
  2. ^ a b Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.
  3. ^ a b Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.

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