North Kalimantan

This article is about an Indonesian province. For the historical proposed political entity, see North Borneo Federation.

North Kalimantan Kalimantan Utara
—  Province  —
Country	Indonesia
Capital	Tanjung Selor
Government
• Acting Governor	Irianto Lambrie
Area
• Total	71,176.72 km2 (27,481.49 sq mi)
Population (2013)
• Total	738,163
• Density	Bad rounding here10/km2 (Bad rounding here27/sq mi)
Demographics
• Ethnic groups	Tidung, Bulungan, Banjar, Dayak and Tausūg
• Religion
• Languages	Indonesian (official), Tidung, and Dayak
Time zone	WITA (UTC+8)

North Kalimantan (Indonesian: Kalimantan Utara) is a province of Indonesia. It is located in the Kalimantan region on the island of Borneo island. The province has a population of approximately 525,000 according to the 2010 census.^{[citation needed]}

North Kalimantan borders Sabah to the north and Sarawak to the west.

Formed on 25 October 2012, it is the newest province in Indonesia. It covers 71,177 square kilometres. The province's territory was previously part of East Kalimantan.

Transport

Tarakan Airport on the eponymous island serves the province, as well as an international ferry port with services to Malaysia from Tawau. There are no international land crossings – entrance into the mainland of the province is by ferry from Tarakan or by road from the south. Large stretches of the roads in this province are of unpaved muddy ditches.

Administration

North Kalimantan is divided into 4 regencies and 1 city.

Name	Area (km2)	Population 2005 estimate	Population 2013 estimate	Capital
Bulungan Regency		135,915	153,322	Tanjung Selor
Malinau Regency		49,517	82,460	Malinau
Nunukan Regency		109,773	181,567	Nunukan
Tana Tidung Regency		22,503	30,841	Tideng Pale
Tarakan Island		155,716	289,973	Tarakan City
Totals		473,424	738,163	Tanjung Selor