Pemangkat
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Coordinates: 1°10′36″N 108°57′45″E / 1.1768°N 108.9624°E Pemangkat is a small town in West Kalimantan, Indonesia. It located northwest of the provincial capital of Pontianak.
[edit] Demographic
In the center of Pemangkat, most of the population are Hakka and Teochew Chinese.
[edit] Geography
Pemangkat has a famous temple which located in the Elephant mount (Indonesian: Gunung Gajah) hill named Hakka: Shin Mu Nyong. This temple is built as the worship place to the God that Chinese locals believe protecting fishermans when sailing out on the sea. This small town still hold many traditional Chinese culture that can be rarely seen in another places. It has a lot of natural resorts such as Selindung waterfall, Tanjung Batu beach and Sinam beach.
Church of Saint Joseph, Pemangkat [1]
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People who hailed from Pemangkat is commonly referred to as Pangkatnyin.
