Tarakan, East Kalimantan

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Tarakan is a city in East Kalimantan province of Indonesia. Located on the island with the same name, Tarakan Island, east of the coast of Borneo, the city comprises 250.80 km² with a population of 169,951 as of 2006.^{[citation needed]}

Tarakan has an airport called Juwata Airport.

[edit] See also

• List of regencies and cities of Indonesia
• Battle of Tarakan (1942)
• Battle of Tarakan (1945)

v • d • e East Kalimantan, Indonesia Capital: Samarinda Regencies Kutai Kartanegara • West Kutai • East Kutai • Pasir • Penajam Paser Utara • Bulungan • Berau • Malinau • Nunukan • Tana Tidung Cities Samarinda • Balikpapan • Bontang • Tarakan Towns Tenggarong • Sendawar • Sangatta • Tanah Grogot • Penajam • Tanjung Selor • Tanjung Redeb Islands Derawan Islands • Sebatik Island • Tarakan Island • Kakaban • Bunyu Airports Sepinggan, Balikpapan • Temindung, Samarinda • Juwata, Tarakan • Berau • Tanjung Harapan, Bulungan • Nunukan • Datadawai • Long Bawan • Long Apung Rivers Mahakam River • Sesayap River • Lawa River Mountains Mount Ilas Bungaan • Mount Ilas Mapulu • Mount Kemul

Coordinates: 3°18′0″N 117°38′0″E / 3.3°N 117.633333°E / 3.3; 117.633333

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