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| Capital | Banjarmasin |
| Governor | Drs. H. Rudi Arifin |
| Area | 36,985 km2 (14,280 sq mi) |
| Population | 3,054,129 (2002) |
| Density | 82.6 /km² (214 /sq mi) |
| Ethnic groups | Banjarese (76%), Javanese (13%), Bugis(12%) [1] |
| Religion | Islam (89%), Christianity (1.2%), Buddhism (0.42%), Hinduism (0.11%) |
| Languages | Indonesian (official), Banjarese |
| Time zone | WITA (UTC+8) |
| Web site | http://www.kalsel.go.id |
South Kalimantan (Indonesian: Kalimantan Selatan often abbreviated to Kalsel) is a province of Indonesia. It is one of four Indonesian provinces in Kalimantan - the Indonesian part of the island of Borneo. The provincial capital is Banjarmasin.
The province has a population of 2.97 million (2000 census).
Regencies
There are 11 regencies in South Kalimantan as listed below with their capitals:
- Balangan (Paringin)
- Banjar (Martapura)
- Barito Kuala (Marabahan)
- Hulu Sungai Selatan (Kandangan)
- Hulu Sungai Tengah (Barabai)
- Hulu Sungai Utara (Amuntai)
- Kota Baru (Kotabaru)
- Tabalong (Tanjung)
- Tanah Bumbu (Batulicin)
- Tanah Laut (Pleihari)
- Tapin (Rantau)
Administrative cities: Banjarbaru
History
Initially South Kalimantan was part of Central Kalimantan during early days of the Indonesian independence. However, due to the government's policy of migrating a lot of people from Java island to Kalimantan, there were religious clashes occurred between the Javanese immigrant who are mostly Muslims with the local Dayak people who are mostly Christians. Due to this problem, the government had to separate Central Kalimantan become two provinces of Central Kalimantan of Christian Dayak majority and South Kalimantan where most of the Muslim Javanese immigrants reside.
References
- ^ "INDONESIA: Population and Administrative Divisions". The Permanent Committee on Geographical Names (2003).
