West Kalimantan is a province of Indonesia, located on the island of Borneo and beribukotakan Pontianak. The total area of West Kalimantan Province is 146 807 km ² ( 7.53% of Indonesia) . It is the fourth largest province after Papua , East Kalimantan and Central Kalimantan . [ 4 ]
West Kalimantan is one area that could be dubbed the province " Thousand Rivers " . The
nickname is aligned with the geographical conditions that have hundreds
of large and small rivers which can and often navigable. Several
large rivers is still a pulse and the main line for hinterland
transportation, although the road infrastructure has been able to
reach most of the districts .
West
Kalimantan overland borders with the state of Sarawak, Malaysia. Although a small portion of West Kalimantan is the sea , but West
Kalimantan has dozens of large and small islands ( mostly uninhabited )
are scattered throughout Karimata Strait and Natuna Sea bordering region of Riau Islands province .
The
number of inhabitants in the province of West Kalimantan according to
the 2004 census amounts to 4,073,304 inhabitants ( 1.85 % of
Indonesia's population ).
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