Banjarmasin
Jl.Lambung Mangkurat, a street in Banjarmasin city
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Nickname: Kota Seribu Sungai (Indonesian: City of A Thousand Rivers)
Motto: Kayuh Baimbai (Banjarese: 'Rowing Together')
Banjarmasin
Coordinates: 3°20′″S 114°35′″E / Expression error: Unexpected / operator, Expression error: Unexpected / operator
Province	South Kalimantan
Country	Indonesia
Government
- Mayor	H.A. Yudhi Wahyuni
Area
- City	72 km²  (27.8 sq mi)
Population (2004)
- City	572,300
- Density	7,949/km² (20,587.8/sq mi)
Time zone	WITA (UTC+8)
Website: www.banjarmasin.go.id

Banjarmasin is the capital of South Kalimantan, Indonesia. It is located at 3°20′S, 114°35′E, on a delta island near the junction of the Barito and Martapura rivers. As a result, Banjarmasin is sometimes called the "River City". Its population is about 444,000 (1991), making it the forth largest city on Borneo.^{[citation needed]} Image File history File links Metadata No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... This article or section seems to contain too many examples (or of a poor quality) for an encyclopedia entry. ... A motto (from Italian) is a phrase or a short list of words meant formally to describe the general motivation or intention of an entity, social group, or organization. ... Banjar (or Banjarese) is the name of a Malay ethnic group which consists of a majority of people now living in the vicinity of the city of Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan, Indonesia, the biggest city on the island of Borneo. ... Image File history File links Indonesia_blank_map. ... Image File history File links Red_pog. ... Categories: Indonesia geography stubs | Provinces of Indonesia ... Area is a physical quantity expressing the size of a part of a surface. ... Square kilometre (U.S. spelling: square kilometer), symbol km², is a decimal multiple of SI unit of surface area square metre, one of the SI derived units. ... A square mile is an English unit of area equal to that of a square with sides each 1 statute mile (≈1,609 m) in length. ... Population density by country, 2006 Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. ... Timezone and TimeZone redirect here. ... In Indonesia, the keeping of standard time is divided into three time zones: Indonesian Western Standard Time (Indonesian: Waktu Indonesia Barat/WIB) (UTC+7) WIB is observed in islands of Sumatra, Java, provinces of West Kalimantan and Central Kalimantan Indonesian Central Standard Time (Waktu Indonesia Tengah/WITA) (UTC+8) WITA... -12 | -11 | -10 | -9:30 | -9 | -8 | -7 | -6 | -5 | -4 | -3:30 | -3 | -2:30 | -2 | -1 | -0:25 | UTC (0) | +0:20 | +0:30 | +1 | +2 | +3 | +3:30 | +4 | +4:30 | +4:51 | +5 | +5:30 | +5:40 | +5:45 | +6 | +6:30 | +7 | +7:20 | +7... Categories: Indonesia geography stubs | Provinces of Indonesia ... Nile River delta, as seen from Earth orbit. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... 1991 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Kalimantan. ...

Banjarmasin is served by the Syamsudin Noor Airport, which is located about 25 km outside the town. The town is also served by a port, named Pelabuhan Trisakti Banjarmasin. A fairly important deepwater port, Pelabuhan Trisakti Banjarmasin is the trade center of the Barito basin; exports include rubber, pepper, timber, petroleum, coal, gold, and diamonds. Passenger ships and ferries to and from Java also carry their operation here. This does not cite any references or sources. ... Binomial name Piper nigrum L. Black pepper (Piper nigrum) is a flowering vine in the family Piperaceae, cultivated for its fruit, which is usually dried and used as a spice and seasoning. ... Timber in storage for later processing at a sawmill Timber is a term used to describe wood, either standing or that has been processed for use—from the time trees are felled, to its end product as a material suitable for industrial use—as structural material for construction or wood... Pumpjack pumping an oil well near Lubbock, Texas Ignacy Łukasiewicz - inventor of the refining of kerosene from crude oil. ... Coal Coal (IPA: ) is a fossil fuel formed in swamp ecosystems where plant remains were saved by water and mud from oxidization and biodegradation. ... GOLD refers to one of the following: GOLD (IEEE) is an IEEE program designed to garner more student members at the university level (Graduates of the Last Decade). ... This article is about the gemstone. ...

The city is laced with flood-prone waterways, and many houses are built on rafts or stilts over the water. Many of such waterways are also used for travel, using relatively small rowboats (only major rivers are accessible by larger speedboats, tugboats, longboats, and barges).

History

Nan Serunai was an ancient kingdom in South Kalimantan, but soon it was replaced by Buddhist kingdom of Tanjungpuri. In the fourteenth century, Banjarmasin was part of the Hindu kingdom of Negara Dipa and Negara Daha respectfully, a vessel of Majapahit. But Pangeran Samudera converted to become a Muslimin the fifteenth century, and Banjarese people became muslims ever since. The Dutch opened trade there in 1606. The British controlled the city for several brief periods, and in 1787 it became a Dutch protectorate. A replica of an ancient statue found among the ruins of a temple at Sarnath Buddhism is a philosophy based on the teachings of the Buddha, Siddhārtha Gautama, a prince of the Shakyas, whose lifetime is traditionally given as 566 to 486 BCE. It had subsequently been accepted by... Hinduism (known as in modern Indian languages[1]) is a religious tradition[2] that originated in the Indian subcontinent. ... Negara Daha now is a under district of Regency of Hulu Sungai Selatan, Province of South Kalimantan, Republic of Indonesia. ... The Majapahit Empire was based in eastern Java and ruled much of the southern Malay Peninsula, Borneo, Sumatra, and Bali from about 1293 to around 1500. ... For people named Islam, see Islam (name). ...

The Hikayat Banjar is the chronicle of Banjarmasin. This text, also called the History of Lambung Mangkurat, contains the history of the kings of Banjar and of Kota Waringin in South-east and South Borneo respectively. The Hikayat Banjar is the Malay chronicle of Banjarmasin. ...

Local Places of Interest

The Sabilal Muhtadin Mosque, located along the Martapura riverfront, is a major landmark in the city. Built in 1980, the mosque could accommodate thousands of worshippers on Friday prayers. A state university (Universitas Lambung Mangkurat, UNLAM) is also located in the town.

A floating marketplace, where buyers and sellers visit by boat, is located on the western outskirts of town. It is one of the two such marketplace in Southeast Asia, the other one located in Thailand . A marketplace is the space, actual or metaphorical, in which a market operates. ...

A famous local dish is "soto banjar", a kind of a spicy soup usually served with lime. Another notable local dish is "Ketupat Kandangan", a ketupat dish with coconut milk soup (can be served with either chicken or snakehead meat). Ketupat is a type of dumpling from Malaysia and Indonesia made from rice that has been wrapped in a woven palm leaf pouch which is then boiled. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Genera Channa Parachanna Channidae is a family of freshwater perciform fish commonly known as snakeheads, and is native to Africa and Asia. ...

See also

• Bandar

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External links

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• Maps and aerial photos for 3°19′12″S 114°35′26″E / -3.32, 114.5906Coordinates: 3°19′12″S 114°35′26″E / -3.32, 114.5906
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• Official website
• Banjarmasin travel guide from Wikitravel

Reference

• Eliot, Joshua (1998). Indonesia handbook. Bath: Footprint Handbooks Ltd.

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