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Palangkaraya is the capital city of the Central Kalimantan province of Indonesia. The population of the municipality is 160,018 (2000 census). Map of Indonesia showing Central Kalimantan province Central Kalimantan (Indonesian: Kalimantan Tengah often abbreviated to Kalteng) is a province of Indonesia, one of four in Kalimantan - the Indonesian part of the island of Borneo. ... This article is in need of attention. ...
The city, along with other parts of central Kalimantan (such as the town of Sampit), was the site of ethnic violence between the indigenous Dayak people and Madurese immigrants in February and March of 2001. Several thousand Madurese, who had moved to Kalimantan as long as twenty years earlier, were evacuated to other islands to escape the violence. The Dayak (or Dyak) are indigenous natives of Borneo. ... Madura is an Indonesian island off the northeastern coast of Java, near the port of Surabaya. ...
Coordinates: 2°12′S 113°50′E Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...
Palangkaraya is the province capital of Central Kalimantan and situated in the upstream region of the Kahayan river In the local Dayak language, Palangkaraya means a holy container.
Palangkaraya can easily be reached from Jakarta, Banjarmasin, Samarinda, Balikpapan and other points of the island by air.
Kualakapuas is the capital of the Kapuas regency, south of Palangkaraya, on the Kapuas river 40 kilometers from Banjarmasin.
Tahun 1959, Palangkaraya betul-betul masih berupa hutan, dipenuhi pepohonan besar," kata sesepuh masyarakat Kalimantan Tengah Sabran Achmad di Palangkaraya, Kamis (20/7).
Palangkaraya tepat berada di titik tengah garis imajiner yang ditarik dari kota Sabang di Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam (paling barat) ke kota Merauke, Pulau Papua (paling timur), juga tepat di tengah-tengah garis yang ditarik ke utara dan selatan melalui Palangkaraya.
Selain itu, kata Wijanarka, ada beberapa unsur lain yang dimiliki Palangkaraya sehingga kota itu dipandang ideal sebagai calon ibu kota negara.
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