South Kalimantan

South Kalimantan
Kalimantan Selatan

Motto: Waja Sampai Ka Puting (Banjarese): "Spirit as strong as steel, from the start until the end"
Capital	Banjarmasin
Governor	Drs. H. Rudi Arifin
Area	36,985 km² (14,280 sq mi)
Population	3,054,129  (2002)
Density	82.6/km² (213.9/sq mi)
Ethnic groups	Banjarese (76%),Bugis(12%),Javanese (13%) [1]
Religion	Islam (89%), Protestant and Roman Catholic (1.2%), Buddhism (0.42%), Hindu (0.11%)
Languages	Banjarese, Indonesian
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

References

•  • e Provinces of Indonesia
Sumatra	Aceh · North Sumatra · West Sumatra · Bengkulu · Riau · Riau Islands · Jambi · South Sumatra · Lampung · Bangka-Belitung Islands
Java	Jakarta · West Java · Banten · Central Java · Yogyakarta · East Java
Kalimantan	West Kalimantan · Central Kalimantan · South Kalimantan · East Kalimantan
Lesser Sunda Islands	Bali · West Nusa Tenggara · East Nusa Tenggara
Sulawesi	West Sulawesi · North Sulawesi · Central Sulawesi · South Sulawesi · South East Sulawesi · Gorontalo
Maluku Islands and New Guinea	Maluku · North Maluku · West Papua · Papua

Coordinates: 2°30′S, 115°30′E