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Kualakapuas
Kuala Kapuas is the regency seat of Kapuas Regency and also one of the major towns in Central Kalimantan. This town is at a distance of 137 km northeast of Palangka Raya city, the capital of Central Kalimantan Province. The area of this town is mainly situated within six urban subdistricts (kelurahan) and two rural villages (desa) in the district of Selat i.e. the kelurahan of Selat Barat, Selat Dalam, Selat Tengah, Selat Hulu, Selat Hilir and Selat Utara, and the desa of Pulau Telo, and Pulau Telo Baru. The district's remaining two kelurahan form a southwesterly extension of the town; excluding these and the two desa, the total population of Kuala Kapuas as of 2019 was approximately 55,573 people, which rose to 60,832 as at 2024.
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- Population: 35,632.
- Timezone: Asia/Jakarta.