• Source: Paser Regency

Paser Regency is the southernmost regency (kabupaten) within the East Kalimantan province of Indonesia. It was created in 1959, originally spelt "Pasir Regency" (Indonesian: Kabupaten Pasir), but renamed "Paser" in 2007; however its northeastern districts were split off on 10 April 2002 to form the new Penajam North Paser Regency. The residual regency covers an area of 11,603.94 km2, and it had a population of 230,316 at the 2010 Census and 275,452 at the 2020 Census; the official estimate as at mid-2023 was 303,424 (comprising 156,903 males and 146,521 females). Its administrative centre is the town of Tana Paser (or Tanah Grogot).




Boundaries


North : West Kutai Regency and Penajam North Paser Regency
East : Makassar Strait
South : Kota Baru Regency
West : Balangan Regency, Tabalong Regency, and North Barito Regency




Administrative districts


Following the separation of the districts in the northeast to form the new Penajam North Paser Regency on 10 April 2002, the residual Paser Regency is now divided into ten districts (kecamatan), tabulated below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 Census and the 2020 Census, together with the official estimates as of mid-2023. The table also includes the locations of the district administrative centres, the number of administrative villages in each district (totalling 5 urban kelurahan and 139 rural desa), and its postal codes.

Note: (a) including the offshore islands of Pulau Batukapal, Pulau Burung and Pulau Merayap. (b) including the offshore islands of Pulau Rantau Besar and Pulau Rantau Kecil ("Great and Little Rantau Islands"). (c) includes one urban kelurahan - the district admin centre (the rest being desa). (d) including the offshore island of Pulau Bansik.




Climate


Tana Paser has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) with moderate rainfall in August and September and heavy to very heavy rainfall in the remaining months.




References

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Kabupaten Seruyan
• Accor
• Paser Regency
• Penajam North Paser Regency
• Capital of Indonesia
• Nusantara (city)
• List of regencies and cities in Indonesia
• East Kalimantan
• Yusriansyah Syarkawi
• Ihwan Datu Adam
• Tanah Grogot
• Kutai Kartanegara Regency