Entikong is a subdistrict (''kecamatan'') and also an administrative village (''desa'') within that subdistrict in

Sanggau Regency Sanggau Regency (; Hakka: Sîang-ngau) is a regency in the north-central section of West Kalimantan province of Indonesia. In 2003, the regency's eastern portion was made into a new regency called Sekadau, leaving Sanggau with an area of . As ...

West Kalimantan West Kalimantan ( id, Kalimantan Barat) is a province of Indonesia. It is one of five Indonesian provinces comprising Kalimantan, the Indonesian part of the island of Borneo. Its capital city is Pontianak. The province has an area of 147,307& ...

Province,

Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...

. It is the location of the main

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between the West Kalimantan and the

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n state of

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. The checkpoint on the Malaysian side of the border is called the

Tebedu Tebedu (also known as Bandar Mutiara) is a border town in the Serian division of southwestern Sarawak, Malaysia, on the Indonesia-Malaysia border. It lies approximately south of the state capital Kuching. It is the administrative seat for T ...

immigration, customs, quarantine and security checkpoint.

History

Entikong subdistrict was established on 17 June 1996, after original Sekayam subdistrict was divided into two subdistricts, namely are Sekayam and Entikong, pursuant to Indonesian Government Regulation Number 39 of 1996.

Geography

Entikong subdistrict located in the hills which form the Indonesia-Malaysia border in the northern part of Sanggau Regency. To the north east across the border is the

Serian Division Serian is a town, and the capital of the ''Serian'' (2,039.9 square kilometres) separated on 11 April 2015 from Samarahan Division, Sarawak, Malaysia. It is located about from Kuching. Sub-district headquarters towns are Balai Ringin and Teb ...

, south east is the subdistrict of Sekayam, south the subdistrict of Beduai, west the subdistrict of Air Besar in

Landak Regency Landak Regency is a regency of West Kalimantan province, Indonesia. It was created in 1999 from the northeastern part of Pontianak Regency. It covers 9,909.10 km2 and had a population of 329,649 at the 2010 Census and 397,610 at the 2020 Cen ...

and north-west the subdistrict of Jagoi Babang in

Bengkayang Regency Bengkayang Regency () is a regency ("''kabupaten''") in West Kalimantan Province of Indonesia, (on the island of Borneo). The area was originally a part of Sambas Regency, but following the expansion of the population in that area, Sambas Regency w ...

Transportation

Entikong is served by the main road linking

Pontianak Pontianak or Khuntien is the capital of the Indonesian province of West Kalimantan, founded first as a trading port on the island of Borneo, occupying an area of 118.31 km2 in the delta of the Kapuas River at a point where it is joined ...

, the capital of West Kalimantan 250 km to the southwest, through the border crossing into Sarawak to

Kuching Kuching (), officially the City of Kuching, is the capital and the most populous city in the state of Sarawak in Malaysia. It is also the capital of Kuching Division. The city is on the Sarawak River at the southwest tip of the state of Sara ...

, the capital of Sarawak. Kuching is 100 km to the north of the border crossing. Most long-distance bus services linking Pontianak and cities in Sarawak use the Entikong border crossing.

Border crossing

The Entikong border crossing checkpoint (''Pos Lintas Batas Negara'') is just south of the Malaysia-Indonesia border at Entikong village. The checkpoint on the Malaysian side is the

checkpoint in

, Sarawak. It was the first land border crossing between Indonesia and a neighbouring country to be opened on 1 October 1989. The checkpoint was newly renovated at a cost of 152 billion

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as part of the programme to upgrade border crossing checkpoints and border areas throughout Indonesia initiated by Indonesian President

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. During a visit to Entikong, Jokowi had lamented about its condition especially when compared to the condition and facilities available at the Malaysian checkpoint in Tebedu. The new checkpoint which is located on a 8 hectare piece of land was inaugurated by Jokowi on 21 December 2016. The operating hours of the checkpoint is between 5.00 am and 5.00 pm (6.00 am to 6.00 pm Malaysian Standard Time). It was reported that up to 1,000 people crossed the border at Entikong daily.

References

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History

Geography

Transportation

Border crossing

See also

References