Landak Regency is a
regency
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of
West Kalimantan
West Kalimantan () is a province of Indonesia. It is one of five Indonesian provinces comprising Kalimantan, the Indonesian part of the island of Borneo. Its capital and largest city is Pontianak. It is bordered by East Kalimantan and Central ...
province,
Indonesia
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. It was created on 4 October 1999 from the northeastern part of
Pontianak Regency. It covers 9,909.10 km
2 and had a population of 329,649 at the 2010 Census
[Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.] and 397,610 at the 2020 Census;
[Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.] the official estimate as at mid 2024 was 419,092 (comprising 218,953 males and 200,139 females).
[Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2025, ''Kabupaten Landak Dalam Angka 2025'' (Katalog-BPS 1102001.6103)] The principal town lies at
Ngabang. Landak is also one of the four regencies in West Kalimantan whose population is predominantly
Catholic
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, the others being
Sanggau,
Sekadau, and
Sintang.
Administrative districts
Landak Regency consists of thirteen
districts
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(''kecamatan''), tabulated below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 Census
[Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.] and the 2020 Census,
[Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.] together with the official estimates as at mid 2024.
[Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2025, ''Kabupaten Landak Dalam Angka 2025'' (Katalog-BPS 1102001.6103)] The table also includes the locations of the district administrative centres, the number of
administrative village
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s in each district (all classed as rural ''desa''), and its post code.
Climate
Ngabang, the seat of the regency has a
tropical rainforest climate
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(Af) with heavy rainfall year-round.
References
Regencies of West Kalimantan
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