Loa Janan () is an administrative district (''kecamatan'') in
Kutai Kartanegara Regency
Kutai Kartanegara Regency (abbreviated as ''Kukar'') is a regency of East Kalimantan Province, Indonesia. It has a land area of 27,891.13 km2 and a water area of 4,097 km2, geographically located between 1°18′40″S and 116°31′3 ...
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East Kalimantan
East Kalimantan (Indonesian language, Indonesian: ) is a Provinces of Indonesia, province of Indonesia. Its territory comprises the eastern portion of Borneo/Kalimantan. It had a population of about 3.03 million at the 2010 census (within the cu ...
Province of Indonesia. It covers a land area of 699.04 km
2, and had a population of 56,071 at the 2010 Census and 67,471 at the 2020 Census; the official estimate as at mid 2024 was 73,917.
Its district seat is located at the village of Loa Janan Ulu.
Before 21 October 1987, the villages of Loa Buah, Loa Bakung, and Loa Janan Ilir were part of Loa Janan, but at that date these villages were transferred to the city of
Samarinda
Samarinda is the capital city of the Provinces of Indonesia, Indonesian province of East Kalimantan on the island of Borneo. The city lies on the banks of the Mahakam River with a land area of . Samarinda was one of Indonesia's top ten City qu ...
. The former village of
Loa Janan Ilir then later evolved into its own district within the city. There are claims that Loa Janan was originally part of
Loa Kulu,
nonetheless, much of the administrative history of East Kalimantan before 1969 remains unclear.
Governance
Villages
Loa Janan is divided into the following 8 villages ():
[Badan Pusat Statistik, Kecamatan Loa Janan, 26 September 2024.]
References
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Districts of Kutai Kartanegara Regency