Sangatta is a town located in, as well being the capital of,

East Kutai Regency East Kutai Regency () is a regency of East Kalimantan province, Indonesia. It has an area of 31,239.84 km2 and had a population of 253,904 at the 2010 censusBiro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011. and 434,459 at the 2020 census;Badan Pusat Stati ...

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 ...

, Indonesia. It is however, not an autonomous city and consists of the urban sections of two districts within the regency,

North Sangatta North Sangatta (, ) is an administrative district (''kecamatan'') of the East Kutai Regency, East Kalimantan, Indonesia. It covers a land area of 333.56 km2, and had a population of 72,156 at the 2010 Census and 120,873 at the 2020 Census; a ...

(including a mainly urban community, but with the larger district containing 123,067 inhabitants in mid 2023) and South Sangatta (a largely rural area with 30,760 inhabitants in mid 2023). It is the location of East Kutai coal mine, which is one of the biggest coal mines in the world, as well as the biggest in Asia.

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East Kutai Regency Regency seats of East Kalimantan {{EKalimantan-geo-stub