Sangkulirang is an administrative district (''kecamatan'') 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 ...

, in

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

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. The district lies in the northern part of the

Makassar Strait Makassar Strait () is a strait between the islands of Borneo and Sulawesi in Indonesia. To the north it joins the Celebes Sea, while to the south it meets the Java Sea. To the northeast, it forms the Sangkulirang Bay south of the Mangkalihat P ...

and at the southern part of the Mangkalihat Peninsula. Sangkulirang includes the delta of the Karangan River, which forms the Sangkulirang Bay on the east coast of

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(Kalimantan). Most of the district is vegetated with

mangrove forest Mangrove forests, also called mangrove swamps, mangrove thickets or mangals, are productive wetlands that occur in coastal intertidal zones. Mangrove forests grow mainly at tropical and subtropical latitudes because mangrove trees cannot withsta ...

and has some notable karst areas with steep limestone cliffs. It covers an area of 1,630.38 km² and had a population of 16,181 at the 2010 Census and 26,449 at the 2020 Census, while the official estimate as at mid 2024 was 25,160. The district's seat is located in the town of Benua Baru on the west side of the Karangan River, at the point where it opens out into Sankulirang Bay. 1,630.38 16,181 26,449 25,160

Villages

Sangkulirang is divided into the following fifteen villages (''desa''), listed below with their areas and their populations at the 2020 CensusKecamatan Sangkulirang Dalam Angka 2022
/ref> and according to the mid-2023 official estimates.Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Sangkulirang Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.6404050)

References

Districts of East Kutai Regency {{EKalimantan-geo-stub