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Bulungan Regency, formerly known as Bulongan, is a
(b) comprising 4 ''kelurahan'' (Karang Anyar, Tanjung Palas Hilir, Tanjung Palas Hulu and Tanjung Palas Tengah) and 5 ''desa''. (c) including 7 offshore islands.
(d) comprising 3 ''kelurahan'' (Tanjung Selor Hilir, Tanjung Selor Hulu and Tanjung Selor Timur) and 6 ''desa''. (e) including 65 offshore islands. (f) including 10 offshore islands.
regency
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of North Kalimantan
North Kalimantan () is a Provinces of Indonesia, province of Indonesia. It is located on the northernmost of Kalimantan, the Indonesian part of the island of Borneo. North Kalimantan borders the Malaysian states of Sabah to the north and Sarawa ...
Province in Indonesia
Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania, between the Indian Ocean, Indian and Pacific Ocean, Pacific oceans. Comprising over List of islands of Indonesia, 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, ...
. It covers an area of 13,181.92 km2 and had a population of 112,663 at the 2010 CensusBiro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011. and 151,844 at the 2020 Census;Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021. the official estimate as at mid 2024 was 172,106.Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2025, ''Kabupaten Bulungan Dalam Angka 2025'' (Katalog-BPS 1102001.6501) The administrative centre is at Tanjung Selor
Tanjung Selor is the capital of both the North Kalimantan province in Indonesia, and of the Bulungan Regency. It is among those provincial capitals in Indonesia that as of 2025 does not yet have city status, together with Mamuju in West Sula ...
.
History
The Bulungan Regency was originally co-extensive with what subsequently became the province of North Kalimantan. On 8 October 1997 the town ofTarakan
Tarakan is an island and co-extensively the sole city within the Indonesian province of North Kalimantan. The island city is the largest urban area in North Kalimantan population-wise and is located in northern Borneo, midway along the coast of ...
was cut out of the regency to become an independent city. Two years later, on 4 October 1999, the remaining territory of the regency was split to create two additional regencies - Malinau Regency
Malinau Regency is a Regencies of Indonesia, regency of North Kalimantan Province in Indonesia. It was created on 4 October 1999 from the western districts of Bulungan Regency. The administrative centre is the town of Malinau Kota, Malinau. The r ...
and Nunukan Regency
Nunukan Regency is a regency of North Kalimantan Province in Indonesia. It was created on 4 October 1999 from the northern districts of Bulungan Regency. Nunukan Regency shares international borders with the Malaysian states of Sabah to the north ...
. On 17 July 2007, three more districts
A district is a type of administrative division that in some countries is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions ...
(''kecamatan'') was split from Bulungan Regency to form a new regency, Tana Tidung Regency
Tana Tidung Regency is a Regencies of Indonesia, regency within the Indonesian provinces, Indonesian province of North Kalimantan. It is Indonesia's least populous regency, with 25,584 inhabitants recorded in the 2020 census;Badan Pusat Statisti ...
.
Bulangan Regency had originally been part of the 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, but in 2012 it - together with the areas carved out of it in 1997, 1999 and 2007 - became part of the newly created North Kalimantan province. Tanjung Selor
Tanjung Selor is the capital of both the North Kalimantan province in Indonesia, and of the Bulungan Regency. It is among those provincial capitals in Indonesia that as of 2025 does not yet have city status, together with Mamuju in West Sula ...
in Bulungan Regency was designated as the province's capital.
Administrative Districts
The regency is divided into tendistricts
A district is a type of administrative division that in some countries is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions ...
(''kecamatan''), tabulated below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 CensusBiro 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 Bulungan Dalam Angka 2025'' (Katalog-BPS 1102001.6501) The table also includes the locations of the district administrative centres, the number of administrative village
A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban village ...
s in each district (a total of 74 rural ''desa'' and 7 urban ''kelurahan''), and its postal codes.
Notes: (a) including 5 offshore islands. (b) comprising 4 ''kelurahan'' (Karang Anyar, Tanjung Palas Hilir, Tanjung Palas Hulu and Tanjung Palas Tengah) and 5 ''desa''. (c) including 7 offshore islands.
(d) comprising 3 ''kelurahan'' (Tanjung Selor Hilir, Tanjung Selor Hulu and Tanjung Selor Timur) and 6 ''desa''. (e) including 65 offshore islands. (f) including 10 offshore islands.
Gallery
See also
*Sultanate of Bulungan
The Sultanate of Bulungan (, ) was a former independent sultanate and later a special territory of Indonesia located in the then existing Bulungan Regency (at that time covering all the territory that now comprises the North Kalimantan province ...
References
External links
* {{coord, 3.0000, N, 117.1667, E, source:wikidata, display=title Regencies of North Kalimantan Kayan basin