Tenggarong (, abbreviated: TRG) is an administrative district (''kecamatan'') which serves as the capital of the

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 ...

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 358.34 km², and it had a population of 96,209 at the 2010 Census and 106,480 at the 2020 Census; the official estimate as at mid 2024 was 112,937. Its administrative headquarters is located at the urban village (''kelurahan'') of Timbau.

History

The former Kutai Kartanegara Sultanate's capital was likewise located in Tenggarong. Historically, the then capital was called ''Tepian Pandan''. At some point, the Kutai Kartanegara Sultan, Aji Muhammad Muslihuddin, changed the name from ''Tepian Pandan'' to ''Tangga Arung'' (literally the ''house of the king''). In application, the people of Kutai would then shorten this name by combining the two words ''Tangga Arung'' to ''Tenggarong''. Tenggarong became the capital of the Special Region of Kutai (and then Kutai Regency) since late 1956. Previously,

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 ...

held this status from 1950 until 1956, three years before it became an autonomous city. On November 1964, following the release of a local decree, the western part of the district (which consisted of only one village, Sebulu) was separated from Tenggarong, together with parts of Muara Kaman, to form the new District of Sebulu (which was later inaugurated on 12 May 1965). On 11 June 1996, the eastern part of the remaining district was similarly separated from Tenggarong to form the new District of Tenggarong Seberang.

Governance

Villages

Tenggarong is divided into the following 14 villages (12 urban and 2 rural , marked with grey background):

Climate

Tenggarong has a

tropical rainforest climate A tropical rainforest climate or equatorial climate is a tropical climate sub-type usually found within 10 to 15 degrees latitude of the equator. There are some other areas at higher latitudes, such as the coast of southeast Florida, United States ...

(Af) with heavy rainfall year-round.

Gallery

File:Tenggarong town streets at night.jpg, Jalanan kota Tenggarong pada malam hari. File:Mulawarman Museum at night.jpg, Museum Mulawarman File:Masjid Jami Sultan Sulaiman, Tenggarong.jpg, Masjid Jami Sultan Sulaiman. File:Kedaton Koetai Kartanegara (2).jpg, Kedaton Koetai Kartanegara. File:Jam Bentong.jpg, Bentong Hours File:Monumen A.M. Sangaji (1).jpg, Monument to A.M. Sangaji File:Tugu Adipura Tenggarong.jpg, Adipura Monument File:COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Kleurenlitho getiteld Straatgezicht te Tengaroeng TMnr 5795-6.jpg,

Lithography Lithography () is a planographic method of printing originally based on the miscibility, immiscibility of oil and water. The printing is from a stone (lithographic limestone) or a metal plate with a smooth surface. It was invented in 1796 by ...

view at Tenggarong (1887).

References

Districts of Kutai Kartanegara Regency Populated places in East Kalimantan Regency seats of East Kalimantan {{EKalimantan-geo-stub Mahakam basin