Central Kalimantan
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Central Kalimantan Kalimantan Tengah |
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| Motto: Isen Mulang (Sangen) (Never Retreat) |
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 Location of Central Kalimantan in Indonesia. |
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| Coordinates: 2°13′S 113°55′E / 2.217°S 113.917°ECoordinates: 2°13′S 113°55′E / 2.217°S 113.917°E | |||
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 Indonesia
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| Capital |
 Palangkaraya
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| Government | |||
| • Governor | Sugianto Sabran | ||
| • Vice Governor | Said Ismail | ||
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| • Total | 153,564.5 km2 (59,291.6 sq mi) | ||
| Area rank | 2nd | ||
| Population (2014) | |||
| • Total | 2,368,654 | ||
| • Density | 15/km2 (40/sq mi) | ||
| Demographics | |||
| • Ethnic groups | 46.2% Dayak 21.67% Javanese 21.03% Banjarese 3.96% Malay 1.93% Madurese 1.29% Sundanese 0.77% Bugis 0.56% Batak 0.38% Flores 0.33% Balinese 1.44% Others | ||
| • Religion | 74.3% Islam 16.4% Protestant 10.7% Hindu 3.1% Catholic 0.1% Buddhism 0.1% other |
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| • Languages | Indonesian (official) Malay Bugis Dayak Chinese (Hakka and Teochew) |
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| Time zone | WIB (UTC+7) | ||
| Vehicle registration | KH | ||
| HDI |
 0.677 (Medium) |
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| HDI rank | 20th (2014) | ||
| Website | www.kalteng.go.id | ||
Central Kalimantan (Indonesian: Kalimantan Tengah), is a province of Indonesia. It is one of five provinces in Kalimantan, the Indonesian part of Borneo. Its provincial capital is Palangkaraya and in 2010 its population was over 2.2 million, while the latest official estimate (for January 2014) is 2,368,654.
The population growth rate was almost 3.0% per annum between 1990 and 2000, one of the highest provincial growth rates in Indonesia during that time; in the subsequent decade to 2010 the average annual growth rate slowed markedly to around 1.8%. More than is the case in other province in the region, Central Kalimantan is populated by the Dayaks, the indigenous inhabitants of Borneo.
Since the eighteenth century the central region of Kalimantan and its Dayak inhabitants were ruled by the Muslim Sultanate of Banjar. Following Indonesian independence after World War II, Dayak tribes demanded a province separate from South Kalimantan province.
In 1957 South Kalimantan was divided to provide the Dayak population with greater autonomy from the Muslim population in the province. The change was approved by the Indonesian Government on 23 May 1957 under Presidential Law No. 10 Year 1957, which declared Central Kalimantan the seventeenth province of Indonesia. President Sukarno appointed the Dayak-born national hero Tjilik Riwut as the first Governor and Palangkaraya the provincial capital.
The three major Dayak tribes in Central Kalimantan are the Ngaju, Ot Danum and Dusun Ma'anyan Ot Siang. The three major tribes extended into several branches of prominent Dayak tribes in Central Kalimantan such as Lawangan, Taboyan, Dusun Siang, Boyan, Bantian, Dohoi and Kadori.
In addition to the indigenous Dayak tribes, the province also groups from other areas of Indonesia, including Javanese, Maduranese, Batak, Toraja, Ambonese, Bugis, Palembang, Minang, Banjarese, Makassar, Papuan, Balinese, Acehnese and also Chinese.
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