Kuala Kapuas (abbreviated: KLK) is the regency seat of Kapuas Regency and also one of the major towns in Central Kalimantan. This town is at a distance of 137 km northeast of Palangka Raya city, the capital of Central Kalimantan Province. The area of this town is mainly situated within six urban subdistricts (kelurahan) and two rural villages (desa) in the district of Selat i.e. the kelurahan of Selat Barat (West Selat), Selat Dalam (Inner Selat), Selat Tengah (Central Selat), Selat Hulu (Upper Selat), Selat Hilir (Lower Selat) and Selat Utara (North Selat), and the desa of Pulau Telo (Telo Island), and Pulau Telo Baru (New Telo Island). The district's remaining two kelurahan (Murung Karamat and Panamas) form a southwesterly extension of the town; excluding these and the two desa, the total population of Kuala Kapuas as of 2019 was approximately 55,573 people, which rose to 60,832 as at 2024. Kode Wilayah Name ofkelurahan or esa) Pop'nEstimatemid 2024Postcode 62.03.01.1006 Murung Keramat (a) 3,740 73512 62.03.01.1007 Selat Hilir 8,522 73513 62.03.01.1008 Selat Tengah 13,722 73514 62.03.01.1009 Selat Hulu 13,630 73515 62.03.01.1010 Selat Dalam 12,785 73516 62.03.01.2011 Pulau Telo (desa) 3,655 72516 62.03.01.1023 Panamas (a) 1,649 73514 62.03.01.1022 Selat Barat 7,321 73514 62.03.01.1021 Selat Utara 4,852 73516 62.03.01.2020 Pulau Telo Baru (desa) 2,272 73516 Totals 72,148
Note: (a) Murung Karamat and Panamas form a southwesterly extension of the town, the majority of whose urban area is comprised within Selat Hilir, Selay Tengah, Selat Hulu, Selat Dalam, Selat Barat and Selat Utara kelurahan. Demographics As of 2019, the total population of Kuala Kapuas was about 55,573 inhabitants which represented 91% of the population of Selat District and 15.6% of the entire population of Kapuas Regency. The population density of this town was approximately 1,209/km2 which was one of the highest amongst towns in Central Kalimantan. This town had 14,142 households and its average household was roughly 3.9 people. The sex ratio of this town was 104 which means there were 104 males to every 100 females. The town population rose to 60,832 as at 2024.
Geography Kuala Kapuas is located at the southeastern part of Central Kalimantan. This town is precisely located at 3.008572 south and 114.387883 east which makes it the second most southern town in Central Kalimantan after Kuala Pembuang, the regency seat of Seruyan Regency. Kuala Kapuas is also located at the southern portion of the Kapuas Regency. Kuala Kapuas is located at a distance of ±130 km to the southeast of Palangka Raya City, the capital of Central Kalimantan. However, Kuala Kapuas is closer to Banjarbaru, the capital of neighboring province South Kalimantan at a distance of ±88 km. The total area of this town is roughly 46 km2 which makes it approximately 75% of the whole area of Selat district and 0.31% of the total area of Kapuas Regency.
Kuala Kapuas is settled at the confluence of Kapuas and Murung Rivers. This town is also situated on the lowlands of the southeastern portion of Central Kalimantan with the altitude being only between 1 and 15 meters above sea level. As any other towns in Central Kalimantan, Kuala Kapuas experiences tropical rainforest climate (Af) with relatively high precipitation most of the year, constantly high humidity, and persistent warm-to-hot temperature.
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