North Hulu Sungai Regency

North Hulu Sungai Regency
Kabupaten Hulu Sungai Utara
Regency
Coat of arms of North Hulu Sungai Regency
Coat of arms
Motto(s): 
Agung
(Great)
CountryIndonesia
ProvinceSouth Kalimantan
CapitalAmuntai
Area
 • Total907.72 km2 (350.47 sq mi)
Population
 (mid 2023 estimate)
 • Total233,412
 • Density260/km2 (670/sq mi)
 [1]
Time zoneUTC+8 (WITA)
Area code+62 527
Websitehsu.go.id/web/
Itik Alabio Monument as local mascot.

North Hulu Sungai Regency (Sungai means "River" and Hulu means "Upper" in Indonesian) is one of the regencies in the Indonesian province of South Kalimantan. It was created on 26 June 1959 from the trifurcation of the original Hulu Sungai Regency and formerly covered a much larger area in the north of the province, but on 14 July 1965 the northern districts were split off to create a separate Tabalong Regency, and on 25 February 2003 the eastern districts were split off to create a separate Balangan Regency. It now has a land area of 907.72 km2, and had a population of 209,246 at the 2010 Census[2] and 226,727 at the 2020 Census;[3] the official estimate as of mid-2023 was 233,412 (comprising 116,900 males and 116,512 females).[1] The capital of the regency is the town of Amuntai.

Administrative districts

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North Hulu Sungai Regency is divided into ten districts (kecamatan), listed below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 Census[2] and 2020 Census,[3] together with the official estimates as of mid-2023.[1] The table includes the locations of the district administrative centres, the number of administrative villages in each district (a total of 214 rural desa and 5 urban kelurahan - the latter all in Amuntai Tengah District), and its postcode.

Kode
Wilayah		 Name of
District
(kecamatan)		 Area
in
km2		 Pop'n
Census
2010		 Pop'n
Census
2020		 Pop'n
Estimate
mid 2023		 Admin
centre		 No.
of
villages		 Post
code
63.08.01 Danau Panggang 136.24 19,593 20,514 21,056 Danau Panggang 16 71453
63.08.09 Paminggir 192.77 7,377 8,000 8,238 Paminggir 7 71451
63.08.02 Babirik 82.01 17,833 19,402 20,054 Babirik 23 71454
63.08.03 Sungai Pandan
(Pandan River)		 59.92 25,905 27,639 28,827 Alabio 33 71455
63.08.10 Sungai Tabukan
(Tabukan River)		 22.25 13,801 14,828 15,350 Sungai Tabukan 17 71456
63.08.04 Amuntai Selatan
(South Amuntai)		 149.99 26,466 30,153 31,243 Telaga Silaba 30 71452
63.08.05 Amuntai Tengah
(Central Amuntai)		 77.09 47,961 50,609 51,504 Amuntai 29 (a) 71412
-71419
63.08.07 Banjang 110.64 16,185 18,693 18,825 Banjang 20 71416
63.08.06 Amuntai Utara
(North Amuntai)		 37.85 19,955 20,510 21,433 Teluk Daun 26 71471
63.08.08 Haur Gading 38.96 14,170 16,379 16,882 Sungai Limas 18 71472
Totals 907.72 209,246 226,727 233,412 Amuntai 219

Note: (a) including the 5 kelurahan of Antasari, Kebun Sari, Murung Sari, Paliwara and Sungai Malang.

Climate

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Amuntai has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) with moderate rainfall from July to September and heavy rainfall in the remaining months.

Climate data for Amuntai
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 29.6
(85.3) 		30.1
(86.2) 		30.4
(86.7) 		30.8
(87.4) 		30.9
(87.6) 		30.5
(86.9) 		30.6
(87.1) 		31.2
(88.2) 		31.4
(88.5) 		31.5
(88.7) 		30.7
(87.3) 		30.1
(86.2) 		30.6
(87.2)
Daily mean °C (°F) 26.1
(79.0) 		26.4
(79.5) 		26.6
(79.9) 		26.9
(80.4) 		27.1
(80.8) 		26.5
(79.7) 		26.4
(79.5) 		26.7
(80.1) 		26.9
(80.4) 		27.1
(80.8) 		26.7
(80.1) 		26.5
(79.7) 		26.7
(80.0)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 22.6
(72.7) 		22.8
(73.0) 		22.9
(73.2) 		23.1
(73.6) 		23.3
(73.9) 		22.6
(72.7) 		22.2
(72.0) 		22.3
(72.1) 		22.5
(72.5) 		22.7
(72.9) 		22.8
(73.0) 		22.9
(73.2) 		22.7
(72.9)
Average rainfall mm (inches) 274
(10.8) 		273
(10.7) 		248
(9.8) 		217
(8.5) 		193
(7.6) 		133
(5.2) 		122
(4.8) 		97
(3.8) 		113
(4.4) 		135
(5.3) 		233
(9.2) 		300
(11.8) 		2,338
(91.9)
Source: Climate-Data.org[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2024, Kabupaten Hulu Sungai Utara Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.6308)
  2. ^ a b Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.
  3. ^ a b Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.
  4. ^ "Climate: Amuntai". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
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2°27′00″S 115°08′00″E / 2.4500°S 115.1333°E / -2.4500; 115.1333


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