Central Kalimantan
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 Palangka Raya and in 2010 its population was over 2.2 million,[6][incomplete short citation] while the 2015 Intermediate Census showed a rise to 2.49 million and the 2020 Census showed a total of 2.67 million;[7] the official estimate as at mid 2021 was 2,702,200.[8]
Central Kalimantan
Kalimantan Tengah | |
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| Province of Central Kalimantan | |
 Coat of arms | |
| Motto(s): Isen Mulang (Ngaju) Persistent | |
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| Coordinates: 2°13′S 113°55′E | |
| Capital and largest city | Palangka Raya |
| Government | |
| • Body | Central Kalimantan Provincial Government |
| • Governor | Sugianto Sabran |
| • Vice Governor | Edy Pratowo |
| Area | |
| • Total | 153,564.5 km2 (59,291.6 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 1st |
| Highest elevation (Mount Raya) | 2,300 m (7,546 ft) |
| Population (mid 2021 Estimate)[1] | |
| • Total | 2,702,200 |
| • Density | 18/km2 (46/sq mi) |
| Demographics | |
| • Ethnic groups | 46% Dayak 22% Javanese 21% Banjarese 3.9% Malay 1.9% Madurese 4.8% other[3] |
| • Religion (2021)[4] | 74.11% Islam 16.67% Protestant 5.84% Hindu/Kaharingan 3.23% Catholic 0.11% Buddhism 0.1% other[4][5] |
| • Languages | Indonesian (official) Malay Bugis Dayak Chinese (Hakka and Teochew) |
| Time zone | WIB (UTC+7) |
| HDI 2019 |  0.716 (High) |
| HDI rank | 22nd (2022) |
| Website | kalteng.go.id |
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%, but it rose again in the decade beginning 2010. More than is the case in other province in the region, Central Kalimantan is populated by the Dayaks, the indigenous inhabitants of Borneo.