Sambas_(town)

Sambas (town)

Sambas (town)

Town in West Kalimantan, Indonesia

Sambas is a town and the regency seat of Sambas Regency (Kabupaten Sambas), on the island of Kalimantan. Sambas Regency is one of the regencies of West Kalimantan province in Indonesia.

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Geography

Sambas town is located on the south side of the Sambas River between 1°11'20" and 1°24'48" north latitude and between 109°09'16" and 109°26'23" east longitude. With an area of 246.66 square kilometres (95.24 sq mi), Sambas town area covers just under 4% of the area of Sambas Regency.[1] The town district had 57,300 inhabitants at the 2020 Census,[2] and increased to 59,000 at the official estimates for mid 2022.[3]

The following are the boundaries of Sambas town:

North Teluk Keramat District and Sejangkung District
South Subah District
West Sebawi District
East Subah District

Climate

Sambas has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) with heavy to very heavy rainfall year-round.

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  • Alwatzikhoebillah Palace
  • Sultan Muhammad Syafi'oeddin II Mosque
  • Old bridge made by Dutch
  • Bubur pedas, Sambas cuisine

References

  1. [1]
    sambas.go.id Monografi kecamatan Sambas
  2. [2]
    Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.
  3. [3]
    Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2023.
  4. [4]
    "Climate: Sambas". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
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