East Balikpapan Explained

Official Name:East Balikpapan
Native Name:Kecamatan Balikpapan Timur
Native Name Lang:id
Type:District
Image Map1:
Map Caption1:Interactive map of East Balikpapan district
Coordinates:-1.215°N 116.9725°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Indonesia
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:East Kalimantan
Subdivision Type2:City
Subdivision Name2:Balikpapan
Subdivision Type3:Administrative subdistricts
Subdivision Name3:4
Leader Title:District mayor
Leader Name:Purwantoro
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:137.158
Population Footnotes:(from BPS) [2]
Population Total:70,034
Population As Of:2018
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone1:GMT +8
Website:Official website
(in Indonesia)

East Balikpapan is a district in the city of Balikpapan, East Kalimantan, Indonesia. There area of this district is 92.42 km2 in water, and in land an area is 137.158 km2.[3] East Balikpapan is bordered by Kutai Kartanegara Regency to the North, by the Makassar Strait to the South and East, and by North Balikpapan district to the West.

Economics

Tourism

There are contains numerous popular tourist spots, both modern historical & modern. These include Japanese Soldier Tomb Monument, Teritip Crocodile Breeding Zoo and the popular beach like as Manggar Segarasari Beach and Lamaru Beach.

Agricultural

Apart from being known for its coastal area, there is the center for agricultural food in Teritip subdistrict. In agriculture, Papaya is one of the most commonly cultivated fruits and cultivates vegetable horticulture. In addition, there are poultry raising that is sufficient to meet food needs. In the Gunung Binjai area, there are extensive zalacca plantations. Not only agriculture, this district has production, processing and marketing centers for fishery commodities in Manggar and Manggar Baru subdistricts.

Manufactures

Some multinational corporations operate in East Balikpapan district. Companies including Baker Hughes (US), Halliburton (US), Schlumberger (France), Thiess (Australia), Komatsu (Japan), Elnusa (Indonesia) and Weatherford International (US) use Manggar subdistricts as their base of operations in the region, and several others also attract many people to work in this area.

Government

In military, there are contains Depo of Vocational Education Military is a school founded by the Main Regiment of Army Military Command VI/Mulawarman was operated in Manggar Baru subdistrict and Dhomber Airfield (known as the Indonesian Air Force Base in Balikpapan) is a base belonging to the air force located in Manggar subdistrict. Another the public government are office Police Sector in Lamaru subdistrict, and Community Health Centers and Office District in Manggar subdistrict.

Sport

Batakan Stadium is a football stadium in Manggar subdistrict. The stadium hosts Liga 2 club Persiba Balikpapan and its has a capacity of 40,000.[4]

Administrative divisions

East Balikpapan is divided into 4 administrative sub-districts:

Map of East Balikpapan's sub-districts
Name subdistricts(Kelurahan)Area(km2) [5]
1Manggar35.255
2Lamaru48.555
3Teritip49.512
4Manggar Baru3.836
Total137.158

Infrastructure

Historical architecture

Nature and park

Educations

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Balikpapan. Official Government. 2011-12-07. Wilayah Administrasi Kota Balikpapan. live. ID. https://web.archive.org/web/20200108214925/http://web.balikpapan.go.id:80/detail/read/96 . 2020-01-08 .
  2. Web site: Balikpapan. Badan Pusat Statistik. 2019-05-16. Proyeksi Penduduk Kota Balikpapan Menurut Kecamatan Tahun 2010-2018. live. ID. https://web.archive.org/web/20210521153557/https://balikpapankota.bps.go.id/statictable/2018/01/19/54/proyeksi-penduduk-kota-balikpapan-menurut-kecamatan-tahun-2010-2018.html . 2021-05-21 .
  3. Web site: Keadaan Geografi dan Demografi. balikpapantimur.balikpapan.go.id. 2021-03-01. Balikpapan. Official Government.
  4. Web site: Stadiums in Indonesia. stadiumdb.com. 11 February 2016.
  5. Web site: Balikpapan. Official Government. 2011-12-07. Wilayah Administrasi Kota Balikpapan. live. ID. https://web.archive.org/web/20200108214925/http://web.balikpapan.go.id:80/detail/read/96 . 2020-01-08 .