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18-492: Sambas River , or specifically referred to  Big Sambas River (Indonesian: Sungai Sambas Besar ), is a river in Sambas Regency , West Kalimantan , Indonesia. The upstream is located in  Kabupaten Bengkayang , flowing through the city of Sambas, continuing to Pemangkat where it discharges into South China Sea . The river is considered deep. In mouth area, the depth reaches 30 m, whereas in upstream part it

36-577: A district ", hence the translation of kecamatan as subdistrict is no longer precise since the absence of kewedanan as district . The 1982 publication of Statistics Indonesia translated kecamatan as district . With the release of the Act Number 21 of 2001 on the Special Autonomous of Papua Province, the term distrik was used instead of kecamatan in the entire Western New Guinea . The difference between

54-528: A total of 7,288 districts in Indonesia as of 2023, subdivided into 83,971 administrative villages (rural desa and urban kelurahan ). During the Dutch East Indies and early republic period, the term district referred to kewedanan , a subdivision of regency, while kecamatan was translated as subdistrict ( Dutch : onderdistrict ). Following the abolition of kewedanan ,

72-483: Is about 10 m. The width of the river is 400 m in average, while only 150 m in upstream part. The length of river is about 233 km. The river flows in the western area of Borneo island with predominantly tropical rainforest climate (designated as Af in the Köppen-Geiger climate classification). The annual average temperature in the area is 23 °C. The warmest month is May, when the average temperature

90-487: Is around 25 °C, and the coldest is January, at 21 °C. The average annual rainfall is 3542 mm. The wettest month is December, with an average of 485 mm rainfall, and the driest is June, with 106 mm rainfall. Sambas Regency The famous Sambas Treasure , a collection of 9th century Buddhist sculptures, was found near Sambas Town. It is now part of the British Museum 's collection. In

108-639: Is the third-level administrative subdivision , below regency or city . The local term kecamatan is used in the majority of Indonesian areas. The term distrik is used in provinces in Papua . In the Special Region of Yogyakarta , the term kapanewon is used for districts within the regencies, while the term kemantren is used for districts within Yogyakarta , the province's only city. According to Statistics Indonesia , there are

126-449: Is the third-level administrative subdivision , below regency or city (second-level) and province (first-level). According to the Act Number 23 of 2014, district is formed by the government of regency or city in order to improve the coordination of governance, public services, and empowerment of urban/rural villages . District head is a career bureaucrat position directly appointed by regent or mayor. The local district term kecamatan

144-580: Is used in the majority of Indonesian areas, with camat being the head. During the Dutch East Indies and early republic period, the term district referred to kewedanan , a subdivision of a regency. Kewedanan itself was divided into kecamatan , which was translated as subdistrict ( Dutch : onderdistrict ). Following the abolition of kewedanan , the term district began to be associated with kecamatan which has since been directly administered by regency. In English-language dictionary, subdistrict means "a division or subdivision of

162-678: The Sambas riots in 1999, Malays and Dayaks joined to massacre the Madurese during the conflict. Madurese were mutilated, raped, and killed by the Malays and Dayaks; 3,000 of them died in the massacres, with the Indonesian government doing little to stop the violence. Following the establishment of Bengkayang Regency on 27 April 1999, the administrative centre of Sambas Regency was formally moved from Singkawang to Sambas on 15 July. At

180-567: The 2010 census, Sambas Regency had a population of 496,120. According to the 2020 census had grown to 629,905 people. By mid 2022, the population was estimated at 648,181 (consisting of 330,813 males and 317,368 females), with an average density of 101.36 people per km . Sambas has three watersheds (total: 516,200 ha): the Sambas watershed (258,700 ha), the Paloh watershed (64,375 ha), and the Sebangkau watershed (193,125 ha). When Sambas Regency

198-409: The five villages of three different districts (two from Sejangkung, two from Teluk Keramat, and one from Paloh) and Jagoi Babang (from the northern part of Seluas district). After Bengkayang Regency was established in 1999, the southern districts (including the administrative city of Singkawang), became part of the newly-created regency. In 2001, two new districts were established ( Galing district

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216-402: The term district began to be associated with kecamatan which has since been directly administered by regency. Mainstream media such as The Jakarta Post , Kompas , and Tempo use "district" to refer to kecamatan ; however machine translation services like Google Translate often incorrectly uses "district" to refer to regencies instead. District in Indonesia

234-403: The two is merely the naming, with kepala distrik being the district head. It was later followed in 2019 by another autonomous province, the Special Region of Yogyakarta , where kecamatan was replaced with kapanewon and kemantren . Sultan Hamengkubuwono X , the region's governor and the monarch of Yogyakarta Sultanate , issued Gubernatorial Decree Number 25 of 2019, which restored

252-403: The western and eastern parts of Sambas district, respectively and South Jawai district was cut out from the southern part of Jawai district). In 2006, new district named Tangaran was carved out from the western part of Teluk Keramat district. A year later, two more districts were established ( Selakau Timur district was split off from the eastern part of Selakau district and Salatiga district

270-515: Was originally created, it consists into the districts of Bengkayang , Ledo , Pemangkat , Sambas , Samalantan , Sanggau Ledo , Singkawang , Sungai Raya , Seluas and Teluk Keramat . In 1956, a new district named Selakau was established by splitting off from the northern part of Singkawang district. In 1958, two new districts were cut out from Pemangkat district, namely Jawai (from northern part) and Tebas (from eastern part). In 1963, another two districts were established ( Paloh district

288-443: Was split off from the eastern part of Teluk Keramat district and Subah district was split off from the southern part of Sambas district). In 2003, another two districts were established ( Semparuk district was split off from the eastern part of Pemangkat district and Tekarang district was split off from the northern part of Tebas district). In 2004, three new districts were established ( Sebawi and Sajad district were cut out from

306-405: Was split off from the northern part of Teluk Keramat district and Sejangkung district was split off from the northeastern part of Sambas district). On 12 December 1981, when Singkawang became administrative city within the regency, it was split into three separate districts, namely Roban , Pasiran and Tujuhbelas . On 17 June 1996, Sajingan Besar district was established by splitting off from

324-623: Was split off from the southern part of Pemangkat district). Sambas Regency consists of nineteen districts ( kecamatan ), tabulated below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 census and the 2020 census, and the official estimates as at mid 2023. The table also includes the locations of the district administrative centres, the number of administrative villages in each district (all classed as rural desa ), and its post code. 1°25′00″N 109°20′00″E  /  1.4167°N 109.3333°E  / 1.4167; 109.3333 Districts of Indonesia In Indonesia , district

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