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Administrative & Geography

Banjarmasin city is located on strategic location as the main access of Trans of Kalimantan. Land transportation connects the province of Central Kalimantan and East Kalimantan, and sea transportation conncts the province of south Kalimantan and Central Kalimantan.

Geographically, Banjarmasin city is located on the position of 3’15’-3’22 south latitude and 114’98’ East longitude. Its wide covers 72km2 or about 0.19% of the wide of the South Kalimantan province. It is divided on five sub districts, namely:

1. Sub district of North Banjarmasin which is 15.25 km2 widely
2. Sub district of East Banjarmasin which is 11.54 km2 widely
3. Sub district of West Banjarmasin which is 11.54 km2 widely
4. Sub district of Central Banjarmasin which is 13.37 km2 widely
5. Sub district of South Kalimantan which is 20.18 km2 widely.

The administrative borders are:

• Northern part is bordered on Barito Kuala District.
• Eastrern part is bordered on banjar District.
• Westren part is bordered on Barito Kuala District.
• Southern part is bordered on Banjar District.

Population

The population of Banjarmasin city is about 602.725 people (BPS, year 2006) with the average growth around 1.02 - 2.03 spread in five sub district. The population density resided on sub district of west Banjarmasin (10,000 inhabitants/ km2). The smallest is reesided on sub district of north Banjarmasin (5.963 inhabitants/ km2).