Central Kalimantan
Central Kalimantan
Kalimantan Tengah | |
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| Province of Central Kalimantan Provinsi Kalimantan Tengah | |
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Interactive map of Central Kalimantan | |
| Coordinates: 2°13′S 113°55′E / 2.217°S 113.917°E | |
| Country | Indonesia |
| Region | Kalimantan |
| Founded | 2 July 1958 |
| Established | 14 July 1950 |
| Capital and largest city | Palangka Raya |
| Government | |
| • Body | Central Kalimantan Provincial Government |
| • Governor | Agustiar Sabran (Gerindra) |
| • Vice Governor | Edy Pratowo |
| • Legislature | Central Kalimantan Regional House of Representatives (DPRD) |
| Area | |
• Total | 153,430.36 km2 (59,239.79 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 1st |
| Highest elevation (Bukit Raya) | 2,300 m (7,546 ft) |
| Population (mid 2025 Estimate) | |
• Total | 2,844,992 |
| • Density | 18.54256/km2 (48.02502/sq mi) |
| Demographics | |
| • Ethnic groups | 46% Dayak 22% Javanese 21% Banjarese 3.9% Malay 1.9% Madurese 4.8% other |
| • Religion (2021) | 74.11% Islam 16.67% Protestant 5.84% Hinduism/Kaharingan 3.23% Catholic 0.11% Buddhism 0.1% other |
| • Languages | Indonesian (official) Ngaju Banjar Maanyan |
| Time zone | UTC+7 (Western Indonesian Time) |
| GDP (nominal) | 2022 |
| - Total | Rp 199.9 trillion (21st) US$ 13.5 billion Int$ 42.0 billion (PPP) |
| - Per capita | Rp 72.9 million (9th) US$ 4,913 Int$ 15,329 (PPP) |
| - Growth | 6.45% |
| HDI (2024) | 0.743 (19th) – high |
| Website | kalteng.go.id |
Central Kalimantan (Indonesian: Kalimantan Tengah) is a province of Indonesia. It is one of five provinces in Kalimantan, the Indonesian part of Borneo. It is the largest province in Indonesia by area since 2022, bordered by West Kalimantan to the west, South Kalimantan and East Kalimantan to the east, Java Sea to the south and is separated narrowly from North Kalimantan and Malaysia by East Kalimantan's Mahakam Ulu Regency. Its provincial capital is Palangka Raya and in 2010 its population was over 2.2 million, while the 2020 Census showed a total of almost 2.67 million; the official estimate as at mid 2025 was 2,844,992 (comprising 1,467,139 males and 1,377,853 females).
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 provinces on Kalimantan, Central Kalimantan is populated by the Dayaks, the indigenous inhabitants of Borneo.