East Kalimantan

East Kalimantan

East Kalimantan is now divided into 6 regencies and 3 cities. Awang Faroek Ishak is its governor and Farid Wadjdy as its vice governor.
This province is the location of the oldest Hindu kingdom in Indonesia, Kutai, the existence of which is attested to by a stone manuscript, or Prasasti, which is now kept in the National Museum in Jakarta. The manuscript is written in the Pallava alphabet and the Sanskrit language. The replica of this manuscript can be seen in the Governor's Office in Samarinda.
Inscriptions on seven stone pillars erected in the 5th century BCE on the command of a local ruler, King Mulavarman, records his victories, his generosity to Brahmins, his princely genealogy.
Until 2012, East Kalimantan was divided into ten regencies and four cities. The city of Tarakan and four Regencies were split off to form a new province of North Kalimantan on 25 October 2012, leaving the following regencies and cities to comprise the reduced East Kalimantan.
On the 22nd of October 2012, the Indonesian House of Representatives agreed to the creation of a new province named North Kalimantan out of four of the Regencies in East Kalimantan, namely Malinau Regency, Nunukan Regency, Tana Tidung Regency and Bulungan Regency, together with one city, Tarakan.
Illegal logging has removed much of the original forests of the province. Less than half the original forest remains in places such as the Kayan Mentarang the Kutai national parks.
The projects that supports tropical rainforest conservation includes a WWF project and Samboja Lestari lodge, one of Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation's reforestation and orangutan rehabilitation projects.
East Kalimantan's economy heavily depends on earth resources such as oilfield exploration, natural gas, coal and gold. Balikpapan has an oil refinery plant that was built by Dutch governance before World War II, destroyed during World War II, and rebuilt after Indonesian independence.

Other developing agriculture and tourism.

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Obstacles to economic development include a lack of transportation infrastructure. Transportation depends on traditional boats connecting coastal cities and areas along main river, Mahakam River.
In 2012, Russia's state railway firm Joint Stock Company signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the East Kalimantan Governor over railway lines to transport coal and other freight. The 1st stage will connect an area near Balikpapan port to West Kutai Regency in a 183-kilometer line and is estimated to cost about $1.8 billion. It will commence in 2013 and by 2017 it is hoped that it carry 20 million tons of coal annually. The 2nd phase will connect a line to Murung Raya in Central Kalimantan with a 60 kilometer line, which will cost an estimated $600 million.
In addition to Derawan Islands, East Kalimantan has a unique natural site, Labuan Cermin Lake at Biduk-biduk district which features fresh water on top with about 2 meters thickness and sea water underneath it. Both fresh water fish and sea water fish live in the lake inhabiting their respective habitat layer. "Cermin" means mirror in Indonesian language and the lake was named so due to the clarity of the water.
North Kalimantan was formally inaugurated as the 34th province of Indonesia on April 15, 2013. The new province was previously part of East Kalimantan Province and Irianto Lambrie will be acting as the governor of it until a new governor is chosen by their people in an election.

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Kakaban island : part of the Derawan Islands, East Kalimantan, Indonesia

Kakaban

Kakaban island is part of the Derawan Islands, East Kalimantan, Indonesia.
The most distinctive feature is the huge brackish water lake in the middle of the island, in the local dialect Kakaban means "hug" as the island hugs the lake from the surrounding seawater.
In the middle of this island is a mangrove-fringed lake, slightly above sea level, where thousands of non-stinging jellyfish live making it interesting for diving. The jellyfish consist of four different species which have lost their natural defense system because of the lack of major predators in the lake. They are: Aurelia aurita with transparent body, Tripedalia cystophora which only has a tip finger size, Mastigias papua is likes a green-brown bulb, Cassiopea ornata which is upside-down jellyfish with their tentacles upright. Similar lakes exist in the Philippines Palau, with Jellyfish Lake being the best known.
The lake has warm brackish water and the bottom is covered with marine green algae. There are other animals living here, some sea cucumbers, gobies, sea anemones, tunicates, crustaceans, nudibranchs, orange purple clams and yellow clams on the branches, and snakes.

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Mulawarman University, A Public University Located in Samarinda, East Kalimantan, Indonesia

Mulawarman University

The Universitas Mulawarman is a public university located in Samarinda, East Kalimantan, Indonesia. It was established on September 27, 1962, making it the oldest tertiary education institution in East Kalimantan. With more than 35,000 students, Universitas Mulawarman is the university with the most students in Kalimantan. Its main campus is in Gunung Kelua, while other campuses are in Pahlawan Road, Banggeris Street and Flores Street of Samarinda.
Universitas Mulawarman is striving to be the world-class university which is able to play a role in development through education, research and community service which relies on natural resources, especially the tropical rainforest and its environment.
The name Mulawarman was taken from the king Mulawarman Nala Dewa of the Kutai Kingdom in 4th century, historically the earliest kingdom in Indonesia, located in East Kalimantan.
On June 6, 1962 the Governor of East Kalimantan Province, Aji Pangeran Tumenggung Pranoto, founded Perguruan Tinggi Mulawarman, located in Samarinda. Then the Indonesian Ministry of Education and Culture approved the establishment as Universitas Mulawarman on September 28, 1962 and officially confirmed by the President on April 23, 1963. The date of September 27, 1962 was set as the date of the founding of the Universitas Mulawarman.
At 1st the Universitas Mulawarman has four faculties: Faculty of State and Trade Administration, Faculty of Agriculture, Faculty of Forestry and Faculty of Mining in Balikpapan. Only the Faculty of State and Trade Administration can be started at the beginning of the opening in 1962, while Faculty of Agriculture followed in 1964. However, in 1966, the Faculty of State and Trade Administration was split into two faculties: Faculty of Social and Political Sciences and Faculty of Economics.
Eventually, due to difficulty to find teaching staff, the Faculty of Mining, in Balikpapan, was closed in 1970. In 1978, the Samarinda Teaching and Education Sciences Institute was integrated into Universitas Mulawarman as the Faculty of Teaching and Education Sciences on March 20. Thus since September 7, 1982, there were 5 faculties in Universitas Mulawarman: Faculty of Agriculture, Faculty of Economics, Faculty of Forestry, Faculty of Teaching and Education Sciences, and Faculty of Social and Political Sciences.

In December 3, 1985 Polytechnic was established.

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Since 1990s, Universitas Mulawarman established several new faculties: Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Sciences in 1996, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences in 2001, Faculty of Medicine in 2001, Faculty of Law in 2005, Faculty of Public Health in 2005, Faculty of Engineering in 2007, Faculty of Pharmacy in 2008, and Faculty of Cultural Studies in 2009.
In April 28, 1997, Universitas Mulawarman Polytechnic was formed into Samarinda State Polytechnic, separated from Universitas Mulawarman.
In 2010, Universitas Mulawarman established the Faculty of Information and Communication Technology.

Universitas Dr. H. Zamruddin Hasid,

Mulawarman current rector is Prof. S.E. since 2010.

There are many facilities and services available to support the student, most of them located in the main campus of Gunung Kelua, such as auditorium, banks and ATMs, clinic of the Faculty of Medicine, guest house, Language Center (in Flores campus), library, mosque of Al-Fatihah, radio Metro Mulawarman, security, sport facilities: Kurusetra football field, September 27 Sport Hall, including badminton, basketball, tennis, and volleyball courts, and also wall climbs and jogging track, student accommodation, Student Activity Center and Student Co-op.
There are several services which are managed under technical operational units: Academics Development Center, Bukit Soeharto Research and Education Forest in Kutai Kartanegara and North Penajam Paser, Business Management Development, Center for Social Forestry, Computer Center, Distance Learning Unit, Fundamental Science Laboratory, Language Center (in Flores campus, providing courses of foreign language, especially English), Library of Universitas Mulawarman (with more than 90.000 titles available), Personality Development Unit, Quality Assurance, and Universitas Mulawarman Samarinda Botanical Garden in North Samarinda.
Students in Universitas Mulawarman can involve in several organizations. The highest organizational body for students in Universitas Mulawarman is the Students Executive Board. This organization is led by an elected President, and running the office with help from a Vice President, a Secretary General, a Treasurer and several Ministries. The Board then, is responsible to the Students Representative Council, the highest student legislative organization in the university. There are also several students activity unit, such as: Band, Football, IMAPA (environmental preservation, adventuring, forest mountaineering, rock climbing, and rafting), Journalism, KBMK (Christian religious activities) KSR (volunteering, in cooperation with the Indonesian Red Cross), PUSDIMA (Islamic dakwah center), PSM (university student choir), Pramuka (scouting), Softball, Taekwondo and Yupa Theater. Many student activities are maintained in the Student Activity Center.
The Research Institute of Universitas Mulawarman is the backbone of the science and technology development in Kalimantan, national, and the world. This institute is an independent unit which has the function as the organizer of the university research environment: to coordinate, to evaluate, to monitor, and to assess the implementation of research activities which is carried out by many university research centers and staffs, and also to manage and to control the research resources. The existence of research institute is very strategic especially in to develop programs, to improve perception and knowledge and to organizate various science and technology studies, while at the same time to assist the quality improvement of the teaching-learning process in the university.
Community Service Institute is a place to implement science and technological invention from research into the community, in order to improve the development process of human resource capacity according to the development dynamics demand. This institute also held various technical training, functional, promotion, and contribution of strategic development concept for integrated development program.
International Colleges and Universities in 2012 ranked Universitas Mulawarman in number 5000 in the World and number 50 in Indonesia.

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Borneo Tarakan University, Public University Located in Tarakan, East Kalimantan, Indonesia

Borneo Tarakan University

The Borneo Tarakan University or Universitas Borneo Tarakan is a public university located in Tarakan, East Kalimantan, Indonesia. The university was founded in October 9, 1999 as a private one and had its acknowledgement on March 30, 2000 by a decree issued by Pinekindi Foundation number 011/YP/TRK/III/2000.
Upon realizing that Tarakan is close to the Indonesian border with its two neighboring countries and surrounded by the rich soil and water of Borneo, the Pinekindi Foundation established Borneo Tarakan University on October 9, 1999.

Its main campus is Tarakan.

located on Jalan Amal Lama, -

The rector is Abdul

Jabarsyah P.hD.

Borneo Tarakan University is organized into thirteen faculties, each with a different dean and organization.

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Province East Kalimantan, Indonesia

East Kalimantan

East Kalimantan is divided into 10 regencies and 4 cities. Awang Faroek Ishak is its governor and Farid Wadjdy as its vice governor.
This province is the location of the oldest Hindu kingdom in Indonesia, Kutai, the existence of which is attested to by a stone manuscript, or Prasasti, which is now kept in the National Museum in Jakarta. The manuscript is written in the Pallava alphabet and the Sanskrit language. The replica of this manuscript can be seen in the Governor's Office in Samarinda.

Inscriptions on seven 5th century BCE on the Mulavarman, records his victories, Brahmins, his princely

stone pillars erected in the command of a local ruler, King his generosity to genealogy.

East Kalimantan was cities. Tarakan and 4 counties Kalimantan. The new area is balance of 3,026,060 for the

divided into 10 counties and 4 split off to form North 133,357.62 square km, with the 2010 census .

On the 22nd of October Representatives agreed to the creation North Kalimantan out of the 4 namely Malinau Regency, Regency, Bulungan Regency, and 1

2012, the Indonesian House of of a new province named counties in East Kalimantan, Nunukan Regency, Tana Tidung city, Tarakan.

Illegal logging has forests of the province. Less forest remains in places such Kutai national parks.

removed much of the original than half the original as the Kayan Mentarang the -

The projects that conservation includes a WWF project one of Borneo Orangutan reforestation and orangutan

supports tropical rainforest and Samboja Lestari lodge, Survival Foundation's rehabilitation projects.

East Kalimantan's earth resources such as gas, coal and gold. plant that was built by Dutch destroyed during World War II, and independence.

economy heavily depends on oilfield exploration, natural Balikpapan has an oil refinery governance before World War II, rebuilt after Indonesian -

Other developing agriculture and tourism.

economic sectors include -

Obstacles to economic transportation infrastructure. boats connecting coastal river, Mahakam River.

development include a lack of Transportation depends on traditional cities and areas along main -

In 2012, Russia's state Company signed a Memorandum of Kalimantan Governor over railway other freight. The 1st stage Balikpapan port to West Kutai and is estimated to cost commence in 2013 and by 2017 it is tons of coal annually. The line to Murung Raya in kilometer line, which will cost an

railway firm Joint Stock Understanding with the East lines to transport coal and will connect an area near Regency in a 183-kilometer line about $1.8 billion. It will hoped that it carry 20 million 2nd phase will connect a Central Kalimantan with a 60 estimated $600 million.

In addition to Derawan unique natural site, Labuan district which features fresh meters thickness and sea water fish and sea water fish live their respective habitat in Indonesian language to the clarity of the

Islands, East Kalimantan has a Cermin Lake at Biduk-biduk water on top with about 2 underneath it. Both fresh water in the lake inhabiting layer. "Cermin" means mirror and the lake was named so due water.

North Kalimantan Indonesia will be formally The new province is a part of Kalimantan Province and Irianto governor of it until a new people in the election.

Province is the 34th province of initially run on April 15, 2013. current of north of East Lambrie will be acting as the governor is choosen by their -

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Kutai, Traditional Name of a Historic Region in East Kalimantan

Kutai

Kutai or Dayak Kutai is the traditional name of a historic region in East Kalimantan in Indonesia on Borneo and also name of Dayak people on the region with a language of the same name and their historic states. Today the name is preserved in the names of three regencies in East Kalimantan, the Kutai Kartanegara Regency, the West Kutai Regency and the East Kutai Regency. The major river of the region was and is the Mahakam River.
The history is usually divided into two periods, that of the early Kutai Martadipura phase some time around 350â€"400 and the later Kutai Kartanegara phase beginning around 1300. The 1st period produced the earliest known inscriptions on Indonesia.
Kutai Martadipura is a 4th-century Indianized kingdom located in the Kutai area, East Kalimantan. It is one of the earliest ancient kingdom in Indonesian history. Seven stone pillars, or yūpa, have been found in Kutai, Kaman Estuary, near the Mahakam River. The plinths bear an inscription in the Pallava script of India reading "A gift to the Brahmin priests". The style of the script has been dated to the last half the 4th century. It is believed these religions were brought to Indonesia around the 2nd and 4th centuries, respectively, when Indian traders arrived on the islands of Sumatra, Java and Sulawesi.
The names of three rulers are known from the inscriptions. The 1st ruler mentioned is Kuḍungga, the “lord of men”, his son Aśwawarman, styled the “founder of the dynasty” (vaṇśa-kartṛ) and grandson of the 1st and son of the later, Mūlawarman called the “lord of kings” (rājendra). As Kuṇḍungga does not seem to be a name of Sanskrit hinduistic style while the other two are, it is presumed he was a leader of local origin ( Dayak People ) and it was his son Aśwawarman that adopted the hinduistic belief. It was Mūlawarman who let these inscriptions be made. While nothing of the military actions of his two predecessors is known, "Raja" Mūlawarman is stated to have conquered his neighbours in battle. He is also said to have increased the land of Kutai by a local ritual called "asvaredjwa". This ritual required a horse released to his land. The footsteps of the freely roaming horse were taken as evidence that the land belonged to Kutai. Mulawarman was also known for his tribute of gold to his God. The name of his kingdom isn't mentioned on the inscriptions nor do any other documents in other countries relate to a kingdom at this time in this region. It isn't known what became of the kingdom after these pillars had been erected. It may be possible that the name Kutai, as in Tuxjung Kute of the 1365 Javanese Majapahit poem Nāgarakṛtāgama is as ancient and reflects the original name used a thousand years earlier.
Around the end of the 13th century the kingdom of Kutai Kartanegara was established in the region of Tepian Batu or Kutai Lama. The 1st known ruler is Aji Batara Agung Dewa Sakti, who is thought to have ruled from 1300 to 1325. Aji Pangeran Sinum Panji Mendapa, who ruled 1635â€"1650, was able to conquer the kingdom of Kutai Martadipura and merged the two realms thus Kutai Kartanegara Ing Martadipura.
In 1667 the Dutch V.O.C. attacked Makassar on the island of Sulawesi leading to the downfall of the Bugis Kingdom of Gowa. Some of the Bugis under the leadership of Lamohang Daeng Mangkona or Pua Ado I immigrated to Kutai on neighbouring Borneo and the ruler of Kutai allowed them to settle in Kampung Melantai around the Karang Mumus River, now known as Kampung Selili. This settlement eventually developed into the modern town of Samarinda.
After a civil war Aji Imbut, after finally becoming the ruler as Aji Muhammad Muslihuddin in 1780, moved the capital in 1782 from Pemarangan to Tepian Pandan. The name of the capital city eventually developed from Tangga Arung to its present form of Tenggarong.
In 1844 the Dutch defeated the Sultan Aji Muhammad Salehudin, forcing him into exile, and took direct control of Kutai.
The Japanese invaded the region in 1942 and acknowledged a "Kooti Kingdom", that was a subject of the Tenno. In 1945 Kutai joined, along with its neighbours, into the East Kalimantan federation.

In 1949 Kutai finally Republic of Indonesia.

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The traditional language of the region is referred to as Tanggarong Kutai Malay and is considered a local Malay language, such as Banjarese and Bukit Malay to the south, Kota Bangun Kutai Malay to the west, Berau Malay to the north and others more distant. As such Tanggarong Kutai belongs to the large Austronesian family of languages. It is part of the Sundaâ€"Sulawesi languages branch, together with Malay and Iban as well as Buginese from southern Sulawesi that is also spoken in Samarinda. It is somewhat less related to the Borneoâ€"Philippines languages branch that can be found upstream of Kutai such as the Kenyah and Kayan language groups.

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