Ketapang

Ketapang

Ketapang is the capital city of Ketapang Regency, one of the regencies of West Kalimantan province on the island of Borneo in Indonesia. Ketapang city  a small city on the delta of the Pawan River. Ketapang is served by the Ketapang Airport (Rahadi Osman Airport).
Ketapang is named from the local Malay name for ketapang fruit.
In 1936, Ketapang regency became one of the Afdeling in Keresidenan Kalimantan Barat (Residentis Western Afdeling van Borneo). In 1956, Ketapang regency became an autonomous regency in West Kalimantan province, and led by a regent (bupati).
There are 37 high schools operated by state, private and religious institutions. The city has an Open University. A polytechnic has opened by 2008.

The two hospitals Dr.Agoesdjam and RS Fatima (private

located in the city are RSUD hospital).

Ketapang is a multicultural city. It has a large minority population of Chinese with the majority being native Indonesians. Madurese and Javanese are also significant minorities, in terms of size. Most Chinese residents in Ketapang are of either Teochew or Hakka descent with Teochew being the majority. Because of this, Teochew is the main dialect used among Chinese residents in Ketapang. The native Indonesians living there are mainly of Malay and Dayak descent. In regards to speech, most citizens of Ketapang incorporate a type of Malay accent in their Indonesian, which is somewhat similar to that used in Malaysia.
Some hotels located in the centre regions of the city include Hotel Aston Ketapang, Hotel Perdana, Hotel Murni and Hotel Putra Tanjung.

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