Pulang Pisau Regency

Pulang Pisau Regency
(Kabupaten Pulung Pisau)
Regency
Country Indonesia
Region Kalimantan
Province Central Kalimantan
Capital Pulang Pisau
Area
 • Total 3,474 sq mi (8,997 km2)
Population (2014)
 • Total 128,560
 • Density 37/sq mi (14/km2)
Website http://www.pulangpisaukab.go.id/

Pulang Pisau Regency (Indonesian: Kabupaten Pulang Pisau) is one of the thirteen regencies which comprise the Central Kalimantan Province on the island of Kalimantan (Borneo), Indonesia. The town of Pulang Pisau is the capital of Pulang Pisau Regency. The population of Pulang Pisau Regency was 120,062 at the 2010 Census (an increase from 111,488 at the previous Census in 2000); the latest official estimate (as at January 2014) is 128,560. Pulang Pisau Regency was formed in 2002.

Administrative Districts

Pulang Pisau Regency consists of eight districts (kecamatan), tabulated below:

Orangutan conservation

In 2015, the local government has agreed to make Badak Besar and Badak Kecil regions in Salat Nusa Island to be a conservation area for orangutans. Central Kalimantan province has an orangutan rehabilitation area in Nyaru Menteng.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Erwin Z. (April 2, 2015). "Central Kalimantan to Establish Orangutan Conservation".

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