Welcome to Kalimantan

Kalimantan makes up seventy-three percent of the island Borneo; the other parts are separated as the Malaysian state of Sabah and Sarawak, and the sultanate of Brunei in between them. Indonesian Kalimantan, though the term has never been popularly used in Indonesia itself, is divided into five provinces: Central Kalimantan, East Kalimantan, West Kalimantan, North Kalimantan and South Kalimantan.

The island, which has an area of 743,330 square kilometers, is derived from Sanskrit, Kalamanthana with the meaning of “burning weather island” or “very hot island”. Most of the population living in the coastal areas of Kalimantan are ethnic Malay and Muslim, though there are still a large number of Dayak people, the indigenous people of Kalimantan, who are Christian.

In 2022, it is announced that Kalimantan will be the new capital city of Indonesia with the name of Nusantara, officially Nusantara Capital City or Ibu Kota Nusantara (IKN). It is currently still in development and is expected to be finished by 2045.

Kalimantan's Economy

Learn more about Kalimantan:

Kalimantan's Culture

Kalimantan Gallery

Explore Kalimantan's beauty through stunning images and cultural highlights

Kalimantan Fun Fact

The third largest islands

Following Greenland and New Guinea, Borneo is the third largest islands in the world.
Borneo itself is politically divided among three states. 1% of the teritory is the sovereign state of Brunei in the north, 73% came from Kalimantan, and in the north, 26% is made up from the East Malaysian states of Sabah and Sarawak.

Sepaku, Penajam North Paser Regency, East Kalimantan, Indonesia

Has no volcanoes and relatively low seismic activity

Kalimantan has a relatively low seismic activities due to the absence of volcanoes, however, Kalimantan still has several earthquake sources, such as the Meratus Fault, Mangkalihat Fault, Tarakan Fault, Maratua Fault, Sampurna Fault, and Paternoster Fault.

Meratus Mountains, South Kalimantan

Borneo Lowland Rainforest, one of the oldest rainforests in the world

Borneo Lowland Rainforest is located in 3 countries (Indonesia, Malaysia, and Brunei). It is estimated to be around 140 million years old, with more than 15,000 plant species.
According to wwf.panda.org, Borneo is estimated to have around 222 mammals, 420 birds, 100 amphibians and 394 fish.
44 endemic mammals, 37 endemic birds, and 19 endemic fishes (meaning it cannot be found anywhere esle around the world).

One of the natural habitats for Orangutan

Orangutan is the great apes that can only be found in the Southeast Asian rainforest, specifically in Borneo and Sumatra, Indonesia.
Unfortunately, Orangutan's status is now critically endangered due to the deforestation and poaching.

Tanjung Puting National Park, Teluk Pulai, West Kotawaringin Regency, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia