East Balikpapan
Kecamatan Balikpapan Timur
District
Government office of East Balikpapan districts
East Balikpapan District
East Balikpapan District
Location of East Balikpapan district in Balikpapan
Interactive map of East Balikpapan district
Coordinates: 01°12′54″S 116°58′21″E / 1.21500°S 116.97250°E / -1.21500; 116.97250
Country Indonesia
ProvinceEast Kalimantan
CityBalikpapan
Administrative subdistricts4
Government
 • District mayorPurwantoro
Area
[1]
 • Total137.158 km2 (52.957 sq mi)
Population
 (2018)(from BPS) [2]
 • Total70,034
 • Density510/km2 (1,300/sq mi)
Time zoneGMT +8
WebsiteOfficial website
(in Indonesia)

East Balikpapan is a district in the city of Balikpapan, East Kalimantan, Indonesia. There area of this district is 92.42 km2 in water, and in land an area is 137.158 km2.[3] East Balikpapan is bordered by Kutai Kartanegara Regency to the North, by the Makassar Strait to the South and East, and by North Balikpapan district to the West.

Economics

Tourism

There are contains numerous popular tourist spots, both modern historical & modern. These include Japanese Soldier Tomb Monument, Teritip Crocodile Breeding Zoo and the popular beach like as Manggar Segarasari Beach and Lamaru Beach.

Agricultural

Apart from being known for its coastal area, there is the center for agricultural food in Teritip subdistrict. In agriculture, Papaya is one of the most commonly cultivated fruits and cultivates vegetable horticulture. In addition, there are poultry raising that is sufficient to meet food needs. In the Gunung Binjai area, there are extensive zalacca plantations. Not only agriculture, this district has production, processing and marketing centers for fishery commodities in Manggar and Manggar Baru subdistricts.

Manufactures

Some multinational corporations operate in East Balikpapan district. Companies including Baker Hughes (US), Halliburton (US), Schlumberger (France), Thiess (Australia), Komatsu (Japan), Elnusa (Indonesia) and Weatherford International (US) use Manggar subdistricts as their base of operations in the region, and several others also attract many people to work in this area.

Government

In military, there are contains Depo of Vocational Education Military is a school founded by the Main Regiment of Army Military Command VI/Mulawarman was operated in Manggar Baru subdistrict and Dhomber Airfield (known as the Indonesian Air Force Base in Balikpapan) is a base belonging to the air force located in Manggar subdistrict. Another the public government are office Police Sector in Lamaru subdistrict, and Community Health Centers and Office District in Manggar subdistrict.

Sport

Batakan Stadium is a football stadium in Manggar subdistrict. The stadium hosts Liga 2 club Persiba Balikpapan and its has a capacity of 40,000.[4]

Administrative divisions

East Balikpapan is divided into 4 administrative sub-districts:

Map of East Balikpapan's sub-districts
Maps of East Balikpapan's subdistricts
Maps of East Balikpapan's subdistricts
# Name subdistricts

(Kelurahan)

 Area

(km2) [5]

1 Manggar 35.255
2 Lamaru 48.555
3 Teritip 49.512
4 Manggar Baru 3.836
Total 137.158

Infrastructure

Historical architecture

  • Japanese Soldier Tomb Monument (Monumen Makam Tentara Jepang)

Nature and park

  • Teritip Crocodile Breeding Zoo (Penangkaran Buaya Teritip)
  • Manggar Segarasari Beach (Pantai Manggar Segarasari)
  • Lamaru Beach (Pantai Lamaru)
  • Batakan Beach (Pantai Batakan)
  • Serumpun Beach (Pantai Serumpun)
  • Surya Hill Recreational Park (Taman Rekreasi Bukit Surya)
  • Mangrove Forest Hall Barnacle Conservation (Hutan Manggrove Pendopo)
  • Alpha Hill (Bukit Alpha)
  • Lamaru Mirror Lake (Danau Cermin)

Educations

  • Public 8 of Junior School (SMP Negeri 8)
  • Public 13 of Junior School (SMP Negeri 13)
  • Public 19 of Junior School (SMP Negeri 19)
  • Public 7 of High School (SMA Negeri 7)
  • Public 1 of Madrasah Ibtidayah (MI Negeri 1)
  • Public 5 of Vocational High School (SMK Negeri 5)

References

  1. ↑ Balikpapan, Official Government (2011-12-07). "Wilayah Administrasi Kota Balikpapan" (in Indonesian). Archived from the original on 2020-01-08.
  2. ↑ Balikpapan, Badan Pusat Statistik (2019-05-16). "Proyeksi Penduduk Kota Balikpapan Menurut Kecamatan Tahun 2010-2018" (in Indonesian). Archived from the original on 2021-05-21.
  3. ↑ Balikpapan, Official Government. "Keadaan Geografi dan Demografi". balikpapantimur.balikpapan.go.id. Retrieved 2021-03-01.
  4. ↑ "Stadiums in Indonesia". stadiumdb.com. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
  5. ↑ Balikpapan, Official Government (2011-12-07). "Wilayah Administrasi Kota Balikpapan" (in Indonesian). Archived from the original on 2020-01-08.
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