Berau Regency
Regency in East Kalimantan, Indonesia
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::summary Regency in East Kalimantan, Indonesia ::
::data[format=table title="Infobox settlement"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| official_name | Berau Regency |
| image_shield | Coat of arms of Berau Regency.svg |
| image_map | Lokasi Kalimantan Timur Kabupaten Berau.svg |
| map_caption | Location within East Kalimantan |
| coordinates | |
| subdivision_type | Country |
| subdivision_name | Indonesia |
| subdivision_type1 | Province |
| subdivision_name1 | East Kalimantan |
| seat_type | Capital |
| seat | Tanjung Redeb |
| pushpin_map | Indonesia_Kalimantan#Indonesia |
| pushpin_map_caption | Location in Kalimantan and Indonesia |
| leader_title | Regent |
| leader_name | |
| leader_title2 | Vice Regent |
| leader_name2 | |
| area_total_km2 | 36962.37 |
| population_total | 299005 |
| population_as_of | mid 2024 estimate |
| population_density_km2 | auto |
| population_note | |
| timezone | ICST |
| utc_offset | +8 |
| website | |
| area_code_type | Area code |
| area_code | (+62) 554 |
| image_caption | Aerial view of Derawan Island |
| image_skyline | Aerial of Derawan 2017-09-16.jpg |
| native_name | Kabupaten Berau |
| type | Regency |
| :: |
| official_name = Berau Regency | image_flag = | image_shield = Coat of arms of Berau Regency.svg | motto = | image_map = Lokasi Kalimantan Timur Kabupaten Berau.svg | map_caption = Location within East Kalimantan | coordinates = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = Indonesia | subdivision_type1 = Province | subdivision_name1 = East Kalimantan | seat_type = Capital | seat = Tanjung Redeb | pushpin_map = Indonesia_Kalimantan#Indonesia | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Kalimantan and Indonesia | established_title = | established_date = | leader_title = Regent | leader_name = | leader_title2 = Vice Regent | leader_name2 = | area_total_km2 = 36962.37 | area_land_km2 = | area_water_km2 = | area_water_percent = | elevation_m = | population_total = 299005 | population_as_of = mid 2024 estimate | population_density_km2 = auto | population_note = | timezone = ICST | utc_offset = +8 | timezone_DST = | utc_offset_DST = | website = | footnotes = | area_code_type = Area code | area_code = (+62) 554 | image_caption = Aerial view of Derawan Island | image_skyline = Aerial of Derawan 2017-09-16.jpg | native_name = Kabupaten Berau | type = Regency Berau Regency (, Berau: Barrau) is the most northern of the seven regencies in East Kalimantan province in Indonesia.{{cite web | title = Kabupaten Berau website | publisher = Government of Indonesia | url = http://www.berau.go.id/ | archive-url = https://archive.today/20020802112450/http://www.berau.go.id/ | url-status = dead | archive-date = 2 August 2002 | accessdate = 28 April 2010
Berau was formerly the name of a local sultanate that existed during the Dutch colonial period. In the early 19th century, it was divided into two separate sultanates: Gunung Tabur and Sambaliung.{{cite web | title = Indonesian Traditional States II | work = World Statesmen.org | publisher = Cahoon, Ben | url = http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Indonesia_princely_states2.html | accessdate = 28 April 2010}}
Administrative districts
Berau Regency is divided into thirteen districts (kecamatan), tabulated below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 census and the 2020 census, together with the official estimates as at mid 2024. The table also includes the location of the district headquarters, the number of administrative villages in each district (a total of 100 rural desa and 10 urban kelurahan), and of offshore islands in each district, and its postal codes.
::data[format=table] | Kode Wilayah|| Name of District (kecamatan)|| Area in km2 || Pop'n census 2010|| Pop'n census 2020|| Pop'n Estimate mid 2024||Admin centre||No. of villages||No. of islands||Post codes | |---| | 64.03.01 | | 64.03.02 | | 64.03.10 | | 64.03.07 | | 64.03.08 | | 64.03.11 | | 64.03.03 | | 63.03.04 | | 64.03.05 | | 64.03.06 | | 64.03.09 | | 64.03.12 | | 64.03.13 | | | ::
Notes: (a) while the name of this district literally means "Derawan Island", in practice the district includes a dozen large islands (Badakbadak, Bingkar, Derawan, Guntung, Labulabu, Lalawan, Manambula, Panjang, Samama, Sangalaki, Tempurung and Tidung) together with part of the 'mainland' of Kalimantan. (b) includes one kelurahan - the town of Sambaliung. (c) all six are kelurahan - Bugis, Gayam, Gunung Panjang, Karang Ambun, Sungai Bedungun and Tanjung Redeb. (d) except the towns of Gunung Panjang (with a post code of 77311) and Bugis (with a post code of 77312. (e) includes one kelurahan - the town of Gunung Tabur. (f) includes two kelurahan - the towns of Teluk Bayur and Rinding. (g) except the towns of Rinding (with a post code of 77313) and Teluk Bayur and the village of Tumbit Melayu (with a post code of 77315). (h) except the villages (desa) of Tembudan, Kayu Indah and Sumber Agung (all with a post code of 77372).
Berau Marine Conservation Area
Konservasi Kawasan Laut (KKL) Berau (or "Berau Marine Conservation Area") was formed in 2005 and has an area of 1.321 million hectares, which includes Pulau Panjang (Long Island), Karangtigau Cape, and Baliktaba Reef. The area has the second highest coral reef biodiversity in Indonesia after Raja Ampat Islands and third highest in the world. The ecosystem covers coral reef, mangrove forest and sea grass.
Literary significance
The novelist Joseph Conrad made four visits to Berau, stopping at Tanjung Redeb, while employed as the first mate of the merchant vessel S.S. Vidar in 1887–1888. The geographical setting and the lives of the small number of European traders based in Berau made a profound impression on him, and the setting for three of his novels (Almayer's Folly, An Outcast of the Islands and the second part of Lord Jim) is loosely based on Berau. Conrad sometimes refers to the Berau river as Pantai ("beach") and uses the fictional name Sambir to refer to Tanjung Redeb.
References
References
- Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2025, ''Kabupaten Berau Dalam Angka 2025'' (Katalog-BPS 1102001.6405)
- Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.
- Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.
- (4 February 2012). "Melindungi Keragaman Hayati Terumbu Karang Tertinggi Ketiga di Dunia KKL Berau".
- Sherry, Norman. (1966). "Conrad's Eastern World". University Press.
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