West Kalimantan is an area that could be dubbed "The Province of a Thousand Rivers".
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14 Facts About West Kalimantan
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West Kalimantan was under Japanese occupation from 1942 to 1945, when Indonesia declared its Independence.
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All the Malay Sultans on West Kalimantan were executed and the Malay elite was devastated by the Japanese.
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West Kalimantan was the site of substantial fighting during the Indonesia-Malaysia confrontation under the Sukarno government in the mid-1960s.
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West Kalimantan Province is located in the western part of the island of Borneo, or in between the lines 2°08'N and 3°05'S and between 108°0'E and 114°10'E.
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West Kalimantan has a tropical climate, with often high temperatures accompanied by high humidity.
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Judging from the size of the territory, West Kalimantan is Indonesia's third largest province by area, after Papua and Central Kalimantan.
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West Kalimantan is an area that could be called "The Thousand Rivers Province".
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West Kalimantan is subdivided into two cities and twelve regencies.
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Ever since 2005, the five regencies in the eastern part of West Kalimantan have floated a concept to establish Kapuas Raya due to the distance issues from the respective regencies to the province capital Pontianak.
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West Kalimantan has been fighting against illegal logging by the trade-off with low-cost quality dental and medical treatment to 60,000 villagers on condition they involve in reforestation and conservation work.
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Muslim majority areas in West Kalimantan are the inhabited coastal regions where the majority are Malays, such as Sambas, Mempawah, Ketapang, North Kayong, Kubu Raya, Kapuas Hulu and Pontianak.
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West Kalimantan men wear traditional clothing in the form of headgear decorated with feathers of hornbills, sleeveless shirt, knee-length trousers and fabric that serves as a belt.
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One of the cultural houses in West Kalimantan is called "Rumah Panjang" because its size length and made of wood.
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