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2 unusual facts about East Kalimantan


Australian light destroyer project

These ships also bombarded Indonesian positions in East Kalimantan near the border with Malaysia on several occasions.

Berau Malay language

The Berau language, also known as Berau Malay, is an Austronesian language which is spoken by the Berau people in Berau Regency, East Kalimantan, Indonesia.


Berau Malays

The Berau people or Berau Malays live in Berau, in the north of East Kalimantan in Indonesia.

Brent Loken

His main work centers on research, conservation, education and development activities mainly in the 38,000 ha Wehea Forest, located in East Kutai Regency, East Kalimantan, Borneo.

Greater Sunda Islands

It contains all of Brunei, the Indonesian provinces of Central, East, West, North, and South Kalimantan, and the Malaysian states of Sabah and Sarawak.

Malayisation

Further down the east coast, the Paser polity had extended its influence into the Barito-speaking Dayak, and some of these people became Muslim and were eventually referred to as 'Paser Malays'.

Murut people

They can also be found inhabiting the border areas of Sarawak, (especially around the Lawas and Limbang areas, where they are also referred to as Tagal people), East Kalimantan (in Malinau and Nunukan) and Brunei.

Nepenthes epiphytica

Nepenthes epiphytica is a tropical pitcher plant known only from the Berau and East Kutai Regencies of East Kalimantan, Borneo, where it grows at an elevation of around 1000 m above sea level.

Wehea Forest

Wehea Forest is a 38,000 ha rainforest located in East Kutai Regency, East Kalimantan, Borneo.


see also

Berau

Berau Malays or Berau people, an ethnic group in East Kalimantan

Berau Malay language, language spoken by the Berau people in East Kalimantan

Mahakam River

Since the 1970s transmigration of people to East Kalimantan was organised by the Indonesian government especially in areas near River Mahakam.

Ocean Park Conservation Foundation Hong Kong

Other research studies include: Irrawaddy Dolphins in northern Borneo,Malayisia and Mahakam River and Lakes in East Kalimantan, Indonesia.

Roy M. Huffington

In 1966 HUFFCO signed production sharing contract with Pertamina to explore oil in the Kutai Basin of the Mahakam River delta in East Kalimantan, Indonesia.

Tarakan riot

South Sulawesi Governor Syahrul Yasin Limpo had spoken with the East Kalimantan Governor Awang Faroek Ishak to inquire about the situation, and called for peace negotiations.