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Penajam North Paser | |
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| Penajam North Paser Regency Kabupaten Penajam Paser Utara (PPU) | |
| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Paser | Penajam Paser Dayo |
 Regent office building | |
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 Location within Indonesian province of East Kalimantan | |
  Penajam North Paser Location in East Kalimantan and Indonesia  Penajam North Paser Penajam North Paser (Indonesia) | |
| Coordinates: 1°17′30″S 116°30′50″E / 1.291709°S 116.513796°E | |
| Country | Indonesia |
| Province | East Kalimantan |
| Regency seat | Penajam |
| Government | |
| • Acting Regent | Makmur Marbun |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3,333.06 km2 (1,286.90 sq mi) |
| • Land | 3,060.82 km2 (1,181.79 sq mi) |
| • Water | 272.24 km2 (105.11 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| Population (mid 2023 estimate[1]) | |
| • Total | 196,566 |
| • Density | 59/km2 (150/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (ICST) |
| Area code | (+62) 542/543 |
| HDI (2019) |  0.716 (High) |
| Website | penajamkab.go.id |
Penajam North Paser Regency or Penajam–North Paser Regency (abbreviated as PPU), is a regency in the Indonesian province of East Kalimantan. Its administrative centre is the town of Penajam. The area which now forms Penajam North Paser was part of the Paser Regency until its creation as a separate regency on 10 April 2002.[2] It covers an area of 3,333.06 km2 (of which 3,060.82 km2 is land area and 272.24 km2 is sea area) and it had 142,922 inhabitants at the 2010 census[3] and 178,681 at the 2020 census;[4] the official estimate as at mid-2023 was 196,566 (comprising 101,816 males and 94,750 females).[1] Penajam North Paser Regency has the smallest area among the seven regencies in East Kalimantan province.
The regency was historically part of the Paser Kingdom, which was a dependency of the Banjar Sultanate.[5] It is the second youngest regency in East Kalimantan. In 2019, parts of the regency were designated to be included in the location of the new Indonesian national capital.[6]
- ^ a b Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2024, Kabupaten Penajam Paser Utara Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.6409)
- ^ "Website Pemerintah Kabupaten Penajam Paser Utara – Maju, Modern dan Religius". Retrieved 2021-01-04.
- ^ Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.
- ^ Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.
- ^ "Website Resmi Pemerintah Kabupaten Paser - KALTIM". 2010-08-05. Archived from the original on 5 August 2010. Retrieved 2022-01-17.
- ^ Kusuma, Hendra. "Resmi! Jokowi Putuskan Ibu Kota RI Pindah ke Kaltim". detikfinance (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2022-01-17.