South Kalimantan

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South Kalimantan
*Kalimantan Selatan*

Motto: Waja Sampai Ka Puting (Banjarese): "Spirit as strong as steel, from the start until the end"

Capital	Banjarmasin
Governor	Drs. H. Rudi Arifin
Area	36,985 km²
Population	3,054,129 (2002)
Ethnic groups	Banjarese
Religion	Islam (89%), Protestant and Roman Catholic (1.2%), Buddhism (0.42%), Hindu (0.11%)
Languages	Banjarese, Indonesian
Time zone	WITA (UTC+8)
Web site	[http://www.kalsel.go.id]

South Kalimantan (Indonesian: Kalimantan Selatan often abbreviated to Kalsel) is a province of Indonesia. It is one of four Indonesian provinces in Kalimantan - the Indonesian part of the island of Borneo. The provincial capital is Banjarmasin.

The province has a population of 2.97 million (2000 census).

[edit] Regencies

There are 11 regencies in South Kalimantan as listed below with their capitals:

Balangan (Paringin)
Banjar (Martapura)
Barito Kuala (Marabahan)
Hulu Sungai Selatan (Kandangan)
Hulu Sungai Tengah (Barabai)
Hulu Sungai Utara (Amuntai)
Kota Baru (Kotabaru)
Tabalong (Tanjung)
Tanah Bumbu (Batulicin)
Tanah Laut (Pleihari)
Tapin (Rantau)

Administrative cities: Banjarbaru

Provinces of Indonesia

Sumatra:	Aceh \| North Sumatra \| West Sumatra \| Bengkulu \| Riau \| Riau Islands \| Jambi \| South Sumatra \| Lampung \| Bangka-Belitung
Java:	Jakarta \| West Java \| Banten \| Central Java \| Yogyakarta \| East Java
Kalimantan:	West Kalimantan \| Central Kalimantan \| South Kalimantan \| East Kalimantan
Lesser Sunda Islands:	Bali \| West Nusa Tenggara \| East Nusa Tenggara
Sulawesi:	West Sulawesi \| North Sulawesi \| Central Sulawesi \| South Sulawesi \| South East Sulawesi \| Gorontalo
Maluku Islands and New Guinea:	Maluku \| North Maluku \| West Irian Jaya \| Papua