East Kalimantan
Proper noun
Meaning
East Kalimantan
A province of Indonesia.
Examples
President Joko Widodo announced in August that the capital would move to a site in sparsely populated East Kalimantan province on Borneo island, known for rainforests and orangutans.
Four of the case studies are Indonesian: the Kedungombo Dam and the Tapak River in Central Java, coal mining in East Kalimantan, and the Tanah Lot development in Bali.
Other major rivers include the Mahakam in East Kalimantan (convert), the Barito in South Kalimantan (convert), and Rajang in Sarawak (convert).
Widodo last year announced he will move Indonesia’s capital to East Kalimantan province on Borneo island, to reduce the burden on Jakarta, which is overpopulated and sinking.
Wooden houses along a pedestrian road in Long Segar, a Kenyah village in East Kalimantan, Indon.