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Tanjung Selor
North Kalimantan, Indonesia · Asia
About Tanjung Selor
Tanjung Selor sits on the route: 20 minutes from Salinbatu.
Tanjung Selor is in North Kalimantan, Indonesia, with about 57,000 people. You drive on the left here. The nearest town is Salinbatu, about 12 km away.
Tanjung Selor is a town and an administrative district (kecamatan) which serves as the capital of both the North Kalimantan province in Indonesia, and of the Bulungan Regency. It is among those provincial capitals in Indonesia that as of 2025 does not yet have city status, together with Mamuju in West Sulawesi, SofifiRead more
in North Maluku, Nabire in Central Papua, Wamena in Highland Papua, Salor in South Papua, and Manokwari in West Papua. The district has an area of 677.77 km2 according to the regency official statistics (although the area is 1,207.13 km2 according to the district official statistics). It had a population of 39,439 at the 2010 Census and 56,569 at the 2020 Census; the official estimate as at mid 2025 was 67,837.
Tanjung Selor District was formally established as an administrative district (kecamatan) within Bulungan Regency, after being separated from Tanjung Palas District, on 15 August 2002.
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Tanjung Selor is in North Kalimantan, Indonesia, about 12 km from Salinbatu.
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- Population
- 56,569
- Continent
- Asia
- Country
- Indonesia
- Region
- North Kalimantan
- Timezone
- Asia/Makassar
- Coordinates
- 2.8375, 117.3653
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Year-round
Tropical latitude: plan around the wet season rather than temperature.
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