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Ketapang
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Ketapang, or Tau-pang in Teochew, is the town and regency seat of Ketapang Regency (Kabupaten Ketapang), one of the regencies of West Kalimantan province on the island of Borneo in Indonesia. Ketapang town is located at and is a town on the delta of the Pawan River. Ketapang is served by the Rahadi Oesman Airport.

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Place details

Locality
Delta Pawan
Region
Kalimantan Barat
Country
Indonesia
Population
0
Timezone
Asia/Pontianak

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Key facts

Settlement.official_name
Ketapang
Settlement.settlement_type
Town
Settlement.native_name
Kute Ketapang (Ketapang Malay)Tau-pang (Ketapang Teochew)Kuta Ketapang (Pesaguan Dayak)
Settlement.native_name_lang
zh
Settlement.translit_lang1
Other
Settlement.translit_lang1_type2
Jawi
Settlement.translit_lang1_info2
کتاڤڠ
Settlement.translit_lang1_type3
Mandarin
Settlement.translit_lang1_info3
Jí dǎ bāng
Settlement.translit_lang1_type4
Teochew
Settlement.translit_lang1_info4
Tao⁵ pang⁵
Settlement.motto
Ketapang ASRI (Aman, Sehat, Ramah, Indah)
Settlement.image_skyline
Ketapang city001.JPG
Settlement.image_map
Locator map of Ketapang Regency in West Kalimantan.svg
Settlement.map_caption
Location within West Kalimantan
Settlement.pushpin_map
Indonesia_Kalimantan#Indonesia
Settlement.pushpin_label_position
right
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
Location in Kalimantan and Indonesia

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Encyclopedic overview

14 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Administration
  • Economy
  • Education
  • Health
  • Demographics
  • Transportation
  • Main sights
  • Notable people
  • Villages
  • Climate
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

Ketapang, or Tau-pang in Teochew, is the town and regency seat of Ketapang Regency (Kabupaten Ketapang), one of the regencies of West Kalimantan province on the island of Borneo in Indonesia. Ketapang town is located at and is a town on the delta of the Pawan River. Ketapang is served by the Rahadi Oesman Airport.

==History== thumb|Tua Pek Kong Ketapang, icon of the town Ketapang is named from the local Malay name for ketapang tree (Terminalia catappa).

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ketapang” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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