Tenggarong
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Tenggarong (), historically known as Tepian Pandan and Tangga Arung, is a riverside district and the regency seat of Kutai Kartanegara in the Indonesian province of East Kalimantan. The district is located on the bank of Mahakam River and covers an area of 358.34 km² after the administrative split with Tenggarong Seberang in 1996. It is the most populous district in Kutai Kartanegara, with a population of 106,480 in the 2020 census, and an estimated 112,937 in 2025.
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- Tenggarong
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- District
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- Adipura Monument at Tenggarong
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- Indonesia East Kalimantan#Indonesia Kalimantan#Indonesia
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- right
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- Location in East Kalimantan, Kalimantan, and Indonesia
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- East Kalimantan
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- Regency
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- Kutai Kartanegara
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- District head
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- Sukono
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- 358.34
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- 112937
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- mid 2024 estimate
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Tenggarong (), historically known as Tepian Pandan and Tangga Arung, is a riverside district and the regency seat of Kutai Kartanegara in the Indonesian province of East Kalimantan. The district is located on the bank of Mahakam River and covers an area of 358.34 km² after the administrative split with Tenggarong Seberang in 1996. It is the most populous district in Kutai Kartanegara, with a population of 106,480 in the 2020 census, and an estimated 112,937 in 2025.
==History== The former Kutai Kartanegara Sultanate's capital was likewise located in Tenggarong. Historically, the then capital was called Tepian Pandan. At some point, the Kutai Kartanegara Sultan, Aji Muhammad Muslihuddin, changed the name from Tepian Pandan to Tangga Arung (literally the house of the king). In application, the people of Kutai would then shorten this name by combining the two words Tangga Arung to Tenggarong. It was also spelt as Tengaron, especially on older publications.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tenggarong” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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