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In 1550, at the time of Pangeran Giri Kesuma, who was the husband of Ratu Mas Jintan, the princess of the Sultanate of Landak, Islam was spreading across the Sultanate of Matan. [18] The missionary was Syeh Husein. [citation needed] Pangeran Giri Kesuma then gave a title to the son of syeh Husein, Syarif Hasan, as Sultan Aliuddin. After ...
[40] [38] The population of age 20 – 24 keeps increasing; this is thought to be caused by students from other regions in Central Kalimantan moving to the city to pursue higher education. [40] In addition, the city has the highest human development index and standard of living in the entire Kalimantan, making it an attractive destination for ...
Soon, virtually all of the southwest, southeast, and eastern areas of Kalimantan island were paying tribute to the sultanate. Sultan Agung of Mataram (1613–1646), who ruled north Java coastal ports such as Jepara , Gresik , Tuban , Madura and Surabaya , planned to colonise the Banjar-dominated areas of Kalimantan in 1622, but the plan was ...
Balikpapan is a seaport city in East Kalimantan, Indonesia. Located on the east coast of the island of Borneo, the city is the financial center of Kalimantan. [6] Balikpapan is the city with the largest economy in Kalimantan with an estimated 2016 GDP at Rp 73.18 trillion. [7] The city is served by Sultan Aji Muhammad Sulaiman Sepinggan Airport ...
Betung Kerihun National Park (Indonesian: Taman Nasional Betung Kerihun) [a] is a national park located in the Indonesian province of West Kalimantan, on the island of Borneo. The park was established in 1995, and has a total area of 8,000 km 2 (3,100 sq mi) or about 5.5 percent of West Kalimantan Province area.
Before Islam was established in Indonesian communities, Muslim traders had been present for several centuries. Ricklefs identifies two overlapping processes by which the Islamisation of Indonesia occurred: (1) Indonesians came into contact with Islam and converted, and (2) foreign Muslim Asians (Indians, Chinese, Arabs, etc.) settled in ...
Kotawaringin, or Kota Waringin was a sultanate on the south coast of Borneo. It covered an area in what is now the western part of the Indonesian province of Central Kalimantan .
Wehea Forest is a 38,000 ha rainforest located in East Kutai Regency, East Kalimantan, Borneo.Wehea was declared a protected forest in 2004 by the Wehea Dayak. [1] This project received the Kalpataru Award in 2009, Indonesia's highest environmental honor. [2]