Nunukan Regency

Nunukan Regency is a regency of North Kalimantan Province in Indonesia. Nunukan Regency shares international borders with the Malaysian states of Sabah to the north and Sarawak to the west, and inter-regency borders with Tana Tidung Regency and Malinau Regency to the south.

Nunukan Regency

Kabupaten Nunukan
Regency
Coat of arms
Motto(s): 
Penekindi Debaya
(Building Regions)
Location within North Kalimantan
Nunukan Regency
Location in Kalimantan and Indonesia
Nunukan Regency
Nunukan Regency (Indonesia)
Coordinates: 4°3′34″N 117°40′1″E
CountryIndonesia
ProvinceNorth Kalimantan
CapitalNunukan
Government
 • RegentAsmin Laura Hafid
 • Vice RegentFaridil Murad
Area
 • Total226 km2 (87 sq mi)
Population
 (2010 Census)
 • Total181,567
 • Density800/km2 (2,100/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (ICST)
Area code(+62) 556
Websitenunukankab.go.id

Nunukan is also the name of an island within this regency. It has an area of 226 km2. Nunukan town, the capital of the regency, is located on Nunukan Island. It is a major port for ferry crossings to Tawau in Sabah state, Malaysia.

Indonesian exit stamp from Nunukan.

Demographic

Administration

At the 2010 Census, the regency was divided into nine districts (kecamatan), listed below with their populations at the 2010 Census:[2]

NamePopulation
2010 Census
Krayan7,240
Krayan Selatan
(South Krayan)		2,243
Lumbis9,883
Sembakung8,138
Nunukan53,621
Sebuku14,899
Nunukan Selatan
(South Nunukan)		12,260
Sebatik22,173
Sebatik Barat
(West Sebatik)		10,384

Note 1: Nunukan District comprises the western half of Nunukan Island (including the town of Nunukan), together with adjacent areas on the 'mainland' of Kalimantan. Nunukan Selatan District comprises the eastern half of Nunukan Island.

Note 2: Sebatik District comprises a southeast portion of Sebatik Island, while Sebatik Barat District comprises a southwest portion (the northern half of this island is part of Malaysian North Borneo, as the international boundary divides this island in two). Since 2010, three additional districts have been created on (the Indonesian portion of) Sebatik Island - Sebatik Timur, Sebatik Tengah and Sebatik Utara - by the division of existing districts.

There are now (after 2012) nineteen districts within the regency. Besides the nine districts tabulated above, the ten new districts are Krayan Barat, Krayan Tengah, Krayan Timur, Lumbis Ogong, Sembakung Atulai, Sei Menggaris, Tulin Onsoi, Sebatik Timur, Sebatik Tengah and Sebatik Utara.

Climate

Nunukan town, the seat of the regency has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) with moderate rainfall in January and February and heavy rainfall in the remaining months.

Climate data for Nunukan
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average high °C (°F) 29.5
(85.1)		 29.5
(85.1)		 29.8
(85.6)		 30.4
(86.7)		 30.7
(87.3)		 30.7
(87.3)		 30.8
(87.4)		 30.9
(87.6)		 30.7
(87.3)		 30.7
(87.3)		 30.4
(86.7)		 29.8
(85.6)		 30.3
(86.6)
Daily mean °C (°F) 26.1
(79.0)		 26.1
(79.0)		 26.3
(79.3)		 26.8
(80.2)		 26.9
(80.4)		 26.8
(80.2)		 26.8
(80.2)		 26.8
(80.2)		 26.6
(79.9)		 26.7
(80.1)		 26.7
(80.1)		 26.3
(79.3)		 26.6
(79.8)
Average low °C (°F) 22.7
(72.9)		 22.7
(72.9)		 22.9
(73.2)		 23.2
(73.8)		 23.2
(73.8)		 23.0
(73.4)		 22.8
(73.0)		 22.7
(72.9)		 22.6
(72.7)		 22.7
(72.9)		 23.0
(73.4)		 22.9
(73.2)		 22.9
(73.2)
Average rainfall mm (inches) 116
(4.6)		 123
(4.8)		 140
(5.5)		 171
(6.7)		 236
(9.3)		 208
(8.2)		 234
(9.2)		 237
(9.3)		 204
(8.0)		 218
(8.6)		 218
(8.6)		 207
(8.1)		 2,312
(90.9)
Source: Climate-Data.org[3]

References
  1. Sindo (2008-10-25). "Sebatik, Pulau Rantauan Suku Bugis". Nusantara News. Retrieved 2020-06-18.
  2. Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.
  3. "Climate: Nunukan". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 23 November 2020.

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