North Hulu Sungai Regency is one of the regencies in the Indonesian province of South Kalimantan. It was created from the bifurcation of the original Hulu Sungai Regency and formerly covered a much larger area in the north of the province, but on 14 July 1965 the northern districts were split off to create a separate Tabalong Regency, and on 25 February 2003 the eastern districts were split off to create a separate Balangan Regency. It now has a land area of 907.72 km2, and had a population of 209,246 at the 2010 CensusBiro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011. and 226,727 at the 2020 Census;Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021. the official estimate as of mid-2024 was 238,250 (comprising 118,822 males and 119,428 females).Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2025, Kabupaten Hulu Sungai Utara Dalam Angka 2025 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.6308) The capital of the regency is the town of Amuntai.
Administrative districts North Hulu Sungai Regency is divided into ten districts (kecamatan), listed below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 Census and 2020 Census, together with the official estimates as of mid-2024.Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2025, Kabupaten Hulu Sungai Utara Dalam Angka 2025 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.6308) The table includes the locations of the district administrative centres, the number of administrative villages in each district (a total of 214 rural desa and 5 urban kelurahan - the latter all in Amuntai Tengah District), and its postcode.
Kode Wilayah Name ofDistrict(kecamatan) Area inkm2 Pop'nCensus2010 Pop'nCensus 2020 Pop'nEstimate mid 2024 Admincentre No.ofvillages Postcode 63.08.01 Danau Panggang 136.2419,59320,51421,536Danau Panggang1671453 63.08.09 Paminggir 192.777,3778,0008,470Paminggir771451 63.08.02 Babirik 82.0117,83319,40220,556Babirik2371454 63.08.03 Sungai Pandan (Pandan River) 59.9225,90527,63929,297Alabio3371455 63.08.10 Sungai Tabukan (Tabukan River) 22.2513,80114,82815,509Sungai Tabukan1771456 63.08.04 Amuntai Selatan (South Amuntai) 149.9926,46630,15332,075Telaga Silaba3071452 63.08.05 Amuntai Tengah (Central Amuntai) 77.0947,96150,60952,477Amuntai29 (a) 71412-71419 63.08.07 Banjang 110.6416,18518,69319,127Banjang2071416 63.08.06 Amuntai Utara (North Amuntai) 37.8519,95520,51021,788Teluk Daun267147163.08.08 Haur Gading 38.9614,17016,37917,415Sungai Limas1871472 Totals 907.72209,246226,727238,250Amuntai219 Note: (a) including the 5 kelurahan of Antasari, Kebun Sari, Murung Sari, Paliwara and Sungai Malang.
Climate Amuntai has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) with moderate rainfall from July to September and heavy rainfall in the remaining months.
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