{{Infobox settlement |official_name = Barabai |nickname = |settlement_type = Town |motto = |image_skyline = Tugu Burung Sulangking Barabai.jpg |imagesize = |image_caption = Sulangking Monument, Barabai |image_flag = |image_seal = |image_map = |mapsize = |map_caption = |pushpin_map = Indonesia Kalimantan |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = Indonesia |subdivision_type1 = Province |subdivision_name1 = South Kalimantan |subdivision_type3 = Villages |subdivision_name3 = 18 |leader_title = |leader_name = |established_title = |established_date = |area_magnitude = |area_total_km2 = 41.98 |area_land_km2 = |area_water_km2 = |area_water_percent = |area_urban_km2 = |area_metro_km2 = |population_as_of = mid 2024 estimate |population_note = <ref name="Badan Pusat Statistik 2025">Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2025, ''Kabupaten Hulu Sungai Tengah Dalam Angka 2025'' (Katalog-BPS 1102001.6307)</ref> |population_total = 55956 |population_density_km2 = auto |population_metro = |population_density_metro_km2 = |timezone = WITA |utc_offset = +8 |timezone_DST = |utc_offset_DST = |coordinates = {{coord|2|35|S|115|23|E|region:ID|display=inline,title}} |elevation_m = |elevation_ft = |area_code = +62 517 |website = |footnotes = }}

'''Barabai''' is a town which serves as the administrative capital of Hulu Sungai Tengah Regency, South Kalimantan, Indonesia. It is located 165&nbsp;km away from Banjarmasin, the capital of the province. The town is at the feet of the Meratus Mountains that runs in a north–south arc on the island of Borneo.

==Climate== Barabai has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) with moderate rainfall in August and September and heavy rainfall in the remaining months. {{Weather box |width = auto | location = Barabai | metric first = Yes | single line = Yes | Jan high C = 29.6 | Feb high C = 30.1 | Mar high C = 30.4 | Apr high C = 30.8 | May high C = 30.9 | Jun high C = 30.6 | Jul high C = 30.5 | Aug high C = 31.2 | Sep high C = 31.4 | Oct high C = 31.6 | Nov high C = 30.9 | Dec high C = 30.1

| Jan mean C = 26.1 | Feb mean C = 26.4 | Mar mean C = 26.7 | Apr mean C = 26.9 | May mean C = 27.0 | Jun mean C = 26.6 | Jul mean C = 26.3 | Aug mean C = 26.7 | Sep mean C = 26.9 | Oct mean C = 27.2 | Nov mean C = 26.9 | Dec mean C = 26.5 | year mean C = | Jan low C = 22.7 | Feb low C = 22.8 | Mar low C = 23.0 | Apr low C = 23.1 | May low C = 23.2 | Jun low C = 22.6 | Jul low C = 22.1 | Aug low C = 22.2 | Sep low C = 22.4 | Oct low C = 22.8 | Nov low C = 22.9 | Dec low C = 22.9 |rain colour=green |Jan rain mm=256 |Feb rain mm=285 |Mar rain mm=235 |Apr rain mm=214 |May rain mm=194 |Jun rain mm=130 |Jul rain mm=141 |Aug rain mm=113 |Sep rain mm=114 |Oct rain mm=146 |Nov rain mm=264 |Dec rain mm=318 |source 1 = Climate-Data.org<ref>{{cite web |url = https://en.climate-data.org/location/977917/ |title = Climate: Barabai |publisher=Climate-Data.org |accessdate = 24 November 2020}}</ref> }}

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thumb|right|200px|School for natives in Barabai, Southeast Borneo

Category:Populated places in South Kalimantan Category:Regency seats of South Kalimantan

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