# Bulungan Regency

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{{Short description|Regency in North Kalimantan, Indonesia}}
{{Infobox settlement
|official_name          = Bulungan Regency
|native_name            =''Kabupaten Bulungan''
| motto = {{force singular}} ''Tenguyun''<br />(Together)
|image_shield           = Lambang Kabupaten Bulungan.png
|image_flag             = 
|image_map               = File:Lokasi Kalimantan Utara Kabupaten Bulungan.svg
|map_alt                 = 
|map_caption             = Location of Bulungan Regency in [North Kalimantan](/source/North_Kalimantan).
|settlement_type        = [Regency](/source/Regencies_of_Indonesia)
|subdivision_type       = Country
|subdivision_name       = [Indonesia](/source/Indonesia)
|subdivision_type1      = Province
|subdivision_name1      = [North Kalimantan](/source/North_Kalimantan)
|subdivision_type2      = Capital
|subdivision_name2      = [Tanjung Selor](/source/Tanjung_Selor)
| leader_title          = Regent
| leader_name           = {{Ill|Syarwani|lt=Syarwani|id}}
| leader_title1         = Vice Regent
| leader_name1          = {{Ill|Kilat (politikus)|lt=Kilat|id}}
|established_date       = 
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|area_total_km2         = 13181.92
|population_as_of       = mid 2025 estimate
|population_note        = <ref name="Badan Pusat Statistik 2026">Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 27 February 2026, ''Kabupaten Bulungan Dalam Angka 2026'' (Katalog-BPS 1102001.6501)</ref>
|population_total       = 173688
|population_density_km2 = auto
|timezone               = [Central Indonesian Time](/source/Time_in_Indonesia)
|utc_offset             = +8
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|website                = {{URL|http://www.bulungan.go.id/|bulungan.go.id}}
}}
'''Bulungan Regency''', formerly known as '''Bulongan''', is a [regency](/source/Regencies_of_Indonesia) of [North Kalimantan](/source/North_Kalimantan) Province in [Indonesia](/source/Indonesia). It covers an area of 13,181.92&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup> and had a population of 112,663 at the 2010 Census<ref name="Biro Pusat Statistik 2011">Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.</ref> and 151,844 at the 2020 Census;<ref name="Badan Pusat Statistik 2021">Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.</ref> the official estimate as at mid 2025 was 173,688.<ref name="Badan Pusat Statistik 2026">Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 27 February 2026, ''Kabupaten Bulungan Dalam Angka 2026'' (Katalog-BPS 1102001.6501)</ref> The administrative centre is at [Tanjung Selor](/source/Tanjung_Selor).

==History==
The modern iteration of Bulongan Regency (the original spelling) was established on 26 June 1959, replacing the earlier Special Region of Bulongan which was governed by the [Sultanate of Bulungan](/source/Sultanate_of_Bulungan) (the last sultan: Maulana Muhammad Djalaluddin or Datuk Tiras). It was then one of the founder regencies of [East Kalimantan](/source/East_Kalimantan) during its establishment in 1956.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://peraturan.bpk.go.id/Details/51518/uu-no-27-tahun-1959|title=UU No. 27 Tahun 1959|website=peraturan.bpk.go.id|access-date=2025-07-26}}</ref> It is unknown when exactly this regency changed its spelling into the current one.

Bulungan was originally co-extensive with what subsequently became the province of North Kalimantan. On 8 October 1997 the town of [Tarakan](/source/Tarakan) was cut out of the regency to become an independent city. Two years later, on 4 October 1999, the remaining territory of the regency was split to create two additional regencies - [Malinau Regency](/source/Malinau_Regency) and [Nunukan Regency](/source/Nunukan_Regency). On 17 July 2007, three more [districts](/source/Districts_of_Indonesia) (''kecamatan'') was split from Bulungan Regency to form a new regency, [Tana Tidung Regency](/source/Tana_Tidung_Regency).<ref>{{cite web |title=UU No. 34 Tahun 2007 tentang Pembentukan Kabupaten Tana Tidung Di Provinsi Kalimantan Timur |url=https://peraturan.bpk.go.id/Home/Details/39947#:~:text=UU%20No.%2034%20Tahun%202007,Kalimantan%20Timur%20%5BJDIH%20BPK%20RI%5D |website=peraturan.bpk.go.id |publisher=[Audit Board of Indonesia](/source/Audit_Board_of_Indonesia) |access-date=31 January 2022 |date=2007 |language=id}}</ref>

Bulangan Regency had originally been part of the [East Kalimantan](/source/East_Kalimantan) province, but in 2012 it - together with the areas carved out of it in 1997, 1999 and 2007 - became part of the newly created North Kalimantan province. [Tanjung Selor](/source/Tanjung_Selor) in Bulungan Regency was designated as the province's capital.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|title=Sejarah {{!}} Kalimantan Utara|url=https://kaltaraprov.go.id/profil/sejarah|access-date=31 May 2021|website=kaltaraprov.go.id}}</ref>

== Administrative districts ==
The regency is divided into ten [districts](/source/Districts_of_Indonesia) (''kecamatan''), tabulated below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 Census<ref name="Biro Pusat Statistik 2011"/> and the 2020 Census,<ref name="Badan Pusat Statistik 2021"/> together with the official estimates as at mid 2025.<ref name="Badan Pusat Statistik 2026">Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 27 February 2026, ''Kabupaten Bulungan Dalam Angka 2026'' (Katalog-BPS 1102001.6501)</ref> The table also includes the locations of the district administrative centres, the number of [administrative village](/source/administrative_village)s in each district (a total of 74 rural ''desa'' and 7 urban ''kelurahan''), and its postal codes.

{| class="sortable wikitable"
! Kode <br>Wilayah|| Name of<br>District <br>(''kecamatan'')|| Area <br>in <br>km<sup>2</sup> || Pop'n<br>Census<br>2010|| Pop'n<br>Census<br>2020|| Pop'n<br>Estimate<br>mid 2025||Admin<br> centre ||No.<br>of <br>villages||Post<br>codes
|-
| 65.01.07 || Peso <sup>(a)</sup> ||align="right"|3,142.79||align="right"|4,327||align="right"|4,400||align="right"|4,386||Long Bia||align="center"|10||77261
|-
| 65.01.08 || Peso Hilir <br>(Lower Peso) ||align="right"|1,639.71||align="right"|3,484||align="right"|4,134||align="right"|4,205||Long Tungu||align="center"|6||77262
|-
| 65.01.02 || Tanjung Palas Barat <br>(West Tanjung Palas) ||align="right"|1,064.51||align="right"|5,832||align="right"|6,416||align="right"|7,041||Long Beluah||align="center"|5||77217 
|-
| 65.01.01 || Tanjung Palas ||align="right"|1,755.74||align="right"|14,032||align="right"|17,556||align="right"|19,076||Gunung Putih||align="center"|9 <sup>(b)</sup> ||77211;<br>77214-77216
|-
| 65.01.05 || [Tanjung Selor](/source/Tanjung_Selor) <sup>(c)</sup> ||align="right"|677.77||align="right"|39,439||align="right"|56,569||align="right"|67,837||Tanjung Selor Hilir||align="center"|9 <sup>(d)</sup> ||77211<br>& 77212 
|-
| 65.01.04 || Tanjung Palas Timur <br>(East Tanjung Palas) ||align="right"|1,277.81||align="right"|8,651||align="right"|18,020||align="right"|22,301||Tanah Kuning||align="center"|8||77215 
|-
| 65.01.06 || Tanjung Palas Tengah <br>(Central Tanjung Palas) <sup>(e)</sup> ||align="right"|624.95||align="right"|7,527||align="right"|11,567||align="right"|12,298||Salim Batu||align="center"|3||77216 
|-
| 65.01.03 || Tanjung Palas Utara <br>(North Tanjung Palas) ||align="right"|806.34||align="right"|8,954||align="right"|10,651||align="right"|11,971||Karang Agung||align="center"|6||77218 
|-
| 65.01.09 || Sekatak <sup>(f)</sup> ||align="right"|1,993.98||align="right"|9,278||align="right"|10,842||align="right"|12,426||Sekatak Buji||align="center"|22||77263
|-
| 65.01.10 || [Bunyu](/source/Bunyu) ||align="right"|198.32||align="right"|11,139||align="right"|11,689||align="right"|12,147||Bunyu Barat||align="center"|3||77281
|-
| || '''''Totals''''' ||align="right"|''13,181.92''||align="right"|''112,663''||align="right"|''151,844''||align="right"|''173,688''||''Tanjung Selor''||align="center"|''81''|| 
|}

Notes: (a) including 5 offshore islands. <br>(b) comprising 4 ''kelurahan'' (Karang Anyar, Tanjung Palas Hilir, Tanjung Palas Hulu and Tanjung Palas Tengah) and 5 ''desa''. (c) including 7 offshore islands. <br>(d) comprising 3 ''kelurahan'' (Tanjung Selor Hilir, Tanjung Selor Hulu and Tanjung Selor Timur) and 6 ''desa''. (e) including 65 offshore islands. (f) including 10 offshore islands.

==Gallery==
thumb|Sultan Maulana Mohamad Jalaluddin of Bulungan (1931).

==See also==
*[Sultanate of Bulungan](/source/Sultanate_of_Bulungan)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==

* {{official website|http://www.bulungan.go.id/}}

{{North Kalimantan}}

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