{{Infobox settlement | official_name = Kandangan | nickname = | settlement_type = Town | motto = | image_skyline = Gerbang Kota Kandangan.jpg | imagesize = | image_caption = District gate of Kandangan | 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 = | subdivision_name3 = | leader_title = | leader_name = | established_title = | established_date = | area_magnitude = | area_total_km2 = 106.71 | area_total_sq_mi = | area_land_km2 = | area_land_sq_mi = | area_water_km2 = | area_water_sq_mi = | area_water_percent = | area_urban_km2 = | area_urban_sq_mi = | area_metro_km2 = | area_metro_sq_mi = | population_as_of = mid 2024 estimate | population_note = <ref name="Badan Pusat Statistik 2025">Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2025, ''Kabupaten Hulu Sungai Selatan Dalam Angka 2025'' (Katalog-BPS 1102001.6306)</ref> | population_total = 50691 | population_density_km2 = auto | population_density_sq_mi = ? | population_metro = | population_density_metro_km2 = | population_density_metro_sq_mi = | timezone = WITA | utc_offset = +8 | timezone_DST = | utc_offset_DST = | coordinates = {{coord|2|47|S|115|16|E|region:ID|display=inline,title}} | elevation_m = | elevation_ft = | area_code = +62 517 | website = | footnotes = | subdivision_type2 = Regency | subdivision_name2 = South Hulu Sungai }} '''Kandangan''' is an administrative district (''kecamatan'') and a town which serves as the regency seat of South Hulu Sungai Regency in South Kalimantan province. The district covers an area of {{convert|106.71|km2|sqmi}}. According to the mid 2024 official estimates, the population of the district was 50,691 people spread across four urban ''kelurahan'' and fourteen rural villages (''desa'').<ref name="Badan Pusat Statistik 2025">Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2025, ''Kabupaten Hulu Sungai Selatan Dalam Angka 2025'' (Katalog-BPS 1102001.6306)</ref>
== History ==
=== Ibnu Hadjar Insurgency === Around the end of October and early November 1950, Kandangan was invaded three times by KjRT forces led by Ibnu Hadjar in response to the government's military operations to quell the insurgency.<ref>{{cite thesis |last=Iqbal |first=Muhammad |date=2014 |title=Kesatuan Rakjat jang Tertindas (KRjT):Pemberontakan Ibnu Hadjar di Kalimantan Selatan, 1950-1963 |pages=66 |publisher=Universitas Indonesia}}</ref> On 12 December 1953, KjRT attacked Kandangan from four directions.<ref>{{cite thesis |last=Iqbal |first=Muhammad |date=2014 |title=Kesatuan Rakjat jang Tertindas (KRjT):Pemberontakan Ibnu Hadjar di Kalimantan Selatan, 1950-1963 |pages=82 |publisher=Universitas Indonesia}}</ref>
== Geography == The district borders Angkinang District of Central Hulu Sungai Regency in the north and east, Sungai Raya District in the south, and South Daha District in the west.<ref name=":0" />
===Climate=== Kandangan 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 = Kandangan | metric first = Yes | single line = Yes | Jan high C = 29.7 | Feb high C = 30.3 | Mar high C = 30.5 | Apr high C = 31.0 | May high C = 31.1 | Jun high C = 30.7 | Jul high C = 30.7 | Aug high C = 31.3 | Sep high C = 31.7 | Oct high C = 31.9 | Nov high C = 31.1 | Dec high C = 30.2
| Jan mean C = 26.2 | Feb mean C = 26.6 | Mar mean C = 26.7 | Apr mean C = 27.1 | May mean C = 27.1 | Jun mean C = 26.6 | Jul mean C = 26.3 | Aug mean C = 26.6 | Sep mean C = 26.9 | Oct mean C = 27.3 | Nov mean C = 27.0 | Dec mean C = 26.5 | year mean C = | Jan low C = 22.7 | Feb low C = 22.9 | Mar low C = 23.0 | Apr low C = 23.2 | May low C = 23.2 | Jun low C = 22.5 | Jul low C = 22.0 | Aug low C = 22.0 | Sep low C = 22.2 | Oct low C = 22.7 | Nov low C = 22.9 | Dec low C = 22.9 |rain colour=green |Jan rain mm=306 |Feb rain mm=301 |Mar rain mm=289 |Apr rain mm=229 |May rain mm=193 |Jun rain mm=127 |Jul rain mm=128 |Aug rain mm=107 |Sep rain mm=108 |Oct rain mm=157 |Nov rain mm=247 |Dec rain mm=325 |source 1 = Climate-Data.org<ref>{{cite web |url = https://en.climate-data.org/location/977916/ |title = Climate: Kandangan |publisher=Climate-Data.org |accessdate = 24 November 2020}}</ref> }}
== Demographics == According to Statistics Indonesia, the official population estimate of the district as at mid 2022 was 49,604. This consisted of 24,598 males and 25,006 females. Gender ratio as of 2019 was there are 98 males for every 100 females. The vast majority of the district population is Muslim, with a figure of 99.64% on 2019. However, there are small minorities such as Hindus, Buddhists, and Christians. Kandangan Kota is the most dense ''kelurahan'' with a density of 3,830 per square kilometre, while the least dense village was Bangkau village with a figure of 93 per square kilometre.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=BPS Kab. Hulu Sungai Selatan|url=https://hulusungaiselatankab.bps.go.id/publication.html?Publikasi%5BtahunJudul%5D=&Publikasi%5BkataKunci%5D=kandangan&Publikasi%5BcekJudul%5D=0&yt0=Tampilkan|access-date=2021-05-03|website=hulusungaiselatankab.bps.go.id|archive-date=2021-05-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210503215828/https://hulusungaiselatankab.bps.go.id/publication.html?Publikasi%5BtahunJudul%5D=&Publikasi%5BkataKunci%5D=kandangan&Publikasi%5BcekJudul%5D=0&yt0=Tampilkan|url-status=live}}</ref>
== Economy == Agriculture & plantation is an important part of the district's economy, as there were 4,482 hectares of irrigated paddy fields in the district. On 2018, the district produced 18,620 tons from paddy fields and 287 tons of cassava. Other than that, the district also produces 4,430 tons of chili, 209 tons of citrus fruit, and 1,078 tons of coconut. Livestock population in the district consisted of cows with population of 561, goats with population of 738, and chicken with population of 85,614. Fish catch in the district was 2,017 tons while farmed fish was 176 tons. Other productions include spinach, tomato, cucumber, and banana.<ref name=":0" />
There are eight hotels and 154 registered restaurants in the district as of 2019. Other than that, there are also 57 registered cooperatives, seven state-owned bank branches, two private bank branches, and one BPR (People's Credit Bank).<ref name=":0" />
== Governance == thumb|Kandangan district office building As a district, it is a third-level administrative region below that of a regency. A district head (''camat'') is appointed directly by the regent with recommendation from the regency secretary. Kandangan itself has no local administrative body.<ref>Government Law No.19 1998</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=PP No. 17 Tahun 2018 tentang Kecamatan [JDIH BPK RI]|url=https://peraturan.bpk.go.id/Home/Details/77921/pp-no-17-tahun-2018|access-date=2021-04-25|website=peraturan.bpk.go.id|archive-date=2021-04-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210417073426/https://peraturan.bpk.go.id/Home/Details/77921/pp-no-17-tahun-2018|url-status=live}}</ref> It is divided into 18 villages, consisting of 14 rural villages (''desa'') and 4 urban villages (''kelurahan''), differences between the two are merely in name, with that of ''desa'' being more rural and less populated than ''kelurahan''; at the administrative level, they both are equal subdivisions of the district.<ref>Permendagri 31/2006</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Noor|first=Lintang|title=Perbedaan Desa dan Kelurahan|url=https://www.academia.edu/12000767|language=en|access-date=2021-05-04|archive-date=2022-10-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221016122944/https://www.academia.edu/12000767|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> Below is a list of the villages, with their postcodes.<ref name="Badan Pusat Statistik 2024">Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, ''Kecamatan Kandangan Dalam Angka 2024'' (Katalog-BPS 1102001.6306130)</ref>
=== Urban villages (''Kelurahan'') ===
* Jambu Hilir (71214) * Kandangam Barat (West Kandangan) (71213) * Kandangan Kota (Kandangan Town) (71211) * Kandangan Utara (North Kandangan) (71214)
=== Villages (''Desa'') ===
* Amawang Kanan (71213) * Amawang Kiri (71213) * Amawang Kiri Muka (71213) * Baluti (71217) * Bangkau (71217) * Bariang (71213) * Gambah Dalam (71215) * Gambah Dalam Barat (West Gambah Dalam) (71215) * Gambah Luar (71216) * Gambah Luar Muka (71216) * Lungau (71213) * Sungai Kupang (71217) * Sungai Paring (71213) * Tibung Raya (71214) At the regency level, the district is part of South Hulu Sungai's 1st electoral district together with Sungai Raya, Simpur, and Kalumpang Districts, and together they send 11 out of 30 representatives to the regency's parliament. The last election was in 2024. <ref>{{Cite web|title=Kep-KPU 285 Kalsel|url=https://jdih.kpu.go.id/data/data_kepkpu/285_Kalsel.pdf|url-status=live|access-date=2021-05-04|archive-date=2018-12-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181210110507/https://jdih.kpu.go.id/data/data_kepkpu/285_Kalsel.pdf}}</ref>
== Infrastructure == thumb|Hasan Basry Regional Hospital, one of the main public hospital in the district There are 50 elementary schools, 13 junior high schools, 5 senior high schools, and 2 vocational high schools in the district. There is only one higher education institution in the district, Darul Umum Islamic College. For healthcare, the district has two hospitals (one of them is a maternity hospital), ten puskesmas, and 14 healthcare centers. In addition, there are 12 registered pharmacies. There are exactly 158 mosques and one church in the district. All 18 villages within the district have access to electricity and the main road has adequate street lamp as of 2019. All electricity is supplied and subsidized by Perusahaan Listrik Negara, state-owned electric company.<ref name=":0" />
The total length of roads in the district is 131.27 kilometres, all of which have been paved with asphalt and are in general in good condition, according to Statistics Indonesia on 2019. There are 28 operational base transceiver stations in the district as of 2019, and the district has access to 4G as of 2018.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|last=Haryanto|first=Agus Tri|title=Indosat Kian Selimuti Kalimantan Selatan dengan 4G Plus|url=https://inet.detik.com/telecommunication/d-4219744/indosat-kian-selimuti-kalimantan-selatan-dengan-4g-plus|access-date=2021-05-04|website=detikinet|language=id|archive-date=2021-05-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210504080233/https://inet.detik.com/telecommunication/d-4219744/indosat-kian-selimuti-kalimantan-selatan-dengan-4g-plus|url-status=live}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}} Category:Populated places in South Kalimantan Category:Regency seats of South Kalimantan