Mempawah Regency
Mempawah Regency
Kabupaten Mempawah | |
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| Motto(s): Maju dengan Ilmu Forward with knowledge | |
Location within West Kalimantan | |
Location in Kalimantan and Indonesia | |
| Coordinates: 0°15′00″N 109°10′00″E / 0.2500°N 109.1667°E | |
| Country | Indonesia |
| Province | West Kalimantan |
| Capital | Mempawah |
| Government | |
| • Regent | Erlina |
| • Vice Regent | Juli Suryadi Burdadi |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,935.42 km2 (747.27 sq mi) |
| Population (mid 2024 estimate) | |
• Total | 316,728 |
| • Density | 160/km2 (420/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+7 (IWST) |
| Area code | (+62) 561 |
| Website | mempawahkab |
Mempawah Regency (formerly called the Pontianak Regency) is a regency of West Kalimantan Province of Indonesia. Originally including a wider area of West Kalimantan, this Pontianak Regency was reduced on 4 October 1999 by the north-eastern districts (formerly the majority of the regency's land area) being removed to form a new Landak Regency, and was further reduced on 17 July 2007 by its southern districts cut out to create a new Kubu Raya Regency. Since 2007 the residual regency (renamed Mempawah Regency in 2014) covers 1,935.42 km2, and had a population of 234,021 at the 2010 Census and 301,560 at the 2020 Census; the official estimate as at mid 2024 was 316,728 (comprising 161,964 males and 154,764 females). The administrative centre is at the town of Mempawah.