Sangatta

Sangatta
CountryIndonesia
ProvinceEast Kalimantan
RegencyEast Kutai Regency
Area
  Total
181.06 km2 (69.91 sq mi)
Population
  Estimate 
(mid 2023 estimate)
113,930
Time zoneUTC+8 (WITA)

Sangatta is a town located in, as well being the capital of, East Kutai Regency, East Kalimantan, Indonesia. It is however, not an autonomous city and consists of the urban sections of two districts within the regency, North Sangatta (including a mainly urban community, but with the larger district containing 123,067 inhabitants in mid 2023) and South Sangatta (a largely rural area with 30,760 inhabitants in mid 2023). It is the location of East Kutai coal mine, which is one of the biggest coal mines in the world, as well as the biggest in Asia.