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The city is located on Tarakan island (off the east coast of Kalimantan), which composed of 8,635 hectares (21,340 acres) of land. [5] 27.5% of the city is composed of podzol soil and 57.63% latosol soil. [5]
Most of the provinces' largest cities in Indonesia are also their capital cities. The exceptions are Bekasi , Tangerang , Batam (Riau Islands), Banjarmasin (South Kalimantan), Tarakan (North Kalimantan), and Ternate (North Maluku).
Tarakan. 730,000: 70,101: 10: Kalimantan: 1: 4 North Sulawesi Sulawesi Utara ... Central Java, East Java, and Maluku still exist as of today despite later divisions ...
Tanjung Selor serves as the capital of the province, while Tarakan is the largest city and the financial centre. Formed on 25 October 2012, North Kalimantan was separated from the province of East Kalimantan to reduce development disparity and Malaysia's influence over the territory. [ 8 ]
Tarakan airstrip in May 1945. Juwata Airport [1] (Indonesian: Bandar Udara Juwata) (IATA: TRK, ICAO: WAQQ) [2] is a domestic airport in Tarakan, North Kalimantan, Indonesia. It is located on the island of Tarakan off the coast of Borneo. The airport was the main Allied objective during the Battle of Tarakan (1945).
Tarakan volcano is located in Indonesia's Halmahera island, near the shore of Galela Bay north east of Dukono volcano. Tarakan consists of two large cinder cones, namely Tarakan Lamo (large Tarakan) and Tarakan Itji (small Tarakan).
The Battle of Tarakan was the first stage in the Borneo campaign of 1945. It began with an amphibious landing by Allied forces on 1 May, code-named Operation Oboe One ; the Allied ground forces were drawn mainly from the Australian 26th Brigade , but included a small element of Netherlands East Indies personnel.
The Tarakan riot was an ethnic riot which occurred between September 27 and September 29, 2010 in the city of Tarakan, East Kalimantan (now part of North Kalimantan), Indonesia. The riot pitched native Tidung people against Bugis migrants. [1] [2] It was triggered by the death of a Tidung elder in a scuffle with a youth gang. [3]