Sambas (town)
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Sambas | |
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Coordinates: 1°21′45″N 109°18′15″E / 1.36250°N 109.30417°E | |
Country | Indonesia |
Province | West Kalimantan |
Regency | Sambas Regency |
Sambas is a town and the regency seat of Sambas Regency (Kabupaten Sambas), on the island of Kalimantan. Sambas Regency is one of the regencies of West Kalimantan province in Indonesia.
Geography
[edit]Sambas town is located on the south side of the Sambas River between 1°11'20" and 1°24'48" north latitude and between 109°09'16" and 109°26'23" east longitude. With an area of 246.66 square kilometres (95.24 sq mi), Sambas town area covers just under 4% of the area of Sambas Regency.[1] The town district had 57,300 inhabitants at the 2020 Census,[2] and increased to 59,000 at the official estimates for mid 2022.[3]
The following are the boundaries of Sambas town:
North | Teluk Keramat District and Sejangkung District |
South | Subah District |
West | Sebawi District |
East | Subah District |
Climate
[edit]Sambas has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) with heavy to very heavy rainfall year-round.
Climate data for Sambas | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 29.4 (84.9) | 29.6 (85.3) | 30.6 (87.1) | 31.2 (88.2) | 31.7 (89.1) | 31.3 (88.3) | 31.2 (88.2) | 31.0 (87.8) | 31.1 (88.0) | 31.0 (87.8) | 30.6 (87.1) | 30.0 (86.0) | 30.7 (87.3) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 25.9 (78.6) | 26.0 (78.8) | 26.6 (79.9) | 27.0 (80.6) | 27.3 (81.1) | 27.0 (80.6) | 26.8 (80.2) | 26.7 (80.1) | 26.9 (80.4) | 26.9 (80.4) | 26.6 (79.9) | 26.2 (79.2) | 26.7 (80.0) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 22.4 (72.3) | 22.5 (72.5) | 22.6 (72.7) | 22.8 (73.0) | 22.9 (73.2) | 22.7 (72.9) | 22.5 (72.5) | 22.5 (72.5) | 22.7 (72.9) | 22.8 (73.0) | 22.6 (72.7) | 22.5 (72.5) | 22.6 (72.7) |
Average rainfall mm (inches) | 360 (14.2) | 256 (10.1) | 237 (9.3) | 223 (8.8) | 200 (7.9) | 174 (6.9) | 141 (5.6) | 185 (7.3) | 191 (7.5) | 275 (10.8) | 322 (12.7) | 368 (14.5) | 2,932 (115.6) |
Source: Climate-Data.org[4] |
Gallery
[edit]- Alwatzikhoebillah Palace
- Sultan Muhammad Syafi'oeddin II Mosque
- Old bridge made by Dutch
- Bubur pedas, Sambas cuisine
References
[edit]- ^ sambas.go.id Monografi kecamatan Sambas
- ^ Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.
- ^ Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2023.
- ^ "Climate: Sambas". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 24 November 2020.