Samarinda

Samarinda
/sam'euh rin"deuh/, n.
a city on E Borneo, in Indonesia. 137,521.

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      kotamadya (municipality), capital of East Kalimantan (Kalimantan Timur) propinsi (province), eastern Borneo, Indonesia. It is on the Mahakam River, about 30 miles (48 km) above the mouth of its broad delta opening onto Makassar Strait. Samarinda is the centre of the extensive timber and logging industries of East Kalimantan. An important regional trade centre, it is connected by road to the port of Balikpapan to the south. The University of Kalimantan Timur was established at Samarinda in 1962. Pop. (2005) 574,439.

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  • Samarinda — Original name in latin Samarinda Name in other language Batoeng Panggol, Kota Samarinda, SRI, Samarinda, camarinta, Самаринда State code ID Continent/City Asia/Makassar longitude 0.5 latitude 117.15 altitude 8 Population 355160 Date 2012 01 17 …   Cities with a population over 1000 database

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  • Samarinda — Samarịnda,   Hauptstadt der Provinz Kalimantan Timor (Ost Borneo), Indonesien, in Kutai, Hafen am Mahakam, 50 km oberhalb seiner Mündung, 335 000 Einwohner; Universität; bedeutender Holzexport, Sperrholzherstellung; nahebei Erdölförderung und… …   Universal-Lexikon

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