Palangkaraya

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official_name = Palangka Raya
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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = Indonesia
subdivision_type1 = Province
subdivision_name1 = Kalimantan Tengah
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latd=2 |latm=12 |lats=36 |latNS=S
longd=113 |longm=55 |longs=12 |longEW=E
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area_code = 0536
website = http://www.palangkaraya.go.id/

Palangkaraya is the capital city of the Indonesian province Central Kalimantan. The population of the municipality is 160,018 (2000 census). The closest airport serving the city is Tjilik Riwut.

The city, along with other parts of central Kalimantan (such as the town of Sampit), was the site of ethnic violence between the indigenous Dayak people and Madurese immigrants in February and March 2001. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/1191865.stm BBC News | ASIA-PACIFIC | Horrors of Borneo massacre emerge ] ] Several thousand Madurese, who had moved to Kalimantan as long as twenty years earlier, were evacuated to other islands to escape the violence. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/1267490.stm BBC News | ASIA-PACIFIC | More Madurese flee Borneo ] ] [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/1188780.stm BBC News | ASIA-PACIFIC | Borneo exodus gathers pace ] ]

The Katedral St. Maria in Palangkaraya is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Palangkaraya.

References

External links

* [http://www.palangkaraya.go.id http://www.palangkaraya.go.id]
* [http://www.kalteng.go.id http://www.kalteng.go.id]
* [http://www.palangka-raya.net Unofficial Palangkaraya Forum]