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Where is kalimantan? |
Travel Info Where is kalimantan? Travel Tips Kalimantan (or in english Borneo) is a large island. It is famous for it's orang utan. Orang utan is a rare species of monkey that only lives in Borneo (Kalimantan) this animal is smart. There are 3 countries in Kalimantan which is Indonesia, Malaysia, and Brunei. Source(s): Me, myself and I. Other Travel Tips Kalimantan is the Indonesian name for the island known to the rest of the world as "Borneo". Thus, for outsider the meaning of "Kalimantan" is simply the Indonesian part of the island of Borneo, which occupies the central and southern regions of the island. The Indonesian Kalimantan is bordered to the north by the Malaysian states of Sarawak and Sabah. "Borneo" is a word created by the westerners from "Brunei", while the natives have always call the island "Kalimantan". In his correspondence with the dutch residency in 1857, Prince Tamjidillah of Banjar Kingdom mentioned about Kalimantan island and not Borneo island. This shows that for the locals the name Kalimantan is more popular than Borneo, the name used by the dutch in their administrative. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/kalimantan... Indonesia best answer please! >.< next to singapore below malaysia's serawak and kucing. it is in Indonesia's Souverignity Indonesia... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/kalimantan... |
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