Kalimantan
Region in Indonesia
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| August 17 2024 | Scheduled inauguration of Nusantara as the new capital city was planned for Indonesian Independence Day, but the move did not take place due to construction delays. |
| January 2022 | The People's Consultative Assembly approved the Law on State Capital, confirming the plan to relocate the capital to Kalimantan. |
| January 9 2021 |
Java Sea
Sriwijaya Air Flight 182, a Boeing 737-500 (PK-CLC), crashed near Laki Island shortly after takeoff from Soekarno–Hatta International Airport, resulting in the deaths of 50 passengers and 12 crew members.
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| 2020 | Population of Kalimantan increased to 23,053,723 according to the Census of Indonesia. |
| 2019 | President Joko Widodo proposed moving Indonesia's capital to Kalimantan, specifically to a new planned city called Nusantara in East Kalimantan. |
| October 29 2018 |
Java Sea
Lion Air Flight 610 crashed into the Java Sea shortly after takeoff from Soekarno–Hatta International Airport in Jakarta, killing all 189 passengers and crew on board.
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| December 28 2014 |
Java Sea
Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501 crashed into the Java Sea while en route from Surabaya to Singapore, resulting in the death of all 162 passengers and crew members.
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| October 25 2012 | North Kalimantan province was split off from East Kalimantan, bringing the total number of Kalimantan provinces to five. |
| 2010 | National census conducted, providing a comprehensive demographic breakdown of ethnic groups across Kalimantan's four provinces (West, Central, South, and North and East Kalimantan). |
| 2010 | Census of Indonesia recorded the population of Kalimantan at 13,772,543 people. |
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