Tarakan is the island in East Kalimantan Province, Indonesia. This marshy island situated in the Celebes Sea, off the northeast coast of Borneo. This island has an area of 657.33 km ². Tarakan city located on the island. Tidung tribes were the original inhabitants of the island of Tarakan. Tarakan is where the battle between Allied and Japanese in the Battle of Tarakan in 1942 and 1945.
History Of Tarakan City
Tarakan according to folklore comes from the Tidung continence (met) and Ngakan (eat), which literally means "Place of the fishermen for lunch, to meet and make exchanges with other fishermen haul. In addition Tarakan is also a meeting place Kayan River estuary flows, Sesayap and Malinau. Formerly on the island of Tarakan never stood a kingdom as the Kingdom of Tarakan (Tidung), Central government, which first was Binalatung area and continue to move up to the area Pamusian.
In the days of Dutch colonialism
Peace of the local community rather annoyed when in 1896, a Dutch oil company, BPM (Bataavishe Petroleum Maatchapij) discovered the existence of oil resources in the island. Many workers were imported mainly from Java island, with the increase in drilling activity. Considering the function and development of this region, in 1923 the development of this region, in 1923 the Dutch government felt it necessary to put an assistant resident on the island who supervises five (five) regions namely; Cape Selor, Tarakan, Malinau, Apau Kayan and Berau .
But in the post independence, the Government of Indonesia felt the need to change the status of Tarakan to Tarakan District in accordance with presidential decree No.22 of 1963.
At the time of Independence
The location and strategic position has been able to make the district as one of the centers of Tarakan in East Kalimantan Industry northern part so that the Government needs to raise its status to the City Administrative accordance with Government Regulation No.47 Year 1981.
Administrative City status again upgraded to municipality under Republic Act No.29 of 1997 which was inaugurated done directly by the Ministry of Home Affairs on December 15, 1997, marked the anniversary date as the Tarakan City.
Tarakan City is the one of the city in East Kalimantan province, Indonesia. This city has an area of 657.33 km ² and in accordance with the Civil Data Department of Population and Family Planning Tarakan City in March 2006 has a population of 178 111 inhabitants. Tarakan or also known as the Earth Paguntaka is an island located in the northern East Kalimantan Province.
City Government of Tarakan
Today, Tarakan City led by Mayor H. Udin Hianggio. Tarakan city is divided into four sub-district (west of Tarakan, Tarakan east, middle Tarakan, Tarakan north) and 20 villages.
With the slogan of BAIS (Clean, Safe, Beautiful, and Welfare) Tarakan City was transformed into one of the cleanest cities in Indonesia.
Many charter awards from both domestic and overseas who successfully achieved all of Tarakan City you can see the Tarakan City official website HERE.
Office of the City Government of Tarakan
Tarakan City Beach
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