Martapura, South Kalimantan Province, Borneo, Indonesia
🇮🇩 Martapura is the capital of the Banjar Regency in South Kalimantan province, Indonesia. It is located close to the city of Banjarbaru (with which it forms a continuous built-up area) and it consists of three districts within the Regency - Martapura, West Martapura and East Martapura.
Originally this town was named "Kayutangi", which was the last capital of the former Sultanate of Banjar. The famous Banjarese ulema Sheikh Muhammad Arsyad al-Banjari, author of Sabilal Muhtadin, comes from this town.
This town is famous as kota santri or the "city of santri (Muslim students)" in Kalimantan, because of the pesantren (Islamic boarding school) of Pondok Pesantren Darussalam Martapura. Martapura is often called "Veranda of Mecca" because there are many santris wearing white clothes in this town who walk up and down to study Islam, similar to Mecca in the hajj season.
This town is often visited by tourists because of its diamond industry centre and the main diamond polishing in Kalimantan and provides many jewelry handicrafts.
Tourist attractions • Al-Karomah Great Mosque • Bincau Fish Pond • Cahaya Bumi Selamat Park • Lok Baintan Floating Market • Sultan Adam Cemetery.
Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan
Martapura has a population of over 169,356 people. Martapura also forms the centre of the wider Banjar Regency which has a population of over 579,910 people.
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Twin Towns - Sister Cities Martapura has links with:
🇮🇩 Banda Aceh, Indonesia🇮🇩 Banjarbaru -3.433
🇮🇩 Banjarmasin -3.317
🇨🇳 Hwang Chow 114.879
🇲🇳 Choibalsan 114.879
🇨🇳 Zhangjiakou 114.886
🇧🇳 Bandar Seri Begawan 114.928
Locations Near: Martapura 114.833,-3.45
🇮🇩 Banjarbaru 114.817,-3.433 d: 2.6
🇮🇩 Banjarmasin 114.583,-3.317 d: 31.5
🇮🇩 North Amuntai 115.133,-2.45 d: 116.1
🇮🇩 Palangka Raya 113.917,-2.2 d: 172.2
🇮🇩 Balikpapan 116.823,-1.278 d: 327.4
🇮🇩 Sumenep 113.859,-7.006 d: 409.9
🇮🇩 Samarinda 117.145,-0.496 d: 417
Antipodal to: Martapura -65.167,3.45
🇻🇪 Puerto Ayacucho -66.617,5.65 d: 19722.4
🇨🇴 Inírida -67.917,3.85 d: 19706.7
🇨🇴 Puerto Carreño -67.489,6.188 d: 19616.5
🇧🇷 Boa Vista -60.671,2.819 d: 19511
🇻🇪 Ciudad Bolívar -63.548,8.138 d: 19463.9
🇻🇪 San Fernando de Apure -67.47,7.893 d: 19459.2
🇻🇪 Ciudad Guayana -62.761,8.295 d: 19414.3
🇻🇪 Caroní -62.679,8.306 d: 19409.1