
kubu raya regency

kubu raya regency or great kubu regency is a regency of west kalimantan, indonesia. it was created on 17 july 2007 from the (larger) central and southern part of what was at that time the pontianak regency. it covers an area of 8,492.10 km2, and it had a population of 500,970 at the 2010 census and 609,392 at the 2020 census; the official estimate as at mid 2022 was 622,217 (comprising 317,815 males and 304,402 females). the principal town lies at sungai raya, directly adjacent to the city of pontianak. despite its close location to pontianak, the regional capital and economic centre of the west kalimantan province, kubu raya highly lacks sufficient infrastructure development, which causes general suspicions on the performance of its local government.
administrative districts.
the kubu raya regency consists of nine districts ("kecamatan"), tabulated below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 census and the 2020 census, together with the official estimates as at mid 2022. the table includes the locations of the district administrative centres, the number of administrative villages in each district (all classed as rural "desa"), and its post code.
notes: (a) including the town (then classed as a "kelurahan") of sungai raya, which had 62,010 inhabitants at the 2010 census; by the 2020 census this town had been split into several "desa" within the district, among which the "desa" of sungai raya had 16,101 inhabitants in mid 2021, sungai raya dalam had 22,652, kapur had 14,861, parit baru had 32,028, arang limbung had 26,783. (b) except the "desa" of kapur, which has a post code of 78234.

