A GENERAL VIEW OF SINGKAWANG
A. Location and Society
Singkawang is one of the cities in west Borneo. Singkawang city divided into 5 parts, first East Singkawang, second West Singkawang, third Middle Singkawang, forth North Singkawang and last South Singkawang. The distance of Singkawang city is around 135 miles from Pontianak city and wide of Singkawang city are 50.400 (Ha) with limits as following :
- North limited with Selakau village.
- East limited with Samalantan village.
- South limited with Sungai Raya village.
- West limited with Natuna Sea
For more detail, the writer will write down clearly about all of those districts.
First, East Singkawang. Consists of five villages, first Pajintan, second Nyarungkup, third Maya Sopa, fourth Bagak Sahwa and last Sanggau Kulor. Wide of Pajintan village are around 1.791 (Ha), Nyarungkup village are around 2.473 (Ha), Maya Sopa village are around 7.064(Ha), Bagak Sahwa village are around 2.261 (Ha) and last Sanggau Kulor village are around 3.038 (Ha). If amounted wide of East Singkawang area 16.62 (Ha). Second, West Singkawang. Consists of five villages, they are Pasiran village with broadness around 720 (Ha), Melayu village around 141 (Ha), Tengah village around 18 (Ha), Kuala village around 625 (Ha) and/last Sungai wie village around 307 (Ha). So wide of West Singkawang around 1.806 (Ha).
Third, Middle Singkawang. Consists of five villages, they are Roban village with broadness around 2.000 (Ha), Condong village around 200 (Ha), Sekip Lama village around 75 (Ha), Jawa village around 218 (Ha) and last Bukit Batu villagae around 362 (Ha). So wide of west Singkawang are around 1.806 (Ha).
Fourth, North Singkawang. Consist of seven villages, they are Sedau village with broadness around 424 (Ha), Naram village around 954 (Ha), Sungai Bulan village around 636 (Ha), Sungai Rasau village around 636 (Ha), Setapuk Kecil village around 848. (Ha), Setapuk Besar village around 1.445 (Ha) and last Semelagi Kecil around 6.665 (Ha). So wide of North Singkawang around 22.447 (Ha).
Five, South Singkawang. Consists of four villages, they are Sedau village with broadness around 10.155 (Ha), Sagatani village around 7,064 (Ha), Sejangkung village around 3.391 (Ha) and last Pamilang village are around 1.837 (Ha). So wide of South Singkawang around 22.447 (Ha).
Among those districts, we can conclude that South Singkawang is the biggest area and West Singkawang is the smallest area in Singkawang city.
Based on the statistic data on 2002, society in Singkawang city are 175.412 souls, consist of 87.355 man and 88.057 woman. The biggest society is West Singkawang district, around 58.496 inhabitants, even North Singkawang district is the smallest society, and it is around 17. 233 inhabitants.
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