Kamis, 04 November 2010

BALIKPAPAN CITY



























Profile of City of Balikpapan

Balikpapan city is one of the citiess in East Kalimantan province. Geographically it is located between 1,0o- 1,5o south latitude and between 116,5o- 117,0o east longitude. It is adjacent to Kutai Kartanegara regency in the north, North Penajam Paser regency in the west ,Balikpapan city and Makssar straits in the east and south. Administratively it is divided into 5 districts. 
The regency haas big potential to develop especially from agriculture sector with the commodities such as corn, cassava, soybean, peanut, any kinds of vegetables, and any kinds of fruit.The plantation sector is the one that the local government tries to develop to improve the economical growth. Now there are six commodities developed in the regency. they are rubber, coffee, cacao, pepper, clove, and coconut.
The regency has also developed the animal husbandry sector which includes lying puppet, any kinds of birds,cow, and goat. To develop the sector the local government aims to develop companies dealing with it such as cow flattening and chicken cultivation.
The regency has produced the mining commodities such as oil which becomes the main raw material for Pertamina refineries located in Yos Sudarso coastal area and industrial zone supporting mining sector, workshop, and suppliers.
The develoment of tourism sector in Balikpapan is in the mean of benefitting tourist objects to attract tourists. They are natural reserves, cultures, remains, and archeological sites.

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