Samarinda: facts

At a glance

• Country: Indonesia
• Region: East Kalimantan
• Administrative status: seat of a first-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA)
• Population: approximately 865,306
• Coordinates: 0.4917° S, 117.1458° E
• Time zone: Asia/Makassar (UTC+08:00)
• Currency: Rupiah (IDR)
• Distance to the capital, Jakarta: 1,308 km (813 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Aji Pangeran Tumenggung Pranoto International Airport (AAP): 17 km (11 mi), straight line
• LNG Badak Airport (BXT): 77 km (48 mi), straight line
• Sultan Aji Muhammad Sulaiman Sepinggan International Airport (BPN): 91 km (56 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Palaran: 10 km (6 mi)
• Loa Janan: 12 km (7 mi)
• Loakulu: 15 km (9 mi)
• Anggana: 18 km (11 mi)
• Sangasangadalam: 21 km (13 mi)