Sambas
Sambas is located in Kalimantan
Sambas
Sambas
Sambas is located in Indonesia
Sambas
Sambas
Coordinates: 1°21′45″N 109°18′15″E / 1.36250°N 109.30417°E / 1.36250; 109.30417
CountryIndonesia
ProvinceWest Kalimantan
RegencySambas Regency

Sambas is a town and the regency seat of Sambas Regency (Kabupaten Sambas), on the island of Borneo. Sambas Regency is one of the regencies of West Kalimantan province in Indonesia.

Geography

Sambas town is located on the south side of the Sambas River between 1°11'20" and 1°24'48" north latitude and between 109°09'16" and 109°26'23" east longitude. With an area of 246.66 square kilometres (95.24 sq mi), Sambas town area covers just under 4% of the area of Sambas Regency.[1] The town district had 57,300 inhabitants at the 2020 Census,[2] and increased to 59,000 at the official estimates for mid 2022.[3]

The following are the boundaries of Sambas town:

North Teluk Keramat District and Sejangkung District
South Subah District
West Sebawi District
East Subah District

Climate

Sambas has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) with heavy to very heavy rainfall year-round.

Climate data for Sambas
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 29.4
(84.9)
29.6
(85.3)
30.6
(87.1)
31.2
(88.2)
31.7
(89.1)
31.3
(88.3)
31.2
(88.2)
31.0
(87.8)
31.1
(88.0)
31.0
(87.8)
30.6
(87.1)
30.0
(86.0)
30.7
(87.3)
Daily mean °C (°F) 25.9
(78.6)
26.0
(78.8)
26.6
(79.9)
27.0
(80.6)
27.3
(81.1)
27.0
(80.6)
26.8
(80.2)
26.7
(80.1)
26.9
(80.4)
26.9
(80.4)
26.6
(79.9)
26.2
(79.2)
26.7
(80.0)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 22.4
(72.3)
22.5
(72.5)
22.6
(72.7)
22.8
(73.0)
22.9
(73.2)
22.7
(72.9)
22.5
(72.5)
22.5
(72.5)
22.7
(72.9)
22.8
(73.0)
22.6
(72.7)
22.5
(72.5)
22.6
(72.7)
Average rainfall mm (inches) 360
(14.2)
256
(10.1)
237
(9.3)
223
(8.8)
200
(7.9)
174
(6.9)
141
(5.6)
185
(7.3)
191
(7.5)
275
(10.8)
322
(12.7)
368
(14.5)
2,932
(115.6)
Source: Climate-Data.org[4]

References

  1. sambas.go.id Monografi kecamatan Sambas
  2. Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.
  3. Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2023.
  4. "Climate: Sambas". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
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