Location: East Kalimantan Map
Area: 1,986 km² (767 mi²)
Kutai National Park or commonly abbreviated as TNK
is a national park located in the East Kutai Regency and a small
part of the City of Bontang which has a total land area of 198,629
ha. The KNP management office or hall is located in Bontang City.
However, as the 2000s entered, the KNP area began to be encroached
upon by residents to become settlements and plantation land so that
the KNP area that was still truly original might be far below the
198,629 ha of land in the late 1990s.
This area was originally as a Forest Supply with an area of
2,000,000 ha based on the Decree (SK) of the Dutch East Indies
Government (GB) Number: 3843 / AZ / 1934, which was later determined
by the Government of the Kingdom of Kutai to become a Kutai Wildlife
Reserve through SK (ZB) Number : 80/22-ZB / 1936 with an area of
306,000 ha.
Based on the classification of Schmidt and Ferguson, Kutai TN has a
type B climate with a Q value ranging from 14.3% - 33.3%. The
average annual rainfall for the year is 1543.6 mm or an average of
128.6 m with an average rainy day of a year 66.4 days or a monthly
average of 5.5 days. The average temperature is 26 o C (ranging from
21-34 degrees Celsius) with a relative humidity of 67% - 9% and an
average normal wind speed of 2-4 knots / hour (Tourism Site Plan of
Kutai National Park, 1995). The rivers that flow in and around Kutai
NP include: Sangatta River, Banu Muda River, Sesayap River, Sangkima
River, Kandolo River, Selimpus River, Teluk Pandan River, Palakan
River, Menamang Kanan River, Menamang Kiri River, Tawan River ,
Melawan River and Santan River