East Pontianak
East Pontianak is a district (Indonesian:kecamatan) of the city of Pontianak.
East Pontianak is a district (Indonesian:kecamatan) of the city of Pontianak. It lies on the north bank of the Kapuas Kecil River and covers an area of 8.78 km2. It had a population of 82,370 at the 2010 census; the latest official estimate of population is 96,029.
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Worth seeing in and around East Pontianak
5 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Tanjungpura University
Tanjungpura University or UNTAN is a public university in the city of Pontianak in West Kalimantan, Indonesia. Hamzah Haz, former Indonesian vice president, once taught at the university.
3.3 km · university in Indonesia · Wikipedia - 02Jami Mosque of Pontianak
Jami Mosque of Pontianak, also known as Sultan Syarif Abdurrahman Mosque, is the oldest mosque of Pontianak, in Kalimantan, Indonesia. The large wooden mosque, together with the royal palace of Kraton Kadriyah, was among the first buildings constructed in the city following the establishment of Pontianak in 1771.
1.5 km · mosque in Indonesia · Wikipedia - 03St. Joseph's Cathedral, Pontianak
The Cathedral of Saint Joseph or simply Pontianak Cathedral is a parish of the Roman Catholic Church in Pontianak, West Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia. It is the mother church and seat of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Pontianak.
2.5 km · church in Pontianak, Indonesia · Wikipedia - 04Pontianak State Museum
West Kalimantan Provincial Museum is a museum in Pontianak, West Kalimantan, Indonesia, near Tanjungpura University. The concrete reliefs on the museum's exterior depict the lifestyles of Kalbar's two largest ethnic minorities: Malay and Dayak.
2.7 km · historic museum · Wikipedia - 05Sultan Syarif Abdurrahman Stadium
Sultan Syarif Abdurrahman Stadium is an association football stadium in Pontianak, West Kalimantan, which is also home of Persipon Pontianak. It has a seating capacity of 5,500.
3 km · football stadium in Pontianak, West Kalimantan, Indonesia · Wikipedia
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Getting to East Pontianak
- Airports
- Supadio (PNK), 14 km · Kuching (KCH), 202 km
- Jakarta → East Pontianak1474 km · quickest by road, 46h 4m · Rp1,115,000–1,486,000
- Batam → East Pontianak2067 km · quickest by road, 103h 46m · Rp2,017,000–2,690,000
- Banjarbaru → East Pontianak795 km · quickest by road, 139h 58m · Rp1,105,000–1,473,000
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for East Pontianak
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for East Pontianak. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inThe same ferry then continues to Semarang, Java.
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Next door to East Pontianak
East Pontianak is 4 km from Pontianak, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Pontianakcity in West Kalimantan Province, Indonesia2.4 km