Mission Trip To Palangkaraya, Central Kalimantan

Palangkaraya is the capital city of the Central Kalimantan province of Indonesia. The population of the municipality is 160,018 (2000 census).

The city, along with other parts of central Kalimantan, was the site of ethnic violence between the indigenous Dayak people and Madurese immigrants in 2001. Several thousand Madurese, who had moved to Kalimantan as long as twenty years earlier, were evacuated to other islands to escape the violence.

Situated in the upstream region of the Kahayan river. In the local Dayak language, Palangkaraya means a holy container. Palangkaraya can easily be reached from Jakarta, Banjarmasin, Samarinda, Balikpapan and other points of the island by air. Nowadays, the town has become the center of government, trade and education of the province. The Regional Museum of Palangkaraya contains a collection of historical and cultural interest from all over Central Kalimantan. The Nature Reserve of Tangkiling lies 34 kilometers north of Palangkaraya. Small rivers flow through the reserve.

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