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Kalimantan is the Indonesian portion of the island of Borneo. It constitutes 73% of the island's area. The non-Indonesian parts of Borneo are Brunei and East Malaysia In Indonesia, "Kalimantan" refers to the whole island Borneo In 2019, Indonesian President proposed that indonesias Capital be moved to Kalimantan.[3], and in January 2022 Indonesian legislature approved the proposal. The shift is expected to take up to 10 years.

The name Kalimantan is derived from the sanskrit word Kalamanthana, which means "burning weather island", or island with a very hot temperature, referring to its hot and humid Tropical climate. It consists of the two words Kali ("time, season, period") and manthan] ("boiling, churning, burning").[5] The indigenous people of the eastern region of Borneo referred to their island as Pulu K'lemantan or "Kalimantan" when the made contact with them in 1847. Its association with the island and its people has also been attributed to British scientist and colonial administrator from the early 20th century.