The new capital would be located near the coastal cities of
Samarinda and Balikpapan, an important port for coal and oil shipments.
Joko said the new capital would be built in the province of East Kalimantan near the coastal cities of Balikpapan and
Samarinda where the government already owns about 440,000 acres.
Kalimantan province on Borneo already features two large cities -- Balikpapan and
Samarinda -- where international airports, toll roads and seaports operate.
"The new capital is near developed cities such as Balikpapan and
Samarinda," he added.
Also in May, Temindung Airport, which was known as
Samarinda from 1974 until 2018, closed.
He had earlier been accused of inspiring three major terror attacks in 2016 and 2017 that include Jan 14, 2016, Thamrin bombing that killed four people, the November 13, 2016,
Samarinda church bombing that killed a toddler, and the May 25, 2017, Kampung Melayu twin bombings that killed three policemen.
Shipping data in Thomson Reuters Eikon shows around 100 large dry-bulk ships waiting to load coal off the coast of Kalimantan, Indonesia, most of them at
Samarinda and Taboneo.
The probes have disrupted ship loadings around the port of
Samarinda, where 38 large dry-bulk ships are currently sitting idle to take on coal.
In 1994 I took a MAF Cessna flight from Long Ampung/Apo Kayan to
Samarinda which crossed the Belayan River area.
Several vehicles were also damaged in the explosion in the parking lot of the Oikumene Church in
Samarinda, the provincial capital of East Kalimantan province, said national police spokesman Brig.
Some of the cases occurred in
Samarinda among other things and from the period January to November 2011, there were approximately 169 cases with as many as 311 suspects.