Balangan Regency
Balangan Regency is one of the regencies in the Indonesian province of South Kalimantan. It covers an area of 1,878.30 km, and had a population of 112,430 at the 2010 Census and 130,355 at the 2020 Census. The capital is Paringin. Motto: ""Sanggam"" (Banjarese), also an acronym for ""Sanggup Bagawi Gasan Masyarakat"" (Banjarese="Willing To Work for the Sake of the People"). Administrative Districts. Balangan Regency consists of eight districts ("kecamatan"), tabulated below with their areas and population totals from the 2010 Census and the official estimates for mid 2019. The table also includes the number of administrative villages  (rural "desa" and urban "kelurahan") in each district, and its postal codes. Notes: (a) except the villages of Mangkayahu (postcode of 71614) and Layap (postcode of 71616). (a) except the villages of Bungin (postcode of 71617) and Batu Piring (postcode of 71618). Climate. Paringin, the seat of the regency has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) with heavy rainfall year-round.