Penajam

Penajam
Penajam
District
	Penajam Location in Kalimantan Penajam Location in Indonesia
	Coordinates: 1°15′S 116°50′E / 1.250°S 116.833°E
Country	Indonesia
Province	East Kalimantan
Regency	Penajam North Paser
Elevation	0 m (0 ft)
• Density	33/km2 (90/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (ICST)

Penajam is a town and the administrative capital of Penajam North Paser Regency, in East Kalimantan, Indonesia. It was previously known as Balikpapan Seberang (lit. "opposite of Balikpapan") before 13 October 1987, when it was transferred from the namesake city to Pasir Regency by government regulation number 21.^[1]

Climate

Penajam has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) with heavy rainfall year-round.

Climate data for Penajam
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	29.5 (85.1)	30.0 (86.0)	30.0 (86.0)	29.7 (85.5)	29.8 (85.6)	29.2 (84.6)	28.6 (83.5)	29.2 (84.6)	29.3 (84.7)	29.9 (85.8)	29.7 (85.5)	29.6 (85.3)	29.5 (85.2)
Daily mean °C (°F)	26.1 (79.0)	26.4 (79.5)	26.4 (79.5)	26.3 (79.3)	26.6 (79.9)	26.2 (79.2)	25.8 (78.4)	26.2 (79.2)	26.3 (79.3)	26.6 (79.9)	26.3 (79.3)	26.2 (79.2)	26.3 (79.3)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	22.8 (73.0)	22.9 (73.2)	22.9 (73.2)	23.0 (73.4)	23.4 (74.1)	23.3 (73.9)	23.0 (73.4)	23.3 (73.9)	23.3 (73.9)	23.3 (73.9)	23.0 (73.4)	22.9 (73.2)	23.1 (73.5)
Average rainfall mm (inches)	223 (8.8)	191 (7.5)	248 (9.8)	224 (8.8)	230 (9.1)	195 (7.7)	182 (7.2)	161 (6.3)	144 (5.7)	140 (5.5)	180 (7.1)	224 (8.8)	2,342 (92.3)
Source: Climate-Data.org^[2]

References

^ "PP No. 21 Tahun 1987". peraturan.bpk.go.id. Retrieved 2024-08-23.
^ "Climate: Penajam". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 24 November 2020.

This East Kalimantan location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

[1] "PP No. 21 Tahun 1987". peraturan.bpk.go.id. Retrieved 2024-08-23.

[2] "Climate: Penajam". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 24 November 2020.

[1]

[2]