North Hulu Sungai Regency (Sungai means "River" in Indonesian) is one of the regencies in the Indonesian province of South Kalimantan. It formerly covered a larger area in the north of the province, but on 25 February 2003 the eastern districts were split off to create a separate Balangan Regency. It now has an area of 907.49 km2, and had a population of 209,246 at the 2010 Census and 226,727 at the 2020 Census; the official estimate as at mid 2022 was 231,290 (comprising 115,396 males and 115,894 females). The capital of the regency is the town of Amuntai.
Administrative districts
North Hulu Sungai Regency is divided into ten districts (kecamatan), listed below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 Census and 2020 Census, together with the official estimates as at mid 2022. The table includes the locations of the district administrative centres, the number of administrative villages in each district (a total of 214 rural desa and 5 urban kelurahan - the latter all in Amuntai Tengah District), and its post code.
Climate
Amuntai has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) with moderate rainfall from July to September and heavy rainfall in the remaining months.