Here are the Original Revenues of Two Regencies Proposed as the New Capital City of Indonesia

President Joko Widodo has declared that the location of Indonesia's new capital city is in East Kalimantan Province. Specifically, it will be in two regencies: Kutai Kartanegara, covering approximately 26,000 square kilometers, and Penajam Paser Utara, covering 3,000 square kilometers.

For information, the 2018 Regional Original Revenue (PAD) of Kutai Kartanegara Regency (Kukar) amounted to Rp 219.3 billion. This figure comprises Rp 53.09 billion in regional taxes, Rp 6.4 billion in regional levies, Rp 34.05 billion from the management of separated regional assets, and Rp 3.87 billion from other legitimate PAD sources. Kukar's PAD ranks third highest after Samarinda City and Balikpapan City.

Meanwhile, the PAD of Penajam Paser Utara Regency in the previous year only reached Rp 11.5 billion, the lowest among the nine other regencies/cities. This PAD figure consists of Rp 2.7 billion in regional taxes, Rp 1.56 billion in regional levies, Rp 4.08 billion from the management of regional assets, and Rp 3.13 billion from other legitimate PAD sources.

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