Mempawah Regency

Mempawah Regency Kabupaten Mempawah
Regency
Coat of arms
Motto(s):  Maju dengan Ilmu Forward with knowledge
Location within West Kalimantan
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Coordinates: 0°15′00″N 109°10′00″E / 0.2500°N 109.1667°E / 0.2500; 109.1667
Country	Indonesia
Province	West Kalimantan
Capital	Mempawah
Government
• Regent	Erlina
• Vice Regent	Muhammad Pagi
Area
• Total	1,935.42 km2 (747.27 sq mi)
Population  (mid 2023 estimate)[1]
• Total	312,785
• Density	160/km2 (420/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+7 (IWST)
Area code	(+62) 561
Website	mempawahkab.go.id

Mempawah Regency (formerly called the Pontianak Regency) is a regency of West Kalimantan Province of Indonesia. Originally including a wider area of West Kalimantan, this Pontianak Regency was reduced on 4 October 1999 by the north-eastern districts (formerly the majority of the regency's land area) being removed to form a new Landak Regency, and was further reduced on 17 July 2007 by its southern districts cut out to create a new Kubu Raya Regency. Since 2007 the residual regency (now renamed Mempawah Regency) covers 1,935.42 km², and had a population of 234,021 at the 2010 Census^[2] and 301,560 at the 2020 Census;^[3] the official estimate as at mid 2023 was 312,785 (comprising 159,986 males and 152,799 females).^[1] The administrative centre is at the town of Mempawah.