History Bontang city

Bontang in addition to well-known because there are three firms, also because of the existence of the football team, FC Bontang (formerly Bontang PKT) who play in the Superliga, Marching Band PKT Bontang in East Kalimantan Fertilizer target and Marching Band Eroh Dahana Patra built Badak NGL. Meanwhile, local television broadcast studio, LNGTV and PKTV also located in the city of Bontang. Bontang City has two large and famous schools, namely VIDATRA fostered by Badak NGL and East Kalimantan Fertilizer YPK target. Kutai National Park management office located in the northern city of Bontang, also located in this region. Bontang City has its own airport called Bontang Airport. Bontang motto is "City Park": "Orderly, Agamais, Self, Safe, and Comfortable." In the course of history, Bontang previously only a township located in the watershed, then experienced a change in status, so that became a city. It is the demands of the region's diverse and growing. At first, as a settlement area, Bontang has a very simple governance. Initially led by an elder, holds Officials under the auspices of the Sultan of Kutai in Tenggarong. Officials Bontang names are: Grandma H Tondeng, Muhammad Arsyad which later was given the title by the Sultan of Kutai as Kapitan, Kideng, and Haji Amir aka Baida Bedang. Bontang continued to grow so that in 1952 determined to become a village led by Indigenous Elders. At that time the leadership was divided in two: matters relating to governance are handled by the village head, while those concerning customs governed by Indigenous Elders Long before the Administrative City area, since 1920, the Village is set to be the capital city of Bontang district that was then called the District Onder van Bontang , which is ruled by an assistant who holds Wedana chaplain. The Kyai who ever reigned in Bontang and still attached to the memory of some of the residents are: Anand Kempeng chaplain, chaplain Hasan, Raden Aji chaplain, chaplain Anang Acil, Menong chaplain, chaplain of Yemen, and chaplain Saleh. Before becoming a city, Bontang status increased to district, led by an assistant in the Government Wedana Parikesit Sultan Aji Muhammad, Sultan Kukar XIX (1921-1960), after approval of Law No. 27 Year 1959 on the establishment of Tk Region II in East Kalimantan remove the status of unoccupied government. The origin of the name Bontang
In the original repertory of Borneo, is not known the word "bontang". According to stories passed down through generations, "bontang" is the Dutch acronym for "bond", which means a collection or English which means the bond of brotherhood, and "tang" of the settlers said. This title is given, because the embryo village Bontang not separated from the role immigrants.

The city is a city of Bontang in East Kalimantan province, Indonesia. The town is located about 120 kilometers from Samarinda, directly adjacent to the East Kutai regency in north and west, Regency Makassar Strait in the south and east. 0137 geography ° N and 117.5 ° East. In this city stand three large companies in different fields, Badak NGL (natural gas), East Kalimantan Fertilizer (fertilizer and ammonia), and Indominco Mandiri (coal) and has a petrochemical industrial park called the Kaltim Industrial Estate. Bontang City itself is oriented city in the industrial, services and trade.