North Penajam Paser Regency

North Paser Regency is a regency in East Kalimantan province in Indonesia. Its capital city is Penajam. North Penajam Paser is a new regency, having been a part of Paser Regency until its separation in 2002. North Penajam Paser Regency were the fifth largest area regencies in East Kalimantan province with 6 times larger than Balikpapan city.Boundaries North : Kutai Kartanegara Regency East : Makassar Strait and Balikpapan City South : Paser Regency West : Paser Regency and West Kutai RegencyEconomicNorth Penajam Paser Regency major commodities are Palm oil and Timber that took over 70% of it economic. Theres also some traditional mining coal, rice (paddy) fields, fishing, and harvesting that supplied the local market and Balikpapan cities market like fruits, eggs, chickens, sea weeds, fish, etc. Mostly peoples here work at palm oil industries and the Timber industries. Badly road coverage and peoples density that spreads over all the area slowing down the economic development. Penajam is the most populous area in a single area. There's no Mall at North Penajam regency, so the peoples cross the sea via "kelotok" or medium wooden boat or with ferry to go to Balikpapan to shopping. But its planned to connecting North Penajam Regency with Balikpapan with Sea Bridge which long almost 8 km and planned to start the construction of the bridge at 2018 to help growning up the economical development.