List of 20th District in the Indonesian Super Rich

Here is a list of 20 districts that receive funds for the greatest natural resources in Indonesia.

1. District Labour (Kaltim) Rp2.566, 55 billion
2. Regency Bengkalis (Riau) Rp1.519, 73 billion
3. Kab Kutai Timur (Kaltim) Rp1.059, 72 billion
4. Siak Regency (Riau) Rp993, 20 billion
5. Rokan Hilir district (Riau) Rp911, 07 billion
6. Kab Musi Banyuasin (South Sumatra) Rp858, 45 billion
7. West Kutai District (East Kalimantan) Rp670, 60 billion
8. Kampar Regency (Kaltim) Rp679, 32 billion
9. Sands Regency (Kaltim) Rp593, 64 billion
10. Kab Berau (East Kalimantan) Rp553, 26 billion
11. Kab Bulungan (Kaltim) Rp482, 82 billion
12. City of Samarinda (East Kalimantan) Rp480, 19 billion
13. Nunukan district (East Kalimantan) Rp478, 34 billion
14. Kab Panajam North Sand (Kaltim) Rp477, 03 billion
15. Bontang (East Kalimantan) Rp476, 83 billion
16. District of Malinau (East Kalimantan) Rp462, 34 billion
17. City of Tarakan (East Kalimantan) Rp454, 55 billion
18. Balikpapan (East Kalimantan) Rp441, 60 billion
19. Natuna regency (Kep Riau) Rp440, 24 billion
20. Mimika Kab (Papua) Rp424, 33 billion

VIVAnews - A total of 20 counties and cities in Indonesia to get a transfer of funds for natural resources from central government in huge quantities. In fact, very much different than the dozens of other districts.

Some kabupatan even get money for the trillions of rupiah from year to year. Call it for example regency in East Kalimantan Sharing obtain the funds to Rp2, 5 trillion in 2009 or the District of Bengkalis in Riau are getting rations Rp1, 5 trillion.

This is nothing compared to the average of the poorest districts of natural resources, mostly in Java, which just received hundreds of million rupiah per year. For example, as Kabupatan Gunung Kidul, Sleman and Kulon Progo Yogyakarta province, each only get a share of natural resource revenue sharing funds, USD 144-146 million per year.

Based on the data VIVAnews gather from BPK audit results to the Central Government Financial Report 2009, released recently, there were at least 20 counties and cities that receive funds for the above results Rp400 billion per year or 2700 times compared with the quota of the Mountain District Kidul.

District wealthy are mostly located in East Kalimantan, some scattered in Riau, South Sumatra, Riau Islands and Papua. East Kalimantan, became the central location of coal mining, while in Riau and Riau Islands into the oil and gas mining.

From there Papuan district of Mimika who received rations Sharing Fund Rp440 billion in 2009. In the mountainous region of Papua is getting funding for the highest compared to other districts in Papua, due to the place of gold and copper mining by PT Freeport Indonesia.
The Government obtained the acceptance of natural resources in the last year amounted to Rp138, 96 trillion. That equates to about 61 percent of the total Rp227, 06 trillion state revenues. Acceptance comes from oil and gas revenues, general mining, forestry, fisheries and mining geothermal. Largest receipts derived from oil, which reached Rp90 trillion.

Of the total receipts of natural resources, in accordance with applicable regulations, to distribute to local governments in the form of sharing of natural resources that are part of local government. Total distributed Rp36, 86 trillion. For the majority of petroleum Rp14, 6 trillion, natural gas Rp11, 5 trillion and Rp 7.2 trillion in the general mining.

Acceptance of natural resources in 2009 actually decreased much or Rp85 trillion from the previous year. That was attributed to lower average price of Indonesian crude oil to U.S. $ 101 per barrel in 2008 to U.S. $ 58 per barrel in 2009.