Aktuelle Uhrzeit in Sampit, Indonesien — Asia/Pontianak.

The Sampit conflict, also called Sampit war or Sampit riots, was an outbreak of inter-ethnic violence in Indonesia, beginning in February 2001 and lasting through the year. The conflict started in the town of Sampit, Central Kalimantan, and spread throughout the province, including the capital Palangka Raya. The conflict took place between the indigenous Dayak people and the migrant Madurese people from the island of Madura off Java. The exact origin of the conflict is disputed, but it eventually culminated in hundreds of deaths, with at least one hundred Madurese being decapitated.

Distance-wise, Sampit is closest to Singapore (~1,103 km), Tokyo (~5,074 km), Sydney (~5,279 km); São Paulo is the far end at roughly 16,369 km. That ordering matters more than the timezone label for travel planning.

Sampit sits inside Indonesien — the South-Eastern Asia subregion, capital Jakarta, languages Indonesian, currency IDR (Rp).

Around Sampit, the nearest mapped reference cities are Palangkaraya (113 km), Pangkalanbuun (148 km), Kualakapuas (168 km), Banjarmasin (202 km); treat them as the de-facto regional cluster for Asia/Pontianak planning.

Upcoming country holiday signals around Sampit: Labour Day, Ascension Day, Pancasila Day. Bake those into launch, on-call, and travel windows for Indonesien.

Closest curated airport references from Sampit: SUB Surabaya (539 km), SRG Semarang (570 km), SOC Surakarta (605 km).

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