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Balikpapan, city in Indonesia, a port on the east coast of Borneo, in East Kalimantan Province, on Makassar Strait. It is the centre of the major Indonesian petroleum region; oil refining and timber are the chief industries. A battle between United States and Japanese naval forces was fought nearby in 1942. Population (1989 estimate) 368,729.

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