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KALIMANTAN
1 The indigenous Dayak peoples number
3.l million and speak a range of nearly 80 languages and numerous dialects
a) The CMA work in East Kalimantan has resulted in a strong church among the Kenyah and Kayan peoples
b) In Central Kalimantan, many of the 410,000 Ngaju, 105,000 M'anyan, and 100,000 Dohoi are linked with the Reformed Church, founded through the work of the Rhenish and Basel Missions
c) West Kalimantan has been a major field for CMA, CBI, WT, Go Ye Fellowship, WEC and NTM
2 Leadership training is a major need for the churches, but illiteracy, poverty, difficulties in travel and lack of indigenous Scriptures have all slowed development
3 The unreached:
a) The large Banjar Malay population of 5 million
b) Transmigrants, who number over 1 million
c) The animist peoples of the interior
d) The Chinese-descent Indonesians,
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Area 539,000 sq.km.
Population 11,473,000 in four provinces
Major peoples:
Malay, Dayak, Banjar.
Muslim 72.8%;
Christian 19.3% (Catholic 9.8%, Protestant 9.5%); Traditional ethnic 3.5%; Hindu
2.5; Buddhist 1.9%.
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Challenges for Prayer 
Geography - Kalimantan 
Peoples - Kalimantan 
Religion - Kalimantan