Martapura, South Kalimantan

Martapura is the capital of the Banjar Regency in South Kalimantan province, Indonesia.

[2] Originally this town was named "Kayutangi", which was the last capital of the former Sultanate of Banjar.

The famous Banjarese ulema Sheikh Muhammad Arsyad al-Banjari, author of Sabilal Muhtadin, comes from this town.

This town is famous as kota santri or the "city of santri (Muslim students)" in Kalimantan, because of the pesantren (Islamic boarding school) of Pondok Pesantren Darussalam Martapura.

Martapura is often called "Veranda of Mecca" because there are many santris wearing white clothes in this town who walk up and down to study Islam, similar to Mecca in the hajj season.