Its district seat is located at the village of Sanga-Sanga Dalam.

The most notable one, known as the Red-and-White Incident, occurred on 27 January 1947 against the NICA, during the Indonesian National Revolution.

[4] It eventually became the Commemoration of the Red-and-White, held annually on that date.

[5] From 24 April 1969[6] until 21 October 1987,[7] along with Muara Jawa and Samboja, Sanga-Sanga belonged to Samarinda, until these districts were returned to Kutai that date.

The village of Bantuas, however, still remained within Samarinda, but transferred to Palaran.