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Kapuas Regency is one of the thirteen regencies (kabupaten) which comprise Central Kalimantan Province, on the island of Kalimantan, Indonesia. It formerly covered a wider area of nearly 36,000 km2, but on 10 April 2002 two new regencies (Pulang Pisau Regency and Gunung Mas Regency) were created out of its western districts, and the residual area is now 17,070.39 km.2 Its population was 329,646 at the 2010 Census and 410,446 at the 2020 Census; the official estimate as at mid 2025 was 435,070 (comprising 223,720 males and 211,350 females). The administrative centre is the town of Kuala Kapuas (in Selat district, which includes eight of the regency's fifteen urban kelurahan, and had 74,100 inhabitants in mid 2025).

Suku bangsa yang signifikan jumahnya di Kabupaten Kapuas Adalah Suku Dayak, Suku Banjar, Suku Jawa dan Suku Bali. Beberapa sub-etnis suku Dayak yang terdapat di Kabupaten Kapuas yaitu Suku Dayak Ngaju, Dayak Bakumpai, Dayak Maanyan dan Dayak Oot Danum dan subetnis lainnya dalam jumlah kecil. Termasuk adanya kelompok kecil etnis Suku Bali di kecamatan Basarang yang dulunya adalah daerah tujuan transmigrasi dari pulau Bali.

Berikut adalah jumlah penduduk Kabupaten Kapuas menurut agama yang dianut:

The total area of Kapuas Regency is 17,070.39 square km (11.1% of the area of Central Kalimantan Province), delineated into ebbtide and non-ebbtide areas. It adjoins Gunung Mas Regency, the Java Sea, Barito Selatan Regency and Kalimantan Selatan Province (Barito Kuala Regency), and Pulang Pisau Regency, to the north, south, east and west, respectively.

The north is marked by hills and mountains up to 500 metres above sea level, while the south is coastal and marshy, ebb-tidal and vulnerable to flooding. Rivers in Kapuas Regency are the Kapuas and Kapuas Murung, 600 and 66.38 km in length, respectively. There are four canals: Anjir Serapat (28 km in length;) and Anjir Tamban (25 km), each connecting Kuala Kapuas with Banjarmasin, running through Kalimantan Tengah (for 13–14 km) and Kalimantan Selatan (12–14 km); the Anjir Kalampan (14.5 km), connecting Mandomai, the capital of Kapuas Barat district, with Pulang Pisau Regency; and the Anjir Basarang (24 km), connecting Kuala Kapuas with Pulang Pisau.

Kapuas Kuala, the seat of the regency, has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) with heavy rainfall in all months except July and August.