Jembayan

Jembayan, also known as Pemarangan, lay upstream on the Mahakam from Kutai Lama. It served as an eighteenth-century seat of the Kutai Kartanegara court before the capital moved again to Tenggarong. The Jembayan phase is usually dated to about 1732–1782.

The relocation is traditionally linked to insecurity at Kutai Lama, attributed to maritime raiders from Sulu. Jembayan's history thus involves a particular royal seat and riverine political relationships.

The later city of Balikpapan lies here.