HISTORY OF BALIKPAPAN Before known as Oil City , Balikpapan is a fishing village. Words of Balikpapan is from “Balik” and “Papan”. “Balik” means upside down or come back and “Papan” means wood sheets . Balikpapan names taken by some folklore, one of them is about Type text or a website address or translate a document. Cancel a local king who threw newborn daughter into the sea . This is done to protect the princess from his opponents . The daughter then tied to several boards in a lying position . Due to big waves, the board upside down and discovered by a fisherman . Therefore, the place where the princess found called Balikpapan . Birthday of Balikpapan then determined on February 10, 1897 . Well, is the first day of the oil drilling conducted by Mathilda Corporation as the realization of cooperation between JH Menten and Mr. Adams of Samuel & Co Firm When this Balikpapan ...