Southwest Maluku Regency

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Southwest Maluku Regency
Kabupaten Maluku Barat Daya
Regency
Coat of arms of Southwest Maluku Regency
Coat of arms
Location within Maluku
Location within Maluku
Southwest Maluku Regency is located in Maluku
Southwest Maluku Regency
Southwest Maluku Regency
Location in Maluku and Indonesia
Coordinates: 8°13′S 128°11′E / 8.217°S 128.183°E / -8.217; 128.183Coordinates: 8°13′S 128°11′E / 8.217°S 128.183°E / -8.217; 128.183
CountryIndonesia
ProvinceMaluku
Capital
Government
 • RegentBenyamin Thomas Noach
Area
 • Total8,633.15 km2 (3,333.28 sq mi)
Population
 (2020 Census)[1]
 • Total81,928
 • Density9.5/km2 (25/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+9 (IEST)
Area code(+62) 918
Websitemalukubaratdayakab.go.id

Southwest Maluku Regency (Indonesian: Kabupaten Maluku Barat Daya) is a regency of Maluku Province, Indonesia. It comprises a number of islands and island groups in the south of the province, including (running from west to east) Lirang Island, Wetar Island (with almost half of the total land area of the Regency), Kisar Island, Romang Island, the Letti Islands, the Damer Islands, Mdona Hyera (formerly called the Sermata Islands) and the Babar Islands. The administrative centre lies at on Moa Island (in the Letti Islands), but the largest town is Wonreli (on Kisar Island).

Administrative Districts[]

As at 2010 the Southwest Maluku Regency was administratively composed of eight districts (kecamatan). But by 2015 the number of districts had increased to seventeen by the splitting of existing districts; Pulau Pulau Wetar (the Wetar Islands) has been divided into four districts - Wetar, Wetar Barat (West Wetar), Wetar Timur (East Wetar) and Wetar Utara (North Wetar); the other six newly-created districts are Dawelor Dawera and Pulau Masela (Masela Island) formed from parts of Babar Timur District, Kepulauan Romang (Romang Islands) and Kisar Utara (North Kisar) formed from parts of Pulau Pulau Terselatan District, Pulau Lakor (Lakor Island) formed from part of Moa Lakor District, and Pulau Wetang (Wetang Island) formed from part of Pulau Pulau Babar District.

The districts are formally grouped into three archipelagoes - the Terselatan Group (including Wetar), the Lemola Group (Letti, Moa and Lakor) and the Babar Group (including the Damer and Sermata Islands). The areas (in km2)[2] and the populations at the 2010 Census and 2020 Census[3] are listed below. The table al;so includes the number of administrative villages (rural desa and urban kelurahan) in each district, and its post code.

Name comprising Area
in km2		 Population
Census
2010		 Population
Census
2020		 No. of
Villages		 Post
Code
Wetar part of Wetar 1,725.24 7,916 2,359 6 97446
Wetar Barat western part of Wetar, Lirang,
other islands west of Wetar		 511.09 (a) 2,181 5 97447
Wetar Utara northern part of Wetar, Reong 990.16 (a) 2,365 6 97449
Wetar Timur eastern part of Wetar 713.51 (a) 1,717 6 97448
Pulau Pulau Terselatan part of Kisar 50.53 17,899 10,027 6 97445
Kisar Utara northern part of Kisar Island 16.79 (b) 3,185 3 97441
Kepulauan Romang Romang Islands 280.94 (b) 4,146 3 97440
Totals for Terselatan Group 4,288.26 25,815 25,980 35
(Pulau) Letti Leti Island 243.30 7,526 8,060 7 97444
Moa Lakor Moa Island 959.68 9,138 16,294 8 97442
(Pulau) Lakor Lakor Island 303.32 (c) 2,516 5 97443
Totals for Lemola Group 1,506.20 16,664 26,870 20 97651
Damer Damer, Nus Leur, Terbang Utara, Terbang Selatan 392.29 5,560 5,718 7 97128
-97652
Mdona Hiera Sermata Islands 232.32 5,269 5,116 11 97652
Pulau Pulau Babar Babar (western half), Dai 1,085.84 7,752 6,491 9 97451
Pulau Wetang Wetang Island 140.04 (d) 2,125 8 97652
Babar Timur Babar (eastern half) 499.24 9,654 6,012 11 97654
Pulau Masela Masela Island 279.61 (e) 2,322 11 97653
Dawelor Dawera Dawelor Island and
Dawera Island		 209.15 (e) 1,294 6 97651
Totals for Babar Group 2,838.49 28,235 29,078 63 97651

Notes:
(a) the 2010 populations for the four districts which comprised Pulau Pulau Wetar District are listed under the first district.
(b) the 2010 populations of Kisar Utara and Kepulauan Romang Districts are included under the figure for Pulau Pulau Terselatan District, from which they were split off.
(c) the 2010 population of Lakor District is included in the figure for Moa Lakor District, from which it was split off.
(d) the 2010 population of Pulau Wetang District is included in the figure for Pulau Pulau Babar District, from which it was split off.
(e) the 2010 populations of Pulau Masela and Daweloor Dawera Districts are included under the figure for Babar Timur District, from which they were split off.

References[]

  1. ^ Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.
  2. ^ Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.
  3. ^ Kabupaten Maluku Barat Daya Dalam Angka 2021, Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.

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