Southwest Maluku Regency

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 over half of the total land area of the Regency), Kisar Island, Romang Island, the Leti Islands, the Damar Islands, Mdona Hyera (formerly called the Sermata Islands) and the Babar Islands. The administrative centre lies at Tiakur on Moa Island (in the Leti Islands), but the largest town is Wonreli (on Kisar Island).

Southwest Maluku Regency

Kabupaten Maluku Barat Daya
Regency
Coat of arms
Location within Maluku
Southwest Maluku Regency
Location in Maluku and Indonesia
Southwest Maluku Regency
Southwest Maluku Regency (Indonesia)
Coordinates: 8°13′S 128°11′E
CountryIndonesia
ProvinceMaluku
CapitalTiakur
Government
 • RegentBenyamin Thomas Noach
Area
 • Total4,581.06 km2 (1,768.76 sq mi)
Population
 (2010 Census)
 • Total70,714
 • Density15/km2 (40/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+9 (IEST)
Area code(+62) 918
Websitemalukubaratdayakab.go.id

Administration

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 areas (in km2)[1] and 2018 officially estimated populations[2] are listed below.

NamecomprisingArea
(in km2)		Population
Estimate
2018		No. of
Villages		Post
Code
Wetarpart of Wetar1,725.242,091697446
Wetar Baratwestern part of Wetar, Lirang, other islands west of Wetar511.091,881597447
Wetar Timureastern part of Wetar713.511,567697448
Wetar Utaranorthern part of Wetar, Reong990.161,697697449
Pulau Pulau Terselatanpart of Kisar50.539,641697445
Kepulauan RomangRomang Islands280.943,508397440
Kisar Utaranorthern part of Kisar Island22.532,850397441
Moa LakorMoa Island959.6813,536897442
Pulau LakorLakor Island303.322,211597443
Pulau LettiLeti Island243.307,413797444
Mdona HieraSermata Islands232.324,5691197652
Pulau Pulau BabarBabar (western half), Dai803.955,945997451
Dawelor DaweraDawelor Island, Dawera Island209.151,118697651
Pulau WetangWetang Island422.051,960897652
Pulau MaselaMasela Island279.612,1861197653
Babar TimurBabar (eastern half)509.245,2411197654
DamerDamer, Nus Leur, Terbang Utara, Terbang Selatan392.295,362797128
-97652

References
  1. Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2015.
  2. Kabupaten Maluku Barat Daya Dalam Angka 2019, Badan Pusat Statistik Kabupaten Maluku Barat Daya, ISSN 2598-6708, downloaded via https://malukubaratdayakab.bps.go.id/publication/2019/08/16/84f542d8c0be023a85152c6f/kabupaten-maluku-barat-daya-dalam-angka-2019.html
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