Banggai Sea Regency

Banggai Sea Regency (Indonesian: Kabupaten Banggai Laut) is a regency in the province of Central Sulawesi, Indonesia. The regency was established on 14 December 2012, partitioned from the Banggai Islands Regency.[2] It comprises southern part of the Banggai Islands archipelago, including the main island of Banggai itself (including 40 offshore islets), the islands of Labobo and Bangkurung to the southwest of Banggai Island, and the numerous small Bokan Islands (Kepulauan Bokan) to the southeast. It covers a land area of 725.67 km2, and the districts now comprising the new Regency had a population of 62,183 at the 2010 Census[3] and 70,435 at the 2020 Census;[4] the official estimate as at mid 2022 was 71,350.[1]

Banggai Sea Regency
Kabupaten Banggai Laut
Regency
Coat of arms of Banggai Sea Regency
Coat of arms
Location within Central Sulawesi
Location within Central Sulawesi
Banggai Sea Regency is located in Banggai Islands
Banggai Sea Regency
Banggai Sea Regency
Location in Banggai Islands, Sulawesi and Indonesia
Banggai Sea Regency is located in Sulawesi
Banggai Sea Regency
Banggai Sea Regency
Banggai Sea Regency (Sulawesi)
Banggai Sea Regency is located in Indonesia
Banggai Sea Regency
Banggai Sea Regency
Banggai Sea Regency (Indonesia)
Coordinates: 1.5888°S 123.5008°E / -1.5888; 123.5008
CountryIndonesia
ProvinceCentral Sulawesi
CapitalBanggai
Government
 • RegentWenny Bukamo
 • Vice RegentTuty Hamid
Area
 • Total280.18 sq mi (725.67 km2)
Population
 (mid 2022 estimate)
 • Total71,350
 • Density250/sq mi (98/km2)
 [1]
Time zoneUTC+8 (ICST)
Area code(+62) 461
Websitebanggailautkab.go.id

Administration

The new Banggai Laut Regency is composed of seven districts (kecamatan), tabulated below with their areas and their 2010 Census[3] and 2020 Census populations,[4] together with the official estimates as at mid 2021.[5] The table also includes the location of the district headquarters, the number of administrative villages in each district (in total, 63 rural desa and 3 urban kelurahan), and its postal codes.

Name of
District
(kecamatan)		Area
in
km2		Pop'n
Census
2010		Pop'n
Census
2020		Pop'n
Estimate
mid 2021		Admin
centre		No.
of
villages		Post
codes
Bangkurung (island)116.558,1968,9288,940Lantibung12 (a)94892
Labobo (island) (b)85.655,2416,0366,070Mansaleang894893
Banggai Utara
(North Banggai)		58.056,0077,0427,100Lokotoy694896
Banggai (district) (c)86.9519,97722,59122,720Lompio1094891
Banggai Tengah
(Central Banggai)		68.196,3627,9028,020Adean894895
Banggai Selatan
(South Banggai)		81.204,8095,8035,870Matanga694890
Bokan Kepulauan (d)
(Bokan Islands)		229.0811,57112,13312,110Bungin1694894
Totals725.6762,16370,43570,87266

Notes: (a) including three kelurahan - Dodung, Lompio, and Tano Bonunungan. (b) including 10 small offshore islands. (c) including 42 small offshore islands. (d) comprising 91 islands.

Climate

Banggai has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) with moderate rainfall from September to December and heavy to very heavy rainfall from January to August.

Climate data for Banggai
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average high °C (°F) 30.7
(87.3)		 30.8
(87.4)		 30.9
(87.6)		 31.2
(88.2)		 30.8
(87.4)		 30.3
(86.5)		 29.8
(85.6)		 30.5
(86.9)		 31.2
(88.2)		 31.8
(89.2)		 32.1
(89.8)		 31.2
(88.2)		 30.9
(87.7)
Daily mean °C (°F) 26.8
(80.2)		 26.9
(80.4)		 27.0
(80.6)		 27.2
(81.0)		 27.1
(80.8)		 26.7
(80.1)		 26.2
(79.2)		 26.5
(79.7)		 26.7
(80.1)		 27.0
(80.6)		 27.7
(81.9)		 27.2
(81.0)		 26.9
(80.5)
Average low °C (°F) 23.0
(73.4)		 23.0
(73.4)		 23.1
(73.6)		 23.2
(73.8)		 23.5
(74.3)		 23.2
(73.8)		 22.7
(72.9)		 22.5
(72.5)		 22.3
(72.1)		 22.3
(72.1)		 23.4
(74.1)		 23.2
(73.8)		 23.0
(73.3)
Average rainfall mm (inches) 137
(5.4)		 164
(6.5)		 209
(8.2)		 249
(9.8)		 286
(11.3)		 361
(14.2)		 238
(9.4)		 149
(5.9)		 121
(4.8)		 96
(3.8)		 100
(3.9)		 103
(4.1)		 2,213
(87.3)
Source: Climate-Data.org[6]

References
  1. Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2023, Kabupaten Banggai Laut Dalam Angka 2023 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.7211)
  2. "Malaka Akhirnya Menjadi Daerah Otonom Baru". Kompas. Retrieved 30 December 2012.
  3. Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.
  4. Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.
  5. Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2022.
  6. "Climate: Banggai". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 19 November 2020.

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