Central Buton Regency

Central Buton Regency (Indonesian: Kabupaten Buton Tengah) is a new regency of Southeast Sulawesi established by separation from Buton Regency under Act No.15 of 2014, dated 23 July 2014. It covers an area of 837.16 km2 comprising the southern parts of Muna Island and Kabaena Island, together with several small offshore islands adjacent to the two main islands, with no territory located on Buton Island (a misnomer). It had a population of 86,112 at the 2010 Census[3] and 114,773 at the 2020 Census;[4] the official estimate as at mid 2022 was 118,904 (comprising 59,419 males and 59,485 females).[2] The administrative centre lies at Labungkari in Lakudo District.[5]

Central Buton Regency
Kabupaten Buton Tengah
Regency
Coat of arms of Central Buton Regency
Coat of arms
Location within Southeast Sulawesi
Location within Southeast Sulawesi
Central Buton Regency is located in Sulawesi
Central Buton Regency
Central Buton Regency
Location in Sulawesi and Indonesia
Central Buton Regency is located in Indonesia
Central Buton Regency
Central Buton Regency
Central Buton Regency (Indonesia)
Coordinates: 5.311493°S 122.456664°E / -5.311493; 122.456664
CountryIndonesia
ProvinceSoutheast Sulawesi
Established24 July 2014 (2014-07-24)[1]
Founded byGovernment of Indonesia
CapitalLabungkari
Government
 • RegentSamahuddin
 • Vice RegentLa Ntau
Area
 • Total837.16 km2 (323.23 sq mi)
Population
 (mid 2022 estimate)[2]
 • Total118,904
 • Density140/km2 (370/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (ICST)
Area code(+62) 402
Websitebutontengahkab.go.id

Administrative districts

The Central Buton Regency is divided into seven districts (kecamatan),[6][7] tabulated below with their areas and 2010[3] and 2020 Census[4] populations, together with the official estimates as at mid 2022.[2] The table also includes the location of the administrative centre of each district, the number of administrative villages in each district (totaling 67 rural desa and 10 urban kelurahan), the number of small offshore islands in each district, and its post code.

Name of
District
(kecamatan)		Area
in
km2		Pop'n
Census
2010		Pop'n
Census
2020		Pop'n
Estimate
mid 2022		Admin
centre		No.
of
villages		No.
of
islands		Post
code
Mawasangka229.0222,05428,98529,940Mawasangka19193762
Mawasangka Tengah
(Central Mawasangka)		121.999,14712,71713,280Lanto10693764
Mawasangka Timur
(East Mawasangka)		93.354,8396,1306,287Lasori8693765
Lakudo204.3020,21026,55627,430Lakudo15393763
Gu93.1015,83621,54022,398Watulea12-93761
Sangia Wambulu5.915,0035,9035,972Tolandona6-93760
Talaga Raya (a)89.499,02312,94213,597Talaga Satu7593766
Totals837.1686,112114,773118,9047721

The new Regency thus comprises six districts in the southern part of Muna Island together with one district (Talaga Raya) in the southern part of Kabaena Island. It notably does not contain any portion of Buton Island.

Note: (a) Talaga Raya District comprises the southern part of Kabaena Island together with two smaller islands off its south-east coast - Talaga Besar (Great Talaga) and Talaga Kecil (Little Talaga); over 60% of the district's population inhabit Talaga Kecil, which contained 7,836 inhabitants (at the 2020 Census) in its area of 3.29 km2.

References
  1. "Pembentukan Kabupaten Buton Tengah Di Provinsi Sulawesi Tenggara" (PDF) (in Indonesian). Government of Indonesia.
  2. Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2023, Kabupaten Buton Tengah Dalam Angka 2023 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.7414)
  3. Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.
  4. Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.
  5. "UNDANG-UNDANG REPUBLIK INDONESIA NOMOR 15 TAHUN 2014 PEMBENTUKAN KABUPATEN BOTON TENGAH DI PROVINSI SULAWESI TENGGARA" (in Indonesian). Government of Indonesia.
  6. "Pembagian Administrasi Kabupaten Buton Tengah" (in Indonesian). BPK Kendari.
  7. "Pembagian Administrasi Kabupaten Buton Tengah" (in Indonesian). Peta Tematik Indonesia.
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