Southwest Maluku Regency

Southwest Maluku Regency (Indonesian: Kabupaten Maluku Barat Daya) is a regency of Maluku Province, Indonesia. Geographically it forms the most eastern portion of the Lesser Sunda Islands, although it has never been administratively included with them, and politically has always comprised a part of the Maluku Province. 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 total land area is 8,633.15 km2, and the population was 70,714 at the 2010 Census[2] and 81,928 at the 2020 Census;[3] the official estimate as at mid 2022 was 82,560.[1]

Southwest Maluku Regency
Kabupaten Maluku Barat Daya
Regency
Coat of arms of Southwest Maluku Regency
Coat of arms
Motto: 
Kalwedo
Location within Maluku
Location within Maluku
Southwest Maluku Regency is located in Maluku
Southwest Maluku Regency
Southwest Maluku Regency
Location in Maluku and Indonesia
Southwest Maluku Regency is located in Indonesia
Southwest Maluku Regency
Southwest Maluku Regency
Southwest Maluku Regency (Indonesia)
Coordinates: 8°13′S 128°11′E
CountryIndonesia
ProvinceMaluku
CapitalTiakur
Government
 • RegentBenyamin Thomas Noach
Area
 • Total8,633.15 km2 (3,333.28 sq mi)
Population
 (mid 2022 estimate)[1]
 • Total82,560
 • Density9.6/km2 (25/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+9 (IEST)
Area code(+62) 918
Websitemalukubaratdayakab.go.id

The administrative centre lies at Tiakur on Moa Island (in the Letti Islands), but the largest town is Wonreli (on Kisar Island). These islands were originally part of Maluku Tenggara Regency within Maluku, and then from 4 October 1999 part of Maluku Tenggara Barat Regency when that was created, but from 24 June 2008 became a separate regency within Maluku.

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, as well as Kisar and Romang Islands), the Lemola Group (Letti, Moa and Lakor) and the Babar Group (including the Damer and Sermata Islands). The areas (in km2)[1] and the populations at the 2010 census[2] and 2020 census,[3] together with the official estimates as at mid 2022,[1] are listed below. The table also includes the locations of the district administrative centres, the number of administrative villages in each district (totaling 117 rural desa and 1 urban kelurahan - the latter being Tiakur on Moa Island), and its post code.

Kode
Wilayah		Name of
district
(kecamatan)		comprisingArea
in
km2		Pop'n
census
2010		Pop'n
census
2020		Pop'n
estimate
mid 2022		Admin
centre		No.
of
Villages		Post
Code
81.08.06Wetarpart of Wetar Island1,725.247,9162,3592,364Ilwaki697446
81.08.07Pulau-Pulau Terselatansouthern part of Kisar Island50.5317,89910,02710,057Wonreli697445
81.08.13Wetar Utaranorthern part of Wetar Island, plus Reong Island990.16(a)2,3652,390Lurang697449
81.08.14Wetar Baratwestern part of Wetar Island, plus Lirang Island,
and other islands west of Wetar		511.09(a)2,1812,184Ustutun597447
81.08.15Wetar Timureastern part of Wetar Island713.51(a)1,7171,722Arwala697448
81.08.16Kepulauan RomangRomang Islands280.94(b)4,1464,163Jerusu397440
81.08.17Kisar Utaranorthern part of Kisar Island16.79(b)3,1853,203Labelau397441
Totals for Terselatan Group4,288.2625,81525,98026,08335
81.08.01Moa LakorMoa Island959.689,13816,29416,694Weet897442
81.08.08Pulau LettiLeti Island243.307,5268,0608,102Serwaru797444
81.08.12Pulau LakorLakor Island303.32(c)2,5162,535Wewawan597443
Totals for Lemola Group1,506.2016,66426,87027,33120
81.08.02DamerDamer, plus uninhabited Nus Leur,
Terbang Utara and Terbang Selatan		392.295,5605,7185,727Wulur797128
-97652
81.08.03Mdona HyeraSermata Islands232.325,2695,1165,122Lelang1197652
81.08.04Pulau-Pulau BabarBabar Island (western half), Dai1,085.847,7526,4916,519Tepa997451
81.08.05Pulau-Pulau Babar TimurBabar Island (eastern half)499.249,6546,0126,023Letwurung1197654
81.08.09Pulau MaselaMasela Island279.61(e)2,3222,330Latalola Besar1197653
81.08.10Dawelor DaweraDawelor Island and
Dawera Island		209.15(e)1,2941,295Watuwey697651
81.08.11Pulau WetangWetang Island140.04(d)2,1252,130Rumahlewang Besar897652
Totals for Babar Group2,838.4928,23529,07829,14663

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, 2023, Kabupaten Maluku Barat Daya Dalam Angka 2023 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.8108)
  2. Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.
  3. Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.
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