Malaka Regency

Malaka Regency is a regency in the province of East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. The regency was established on 14 December 2012, comprising twelve districts which had formerly been the southern part of Belu Regency. [1]

Malaka Regency Kabupaten Malaka
Regency
Coat of arms
Location within East Nusa Tenggara
Malaka Regency Location in Timor, Lesser Sunda Islands and Indonesia Malaka Regency Malaka Regency (Lesser Sunda Islands) Malaka Regency Malaka Regency (Indonesia)
Coordinates: 9°34′02″S 124°54′27″E
Country	Indonesia
Region	Lesser Sunda Islands
Province	East Nusa Tenggara
Settled	14 December 2012
Capital	Betun
Government
• Regent	Stefanus Bria Seran
• Vice Regent	vacant
Area
• Total	448.12 sq mi (1,160.63 km^2)
Population  (2015)
• Total	180,119
• Density	400/sq mi (160/km^2)
Time zone	UTC+8 (ICST)
Area code	(+62) 389
Website	malakakab.go.id

The new Regency had 164,135 inhabitants at the 2010 Census, which had risen to 180,119 at the 2015 Census.[2] The capital of the regency is the town of Betun.

Administration

The new Malaka Regency is composed of twelve districts (kecamatan), tabulated below with their 2010 Census populations:

Name	English name	Population Census 2010
Botin Leobele		4,483
Io Kufeu		7,363
Kobalima		16,815
Kobalima Timur	East Kobalima	6,010
Laen Manen		10,868
Malaka Barat	West Malaka	19,792
Malaka Tengah	Central Malaka	34,034
Malaka Timur	East Malaka	9,142
Rinhat		13,408
Sasita Mean		7,946
Weliman		17,194
Wewiku		17,079
Total for (new) Malaka Regency		164,134

Radio AM/FM

In this newly established regency, there are 4 radio, which are all from Atambua, as help from RRI Atambua

No.	Name of Radio	Frequency
1	RRI Programa 1 Atambua*	FM 91.5 MHz
2	RRI Programa 2 Atambua	FM 99.8 MHz
3	RRI Programa 3	FM 99.0 MHz

Note: These radios only has mono channel in the regency.

References

1. "Malaka Akhirnya Menjadi Daerah Otonom Baru". Kompas. Retrieved 30 December 2012.
2. Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2018.