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
Country	Indonesia
Province	Maluku
Capital	Tiakur
Government
• Regent	Benyamin Thomas Noach
Area
• Total	4,581.06 km^2 (1,768.76 sq mi)
Population  (2010 Census)
• Total	70,714
• Density	15/km^2 (40/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+9 (IEST)
Area code	(+62) 918
Website	malukubaratdayakab.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.

Name	comprising	Area (in km^2)	Population Estimate 2018	No. of Villages	Post Code
Wetar	part of Wetar	1,725.24	2,091	6	97446
Wetar Barat	western part of Wetar, Lirang, other islands west of Wetar	511.09	1,881	5	97447
Wetar Timur	eastern part of Wetar	713.51	1,567	6	97448
Wetar Utara	northern part of Wetar, Reong	990.16	1,697	6	97449
Pulau Pulau Terselatan	part of Kisar	50.53	9,641	6	97445
Kepulauan Romang	Romang Islands	280.94	3,508	3	97440
Kisar Utara	northern part of Kisar Island	22.53	2,850	3	97441
Moa Lakor	Moa Island	959.68	13,536	8	97442
Pulau Lakor	Lakor Island	303.32	2,211	5	97443
Pulau Letti	Leti Island	243.30	7,413	7	97444
Mdona Hiera	Sermata Islands	232.32	4,569	11	97652
Pulau Pulau Babar	Babar (western half), Dai	803.95	5,945	9	97451
Dawelor Dawera	Dawelor Island, Dawera Island	209.15	1,118	6	97651
Pulau Wetang	Wetang Island	422.05	1,960	8	97652
Pulau Masela	Masela Island	279.61	2,186	11	97653
Babar Timur	Babar (eastern half)	509.24	5,241	11	97654
Damer	Damer, Nus Leur, Terbang Utara, Terbang Selatan	392.29	5,362	7	97128 -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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