Buton Regency

Buton Regency
Kabupaten Buton
Regency

Seal
Buton Regency
Location in Sulawesi and Indonesia
Buton Regency
Buton Regency (Indonesia)
Coordinates: 5°09′31″S 121°55′51″E / 5.15861°S 121.93083°E / -5.15861; 121.93083
Country Indonesia
Province Southeast Sulawesi
Capital Pasar Wajo
Government
 • Regent La Bakry
 • Vice Regent vacant
Area
 • Total 2,681.22 km2 (1,035.22 sq mi)
Population (2014)
 • Total 276,944
 • Density 100/km2 (270/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+8 (ICST)
Area code (+62) 402
Website butonkab.go.id

Buton Regency (Kabupaten Buton) is a regency of Indonesia's Southeast Sulawesi Province. It has an area of 2,681.22 km2, and a population estimated at 276,944 (for January 2014). The capital is at Pasar Wajo, but the administrative centre is at Baubau on the south-west of the island, although that city is administratively separate from the Regency.

Administration

The Buton Regency was divided at 2010 into 21 districts (kecamatan), tabulated below with their 2010 Census population.[1]

NamePopulation
Census 2010
Lasalimu10,290
Lasalimu Selatan
(South Lasalimu)		12,815
Siontapina12,167
Pasar Wajo37,067
Wolowa4,946
Wabula4,989
Sampolawa20,121
Batu Atas8,246
Lapandewa7,772
Batauga13,993
Siompu8,753
Kadatua7,703
Siompu Barat
(West Siompu)		8,119
Kapontori12,619
Gu15,836
Sangia Wambulu5,003
Lakudo20,210
Mawasangka22,054
Mawasangka Timur
(East Mawasangka)		4,839
Mawasangka Tengah
(Central Mawasangka)		9,147
Talaga Raya9,023

However, in 2012 it was announced that the regency was to be split, with the southern districts forming a new Buton Selatan Regency, and the central districts forming a new Buton Tengah Regency.

References

  1. ↑ Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.

Coordinates: 5°09′31″S 121°55′51″E / 5.15861°S 121.93083°E / -5.15861; 121.93083


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