East Flores Regency

East Flores Regency
Kabupaten Flores Timur
Regency

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Location within East Nusa Tenggara
East Flores Regency
East Flores Regency
East Flores Regency (Lesser Sunda Islands)
East Flores Regency
East Flores Regency (Indonesia)
Coordinates: 8°14′32″S 122°58′06″E / 8.2422°S 122.9682°E / -8.2422; 122.9682Coordinates: 8°14′32″S 122°58′06″E / 8.2422°S 122.9682°E / -8.2422; 122.9682
Country  Indonesia
Province  East Nusa Tenggara
Capital Larantuka
Government
 • Regent Antonius Gege Hadjon
 • Vice Regent Agustinus Payong Boli
Area
 • Total 700.08 sq mi (1,813.20 km2)
Population (2014)
 • Total 251,820
 • Density 360/sq mi (140/km2)
Time zone UTC+8 (ICST)
Area code (+62) 383
Website florestimurkab.go.id

East Flores Regency (Indonesian: Kabupaten Flores Timur) is a regency in East Nusa Tenggara province of Indonesia. Established in 1958,[1] the regency has its seat (capital) in Larantuka on Flores Island. It covers a land area of 1,813.20 km2, and it had a population of 232,605 as of the 2010 census. The latest official estimate (as at January 2014) is 251,820. It encompasses the eastern tip of the island of Flores, together with all of the smaller islands of Adonara and Solor, both part of the Solor Archipelago. In 1999 the island of Lembata (formerly called Lomblen) at the eastern end of the Archipelago was separated out to create its own Regency.

Administration

The regency is divided into nineteen districts (kecamatan), tabulated below with their areas (in km2) and their 2010 Census populations.[2]

NameEnglish nameArea
(in km2)		Population
Census 2010
Wulanggitang221.813,143
Ile Bura108.66,165
Titehena152.911,145
Tanjung Bunga248.311,880
Lewo Lema87.67,951
Larantuka48.437,348
Ile Mandiri69.29,145
Demon Pagong84.04,283
Solor BaratWest Solor120.79,321
Solor SelatanSouth Solor29.44,841
Solor TimurEast Solor67.712,879
Adonara63.69,745
Adonara BaratWest Adonara83.811,743
Wotan Ulu Mado83.77,871
Adonara TengahCentral Adonara38.710,686
Adonara TimurEast Adonara84.426,161
Ile Boleng49.913,958
Witihama65.714,140
Kelubagolit39.810,210

References

  1. ↑ Government of Indonesia (9 August 1958), Establishment of the Second-level Administrative Regions under the First-level Administrative Region of Bali, West Nusa Tenggara and East Nusa Tenggara (in Indonesian), Indonesia Ministry of Law and Justice, UU No. 69/1958 |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  2. ↑ Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.


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