Banggai Sea Regency

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Banggai Sea Regency
Kabupaten Banggai Laut
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Location within Central Sulawesi
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Banggai Sea Regency
Location in Banggai Islands, Sulawesi and Indonesia
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Banggai Sea Regency
Banggai Sea Regency (Sulawesi)
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Banggai Sea Regency
Banggai Sea Regency (Indonesia)
Coordinates: 1°35′20″S123°30′03″E / 1.5888°S 123.5008°E / -1.5888; 123.5008
Country Indonesia
Province Central Sulawesi
Capital Banggai
Government
  RegentWenny Bukamo
  Vice RegentTuty Hamid
Area
  Total280.18 sq mi (725.67 km2)
Population
 (mid 2023 estimate)
  Total73,100
  Density260/sq mi (100/km2)
  [1]
Time zone UTC+8 (ICST)
Area code (+62) 461
Website banggailautkab.go.id

Banggai Sea Regency (Indonesian : Kabupaten Banggai Laut, "Marine Banggai Regency") is a regency in the province of Central Sulawesi, Indonesia. The regency was established on 14 December 2012, partitioned from the Banggai Islands Regency. [2] It comprises the southern part of the Banggai Islands archipelago, including the main island of Banggai itself (including 40 offshore islets), the islands of Labobo and Bangkurung to the southwest of Banggai Island, and the numerous small Bokan Islands (Kepulauan Bokan) to the southeast; it does not include the larger island of Peleng to the north (between Banggai Island and the mainland of Sulawesi) which forms the Banggai Islands Regency. The new Banggai Sea Regency covers a land area of 725.67 km2 (and an associated marine area of 12,156.78 km2), and the districts now comprising the new Regency had a population of 62,183 at the 2010 Census [3] and 70,435 at the 2020 Census; [4] the official population estimate at mid-2023 was 73,100 (comprising 36,900 males and 36,200 females). [1]

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Administration

The new Banggai Sea Regency is composed of seven districts (kecamatan), tabulated below with their areas and their 2010 Census [3] and 2020 Census populations, [4] together with the official estimates as at mid 2023. [1] The table also includes the location of the district headquarters, the number of administrative villages in each district (in total, 63 rural desa and 3 urban kelurahan), and its postal codes.

Kode
Wilayah
Name of
District
(kecamatan)
Area
in
km2
Pop'n
Census
2010
Pop'n
Census
2020
Pop'n
Estimate
mid 2023
Admin
centre
No.
of
villages
Post
codes
72.11.04Bangkurung (island)116.558,1968,9289,160Lantibung12 (a)94892
72.11.05Labobo (island) (b)85.655,2416,0366,260Mansaleang894893
72.11.02Banggai Utara
(North Banggai)
58.056,0077,0427,380Lokotoy694896
72.11.01Banggai (district) (c)86.9519,97722,59123,430Lompio1094891
72.11.07Banggai Tengah
(Central Banggai)
68.196,3627,9028,420Adean894895
72.11.06Banggai Selatan
(South Banggai)
81.204,8095,8036,130Matanga694890
72.11.03Bokan Kepulauan (d)
(Bokan Islands)
229.0811,57112,13312,310Bungin1694894
Totals725.6762,16370,43573,10066

Notes: (a) including three kelurahan - Dodung, Lompio, and Tano Bonunungan. (b) including 10 small offshore islands. (c) including 42 small offshore islands. (d) comprising 91 islands.

Climate

Banggai has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) with moderate rainfall from September to December and heavy to very heavy rainfall from January to August.

Climate data for Banggai
MonthJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecYear
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)30.7
(87.3)
30.8
(87.4)
30.9
(87.6)
31.2
(88.2)
30.8
(87.4)
30.3
(86.5)
29.8
(85.6)
30.5
(86.9)
31.2
(88.2)
31.8
(89.2)
32.1
(89.8)
31.2
(88.2)
30.9
(87.7)
Daily mean °C (°F)26.8
(80.2)
26.9
(80.4)
27.0
(80.6)
27.2
(81.0)
27.1
(80.8)
26.7
(80.1)
26.2
(79.2)
26.5
(79.7)
26.7
(80.1)
27.0
(80.6)
27.7
(81.9)
27.2
(81.0)
26.9
(80.5)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)23.0
(73.4)
23.0
(73.4)
23.1
(73.6)
23.2
(73.8)
23.5
(74.3)
23.2
(73.8)
22.7
(72.9)
22.5
(72.5)
22.3
(72.1)
22.3
(72.1)
23.4
(74.1)
23.2
(73.8)
23.0
(73.3)
Average rainfall mm (inches)137
(5.4)
164
(6.5)
209
(8.2)
249
(9.8)
286
(11.3)
361
(14.2)
238
(9.4)
149
(5.9)
121
(4.8)
96
(3.8)
100
(3.9)
103
(4.1)
2,213
(87.3)
Source: Climate-Data.org [5]

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