Belitung Regency

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Belitung Regency
Kabupaten Belitung
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Motto(s): 
Go Forward Introspective
Maju terus mawas diri (Indonesian)
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Location within Bangka Belitung Islands
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Belitung Regency
Location in Sumatra and Indonesia
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Belitung Regency
Belitung Regency (Indonesia)
Coordinates: 2°52′S107°42′E / 2.867°S 107.700°E / -2.867; 107.700
Country Indonesia
Province Bangka Belitung Islands
Regency seat Tanjung Pandan
Government
  RegentSahani Saleh
  Vice RegentIsyak Meirobie
Area
  Total
2,293.69 km2 (885.60 sq mi)
Population
 (mid 2022 estimate) [1]
  Total
186,331
  Density81/km2 (210/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+7 (IWST)
Area code (+62) 719
Website portal.belitungkab.go.id

Belitung Regency is a regency (kabupaten) of Bangka Belitung Islands Province, Indonesia, with the town of Tanjungpandan as the regency seat. It formerly covered the whole of Belitung island, but subsequently the eastern districts on the island have been cut out to create a new East Belitung Regency (Belitung Timur). The regency now covers an area of 2,293.69 km2, and had a population of 156,765 at the 2010 Census [2] and 182,079 at the 2020 Census; [3] the official estimate as at mid 2022 was 186,331. [1]

Contents

Administrative districts

The Regency is divided into five districts (kecamatan), tabulated below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 Census [2] and the 2020 Census. [3] The table includes the number of administrative villages (totaling 42 rural desa and 7 urban kelurahan) and the number of offshore islands in each district, together with its post code.

Kode
Wilayah
Name of
District
(kecamatan)
Area
in
km2
Pop'n
Census
2010
Pop'n
Census
2020
No.
of
kelurahan
No.
of
desa
Total
No. of
villages
No.
of
islands
Post
code
19.02.02Membalong909.5524,29526,83312123033452
19.02.01 Tanjungpandan 378.4586,487103,0627916533411 - 33417
19.02.05Badau458.2012,82115,16877833451
19.02.04Sijuk413.9926,81631,34210103933414
19.02.03Selat Nasik (a)133.506,3465,674442833481
Total2,293.69156,765182,07974249108

Note: (a) includes Mendanau Island, the fourth largest island within the province.

Transportation

Laskar Pelangi Port

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References

  1. 1 2 Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2023, Kabupaten Belitung Dalam Angka 2023 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.1902)
  2. 1 2 Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.
  3. 1 2 Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.

2°52′S107°42′E / 2.867°S 107.700°E / -2.867; 107.700