South Nias Regency

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South Nias Regency
Kabupaten Nias Selatan
Logo Nias Selatan.JPG
Motto(s): 
Furai
("Preserve")
Lokasi Sumatra Utara Kabupaten Nias Selatan.svg
Country Indonesia
ProvinceSumatera Utara
Regency seat Teluk Dalam
Government
  Regent Sokhiatulö Laia  [ id ]
  Vice Regent Yusuf Nache  [ id ]
  Chairman of Council of RepresentativesElisati Halawa (PDI-P)
  Vice Chairmen of Council of RepresentativesFa'atulö Sarumaha (Nasdem) and Agustana Ndruru (Golkar)
Area
  Total
2,487.99 km2 (960.62 sq mi)
Population
 (mid 2023 estimate) [1]
  Total
368,834
  Density150/km2 (380/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+7 (WIB)
Website niasselatankab.go.id
Group of warriors in South Nias. Photo by Christiaan Benjamin Nieuwenhuis COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Groepsportret met mannen in krijgskleding Zuid-Nias TMnr 60009097.jpg
Group of warriors in South Nias. Photo by Christiaan Benjamin Nieuwenhuis
Girls at an offering house at the entrance of a kampong in South Nias COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Meisjes bij een offerhuisje bij de ingang van een kampong in Zuid-Nias TMnr 10000954.jpg
Girls at an offering house at the entrance of a kampong in South Nias
Female dancers COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Studioportret van een groep dansende vrouwen uit Zuid-Nias TMnr 60042489.jpg
Female dancers

Nias Selatan (South Nias) Regency is a regency in North Sumatra province, Indonesia, created on 25 February 2003 by the division of the existing Nias Regency. The regency covers a land area of 2,487.99 square kilometres and according to the 2010 census had a population of 289,708; [2] the 2020 Census showed a population of 360,531, [3] while the official estimate for mid 2023 was 368,834. [1] Its administrative centre is the port of Teluk Dalam. Apart from the southern portion of Nias Island, the regency also includes the smaller Batu Islands (Pulau Pulau Batu) to the south, lying between Nias and Siberut; these islands occupy nearly half of the land area of the Regency, but have just 9% of its population.

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Administrative districts

The regency was divided into eighteen districts (kecamatan) at the time of the 2010 Census, However, since 2010 seventeen additional districts have been created from parts of existing districts, notably in the Batu Islands where there are now seven districts compared with the three in 2010, but also on Nias Island itself where there are now twenty-eight districts within the Regency compared with fifteen in 2010. These are all tabulated below with their areas (in km2) and their populations at the 2010 Census, [2] and the 2020 Census, [3] together with the official estimates as at mid 2023. [1] They are grouped geographically (these groupings have no administrative significance). The table also includes the locations of the district administrative centres, the number of administrative villages in each district (a total of 459 classed as rural desa and 2 classed as urban kelurahan), and its postal code.

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
code
12.14.04Hibala (a) [4] 225.759,6207,7168,237Eho1722881
12.14.31Tanah Masa [5] 451.43(b)4,8075,078Baluta1222887
12.14.05Pulau-Pulau Batu (c) [6]
(Batu Islands)
105.0916,3659,73110,043Pasar Pulau Tello (d)2222882
12.14.16Pulau Pulau Batu Timur [7]
(East Batu Islands)
372.052,4833,0913,312Labuhan Hiu1022884
12.14.28Simuk (island) [8] 20.42(e)1,9342,079Gobo622886
12.14.29Pulau Pulau Batu Barat [9]
(West Batu Islands)
21.06(e)2,3202,455Bawositora922883
12.14.30Pulau Pulau Batu Utara [10]
(North Batu Islands)
6.30(e)3,8944,008Silima Banua Marit1222885
Totals for Kepulauan Batu
(Batu Islands)
1,201.1028,46833,49335,21288
12.14.06Teluk Dalam [11]
(Deep Bay)
41.3027,80125,48026,456Pasar Teluk Dalam (d)1622865
12.14.18Fanayama [12] 82.4919,84418,20718,412Bawo Mataluo1722865
12.14.12Toma [13] 41.268,01313,31614,165Hilisataro1422865
12.14.10Maniamolo [14] 75.3213,43413,85514,028Hilisimaetano1422865
12.14.13Mazino [15] 39.498,2748,7358,368Hilizalo'otano1122865
12.14.32Luahagundre Maniamolo [16] 50.39(f)10,30710,795Botohili Silambo1022868
12.14.33Onolalu [17] 25.37(f)8,4748,548Siholi1022869
12.14.07Amandraya [18] 76.7617,09914,05914,501Tuindrao2122866
12.14.15Aramo [19] 63.497,7629,97710,690Hiliorudua1822866
12.14.24Ulususua [20] 57.18(f)10,66711,089Fondrakoraya1222866
Totals for Nias Selatan Pusat
(Central South Nias)
553.05102,227133,077137,052143
12.14.03Lahusa [21] 80.3634,91520,85821,241Bawo Otalua2322874
12.14.25Sidua'ori [22] 62.40(f)11,35411,561Hilidohona1122874
12.14.26Somambawa [23] 40.63(f)14,10214,695Sihareo1422874
12.14.02Gomo [24] 37.5625,07810,54410,813Orahili Gomo1122873
12.14.09Susua [25] 28.2314,96616,81116,988Sifalago Susua1822873
12.14.17Mazo [26] 29.0315,12912,67412,865Tetegawaai1022873
12.14.14Umbunasi [27] 32.817,8407,5837,643Lawindra1122873
12.14.35Idanotae [28] 28.31(f)10,10210,557Hilimbowo Idanotae1222878
12.14.34Ulu Idanotae [29] 14.33(f)7,1857,600Fanedanu1122877
12.14.27Boronadu [30] 29.33(f)7,4837,699Sifalago Gomo1022873
Totals for Nias Tenggara
(Southeast Nias)
382.9997,928118,696121,662131
12.14.01Lolomatua [31] 21.5925,19811,07210,873Hiliotalua1322867
12.14.19Ulunoyo [32] 48.99(f)13,03512,310Orahili Ulunoyo1322867
12.14.20Huruna [33] 49.29(f)13,13512,658Hilizoliga1722867
12.14.08Lolowa'u [34] 48.0330,0889,64510,049Lolowau1422864
12.14.11Hilimegai [35] 40.155,7996,9267,117Togizita1022864
12.14.21O'o'u [36] 73.16(f)8,8259,083Simandraolo1122864
12.14.22Onohazumba [37] 28.45(f)6,8837,010Orahili Huruna1022864
12.14.23Hilisalawa'ahe [38] 40.19(f)5,7445,808Maluo1122864
Totals for Nias Barat Daya
(Southwest Nias)
349.8461,08575,26574,90899
Totals for
South Nias
2,487.99289,708360,531368,834Teluk Dalam461

Notes: (a) Hibala District now comprises 42 islands.
(b) The 2010 population of Tanah Masa District (comprising that part of Tanahmasa Island previously part of Hibala District) is included in the 2010 population of Hibala District.
(c) Pulau Pulau Batu District now comprises 35 islands. (d) There are 2 urban villages (kelurahan) - Pasar Teluk Dalam in Teluk Dalam District, and Pasar Pulau Tello in Pulau Pulau Batu District.
(e) The 2010 populations of Simuk District (Simuk Island), Pulau Pulau Batu Barat District and Pulau Pulau Batu Utara District are included in the 2010 population of Pulau Pulau Batu District.
(f) The 2010 populations of the thirteen new districts on Nias Island are included in the 2010 populations of the districts from which they were split off.

The four new districts in the Batu Islands are Pulau Pulau Batu Barat (West Batu Islands), Pulau Pulau Batu Utara (North Batu Islands), Simuk (Simuk Island) and Tanah Masa (that part of Tanahmasa Island previously part of Hibala District). The thirteen new districts on Nias Island itself are Hilisalawa'ahe, O'o'u, Onohazumba, Ulususua, Ulunoyo, Huruna, Luahagundre Maniomolo, Onolalu, Boronadu, Sidua'ori, Somambawa, Ulu Idanotae, and Idanotae.

Tourism

Surfer in South Nias Unnamed Road, Kabupaten Nias Selatan, Sumatra Utara 22881, Indonesia - panoramio.jpg
Surfer in South Nias

South Nias Regency is a paradise for surfers with four surfing beaches:

References

  1. 1 2 3 Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024 (sum of 35 individual Katalogue reports detailed in references 4 to 38)
  2. 1 2 Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.
  3. 1 2 Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.
  4. Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Hibala Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.1214010)
  5. Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Tanah Masa Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.1214011)
  6. Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Pulau-Pulau Batu Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.1214020)
  7. Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Pulau-Pulau Batu TimurDalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.1214021)
  8. Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Simuk Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.1214022)
  9. Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Pulau-Pulau Batu Barat Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.1214023)
  10. Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Pulau-Pulau Batu Utara Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.1214024)
  11. Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Teluk Dalam Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.1214030)
  12. Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Fanayama Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.1214031)
  13. Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Toma Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.1214032)
  14. Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Maniamolo Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.1214033)
  15. Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Mazino Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.1214034)
  16. Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Luahagundre Maniamolo Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.1214035)
  17. Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Onolalu Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.1214036)
  18. Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Amandraya Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.1214040)
  19. Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Aramo Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.1214041)
  20. Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Ulususua Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.1214042)
  21. Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Lahusa Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.1214050)
  22. Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Sidua'ori Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.1214051)
  23. Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Somambawa Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.1214052)
  24. Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Gomo Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.1214060)
  25. Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Susua Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.1214061)
  26. Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Mazo Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.1214062)
  27. Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Umbunasi Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.1214063)
  28. Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Idanotae Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.1214064)
  29. Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Ulu Idanotae Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.1214065)
  30. Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Boronadu Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.1214066)
  31. Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Lolomatua Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.1214070)
  32. Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Ulunoyo Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.1214071)
  33. Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Huruna Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.1214072)
  34. Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Lolowa'u Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.1214080)
  35. Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Hilimegai Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.1214081)
  36. Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan O'o'u Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.1214082)
  37. Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Onohazumba Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.1214083)
  38. Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Hilisalawa'ahe Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.1214084)
  39. "Pantai Sorake, Idaman Peselancar Dunia". December 7, 2011.
  40. Irwan Arfa (September 18, 2016). "South Nias, Paradise for Surfers".

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