Sula Islands Regency

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Sula Islands Regency
Kabupaten Kepulauan Sula
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Motto(s): 
Dad Hia Ted Sua
(Unite to Raise Sula)
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Location within North Maluku
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Sula Islands Regency
Location in Sula Islands, Maluku and Indonesia
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Sula Islands Regency
Sula Islands Regency (North Maluku)
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Sula Islands Regency
Sula Islands Regency (Indonesia)
Coordinates: 1°52′S125°22′E / 1.867°S 125.367°E / -1.867; 125.367
Country Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia
Province Flag of North Maluku.svg  North Maluku
Capital Sanana
Government
  RegentHendrata Thes
  Vice RegentZulfahri Abdulah Duwila
Area
  Total
5,213.55 km2 (2,012.96 sq mi)
Population
 (mid 2023 estimate) [1]
  Total
105,095
  Density20/km2 (52/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+9 (IEST)
Area code (+62) 921
Website kepulauansulakab.go.id

The Sula Islands Regency (Indonesian : Kabupaten Kepulauan Sula) is one of the regencies in North Maluku province of Indonesia. It was originally formed on 25 February 2003, when it encompassed the three large islands comprising the Sula Archipelago, together with minor adjacent islands. However, the largest and most westerly of the three, Taliabu, was split off from the Sula Islands Regency on 14 December 2012 to form a separate regency.

Contents

The remaining two islands which now comprise the Regency are Sulabesi (formerly Sanama) and Mangoli (formerly Mangole). The residual regency covers a land area of 5,213.55 km2 and had a population of 85,215 at the 2010 Census [2] and 104,082 at the 2020 Census; [3] the official estimate as at mid 2023 was 105,095 (comprising 52,697 males and 52,398 females). [1] The administrative capital is at the town of Sanana on the north part of the east coast of Sulabesi Island.

History

The Dutch built a fort on Sanana in 1652. Wallace visited the islands during an ornithological expedition in 1862. [4]

The Dutch era Fort De Verwachting in Sanana town as it looked in 1921 COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM 'Binnenplaats van fort 'De Verwachting' te Sanana Soela-eilanden' TMnr 10002098.jpg
The Dutch era Fort De Verwachting in Sanana town as it looked in 1921

Before Indonesian independence, the Sula Islands were also known as the Xulla Islands, with Taliabo as Xulla Taliabo, Sulabesi (originally Sanana Island) as Xulla Bessi, and Mangoli as Xulla Mangola. [5]

Administration

Sula Islands Regency comprises twelve districts (kecamatan), tabulated below with their areas and populations at the 2010 Census [2] and the 2020 Census, [3] together with the official estimates as at mid 2023. [1] The table also includes the locations of the district administrative centres, the number of administrative villages (all classed as rural desa) in each district, and its post code.

Kode
Wilayah
Name of
District
(kecamatan)
English nameArea
in
km2
Pop'n
Census
2010
Pop'n
Census
2020
Pop'n
Estimate
mid 2023
Admin
centre
No.
of
villages
Post
code
82.05.03Sulabesi BaratWest Sulabesi265.994,7075,5855,834Kabau Pantai697797
82.05.09Sulabesi SelatanSouth Sulabesi340.624,2985,5455,731Fuata597798
82.05.02Sanana217.8525,18333,99432,436Fogi1197795
82.05.07Sulabesi TengahCentral Sulabesi232.805,9297,2507,427Waiboga697799
82.05.08Sulabesi TimurEast Sulabesi283.533,1004,3504,444Balleha697795
82.05.18Sanana UtaraNorth Sanana249.015,6757,6228,307Pohea797796
Sulabesi Island(total)1,589.8048,89264,34664,17941
82.05.01Mangoli TimurEast Mangoli560.564,3015,6135,347Waitina597793
82.05.11Mangoli TengahCentral Mangoli691.256,3817,6448,085Mangoli997793
82.05.10Mangoli Utara TimurNortheast Mangoli811.473,7774,7354,744Waisakai497793
82.05.06Mangoli Barat (a)West Mangoli416.767,0847,1987,933Dofa797793
82.05.13Mangoli UtaraNorth Mangoli582.9110,1159,3739,305Falabisahaya797793
82.05.12Mangoli SelatanSouth Mangoli560.774,6655,1735,502Buya5
Mangoli Island(total)3,623.7236,32339,73640,91637

Note: (a) including offshore islands of Pulau Dodoku and Pulau Mancaril.

Economy

According to government data, Sula Islands Regency's food crops include vegetables, groundnuts, cassava, sweet potatoes, durian, mangosteen and mango. As of 2005 the area of agriculturally active land was 24743.56 hectares with production amounting to 33,608.62 tons per year. Taliabu-Sanana District is the main producer of cloves, nutmeg, cocoa, copra and other coconut products. Fishery production is very diverse with and estimated sustainable potential of 40,273.91 tonnes per year of which only 22.8 percent is currently exploited. Forestry is considered a potential industry with the natural forest-based Classification Map TGHK RTRWP suggesting a forest area of 471,951.53 hectares, but much of this is protected or hard to access, due to steep slopes and transportation logistics, and the islands' main plywood company, PT Barito Pacific Timber Group (in Falabisahaya, West Mangoli) has closed. Industrial activity is very limited. There is a gold mine in East Mangoli District (at Waitina and Kawata) and coal mines are located in the peninsula of West Sulabesi District, East Taliabu and Sub Sanana (Wai Village Ipa). Reserves of coal are estimated around 10.4 million tonnes.

Tourism

The Indonesian Ministry of Tourism (Kemenpar) is ready to support the promotion of tourism destination potential on Sula Islands. Demographically located between the crossroads of Wakatobi and Raja Ampat tourist areas, it is ideally developed as marine tourism and special interest tourism for diving enthusiasts.

One of the support is Maksaira Festival at Wai Ipa Beach to Bajo Village Beach. On 2018 the festival as a cultural and marine tourism attraction event has entered the third year and will be listed as MURI record breaking for the largest grouper fishing participant targeted by 3000 participants in 2018, where year 2017 followed by 1700 participants. [6]

Fauna

The following species are native to the Sula Islands:

Introduced species include:

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