West Muna Regency

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West Muna Regency
Kabupaten Muna Barat
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West Muna Regency
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West Muna Regency
West Muna Regency (Indonesia)
Coordinates: 4°47′24″S122°29′48″E / 4.7900362°S 122.4966354°E / -4.7900362; 122.4966354
Country Indonesia
Province Southeast Sulawesi
Established24 July 2014;9 years ago (2014-07-24) [1]
Founded by Government of Indonesia
Capital Laworo
Government
  RegentLaode Muhammad Rajiun Tumada
  Vice RegentAhmad Lamani
Area
  Total906.28 km2 (349.92 sq mi)
Population
 (mid 2023 Estimate) [2]
  Total85,706
  Density95/km2 (240/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+8 (ICST)
Area code (+62) 403
Website munabaratkab.go.id

West Muna Regency (Indonesian : Kabupaten Muna Barat) is a new regency of Southeast Sulawesi Province of Indonesia,and is situated in the northwest corner of Muna Island and smaller ilsands of its coast. It was established under Act No.14 of 2014, dated 23 July 2014 by separation from the Muna Regency. It covers an area of 906.28 km2, and the districts comprising it had a population of 71,632 at the 2010 Census; [3] the 2020 Census resulted in a population of 84,590, [4] and the official estimate as at mid 2022 was 85,706, comprising 42,242 males and 43,464 females. [2] The administrative centre lies at Laworo in the Tiworo Islands District. [5]

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Administrative districts

The West Muna Regency is divided into eleven districts (kecamatan), [6] tabulated below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 Census [3] and the 2020 Census, [4] together with the official estimates as at mid 2023. [2] The table also includes the locations of the district headquarters, the number of administrative villages in each district (totaling 81 rural desa and 5 urban kelurahan), and its post 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
74.13.09Tiworo Kepulauan (a)
(Tiworo Islands)
77.906,4067,6538,317Kambara9 (b)93653
74.13.06Maginti (c)40.578,2268,9537,589Pajala893643
74.14.07Tiworo Tengah (d)
(Central Tiworo)
82.356,5037,6048,667Wapae Jaya893654
74.13.05Tiworo Selatan
(South Tiworo)
66.984,8305,7386,500Kasimpa Jaya593644
74.13.08Tiworo Utara (e)
(North Tiworo)
62.054,8635,6845,824Tondasi793656
74.13.03Lawa85.177,4308,7318,737Lawa8 (f)93651
74.13.01Sawerigadi102.606,2848,0477,893Sawerigadi1093657
74.13.02Barangka33.095,9787,3115,537Barangka893650
74.13.04Wadaga175.055,7066,3877,781Wadaga793652
74.13.10Kusambi103.3310,69912,94412,993Kusambi10 (g)93655
74.13.11Napano Kusambi77.194,7075,5385,868Lahaji693658
Totals906.2871,63284,59085,706Laworo86

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