Belu Regency


Belu Regency is a regency in East Nusa Tenggara province of Indonesia. Established on 20 December 1958, Belu Regency has its seat in Atambua.
In December 2012 a separate Regency - Malaka Regency - was created from the twelve districts that formerly comprised the southern half of Belu Regency. Belu means friend in Tetum. The residual part of Belu Regency had a population of 188,163 at the 2010 Census, which rose to 206,476 at the 2015 Census.

Press and media

Television

This regency is only served with 2 TV Channel, which are:
and a few other East Timor TVs that reach the border pass.

Radio

This regency is served with 4 radio that spreads in the big regency, which are:
And there's still a lot of radio that can be found in the city.

Administration

The Belu Regency was until 2013 divided into 24 districts, tabulated below with their 2010 Census population. In December 2012, the 12 southern kecamatan were removed to form the new Malaka Regency, leaving the 12 northern kecamatan in Belu Regency.
NameEnglish namePopulation
Census 2010
Kota Atambua PusatCentral Atambua City26,396
Kota Atambua BaratWest Atambua City21,604
Kota Atambua SelatanSouth Atambua City22,464
Kakuluk Mesak17,608
Lamaknen11,583
Lamaknen SelatanSouth Lamaknen7,312
Lasiolat6,166
Nanaet Dubesi4,0063
Raihat13,319
Rai Manuk14,411
Tasifeto BaratWest Tasifeto22,362
Tasifeto TimurEast Tasifeto20,932
Total for
Belu Regency		188,163
Botin Leobele4,483
Io Kufeu7,363
Kobalima16,815
Kobalima TimurEast Kobalima6,010
Laen Manen10,868
Malaka BaratWest Malaka19,792
Malaka TengahCentral Malaka34,034
Malaka TimurEast Malaka9,142
Rinhat13,408
Sasita Mean7,946
Weliman17,194
Wewiku17,079
Total for
Malaka Regency		164,134