Southwest Maluku Regency


Southwest Maluku Regency is a regency of Maluku Province, Indonesia. It comprises a number of islands and island groups in the south of the province, including Lirang Island, Wetar Island, Kisar Island, Romang Island, the Leti Islands, the Damar Islands, Mdona Hyera and the Babar Islands. The administrative centre lies at Tiakur on Moa Island, but the largest town is Wonreli.

Administration

As at 2010 the Southwest Maluku Regency was administratively composed of eight districts. But by 2015 the number of districts had increased to seventeen by the splitting of existing districts; Pulau Pulau Wetar has been divided into four districts - Wetar, Wetar Barat, Wetar Timur and Wetar Utara ; the other six newly-created districts are Dawelor Dawera and Pulau Masela formed from parts of Babar Timur District, Kepulauan Romang and Kisar Utara formed from parts of Pulau Pulau Terselatan District, Pulau Lakor formed from part of Moa Lakor District, and Pulau Wetang formed from part of Pulau Pulau Babar District. The areas and 2018 officially estimated populations are listed below.
NamecomprisingArea
Population
Estimate
2018		No. of
Villages		Post
Code
Wetarpart of Wetar1,725.24697446
Wetar Baratwestern part of Wetar, Lirang, other islands west of Wetar511.09597447
Wetar Timureastern part of Wetar713.51697448
Wetar Utaranorthern part of Wetar, Reong990.16697449
Pulau Pulau Terselatanpart of Kisar50.53697445
Kepulauan RomangRomang Islands280.94397440
Kisar Utaranorthern part of Kisar Island22.53397441
Moa LakorMoa Island959.68897442
Pulau LakorLakor Island303.32597443
Pulau LettiLeti Island243.30797444
Mdona HieraSermata Islands232.321197652
Pulau Pulau BabarBabar, Dai803.95997451
Dawelor DaweraDawelor Island, Dawera Island209.15697651
Pulau WetangWetang Island422.05897652
Pulau MaselaMasela Island279.611197653
Babar TimurBabar 509.241197654
DamerDamer, Nus Leur, Terbang Utara, Terbang Selatan392.29797128
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