West Seram Regency


West Seram Regency is a regency of Maluku, Indonesia. It is mainly located on the island of Seram, but includes various islands lying to the west of Seram - Manipa, Kelang, Boano and the smaller Babi, Pua and Marsegu. It covers an area of 6,948.40 km2, and had a population of 164,654 at the 2010 Census; the latest official estimate was 169,481. The principal town lies at Piru.

Administration

At the time of the 2010 Census the regency was divided into four districts. Subsequent to 2010, seven additional districts have been created by the division of the original four districts, so that the regency is now divided into eleven districts. These are tabulated below with their areas and populations at the 2010 Census and subsequent 2015 official estimates.
NameArea
in km2		Population
Census
2010		Population
Estimate
2015
Huamual Belakang409.6525,62926,328
Kepulauan Manipa
159.715,8105,954
Seram Barat
503.3327,31127,990
Huamual1,162.9934,91935,787
Kairatu329.6523,24023,823
Kairatu Barat
132.2513,14613,472
Inamosol504.615,3115,443
Amalatu665.3510,97911,252
Elpaputih1,165.741,4531,489
Taniwel1,181.3212,13312,435
Taniwel Timur
733.805,3755,508