Central Buton Regency ( id, Kabupaten Buton Tengah) is a new

regency A regent (from Latin : ruling, governing) is a person appointed to govern a state '' pro tempore'' (Latin: 'for the time being') because the monarch is a minor, absent, incapacitated or unable to discharge the powers and duties of the monarchy ...

Southeast Sulawesi Southeast Sulawesi ( id, Sulawesi Tenggara) is a province on the island of Sulawesi, forming the southeastern peninsula of that island, together with a number of substantial offshore islands such as Buton, Muna, Kabaena and Wawonii (formerly ...

established by separation from Buton Regency under Act No.15 of 2014, dated 23 July 2014. It covers an area of 837.08 km² comprising the southern parts of

Muna Island Muna (Pulau Muna) is an island in the Southeast Sulawesi province of Indonesia with an area of and had a population of 316,293 at the 2010 Census and 368,654 at the 2020 Census.Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021. It is just southeast of the i ...

and

Kabaena Kabaena or Tokotua is an island in the Flores Sea, Indonesia, off the coast of Sulawesi. Most of it is a part of Bombana Regency within Southeast Sulawesi Southeast Sulawesi ( id, Sulawesi Tenggara) is a province on the island of Sulawesi, ...

Island, together with several small offshore islands adjacent to the two main islands, with no territory located on

Buton Island Buton (also Butung, Boeton or Button) is an island in Indonesia located off the southeast peninsula of Sulawesi. It covers roughly 4,727 square kilometers in area, or about the size of Madura; it is the 129th largest island in the world and I ...

(a misnomer). It had a population of 86,112 at the 2010 Census and 114,773 at the 2020 Census; the official estimate as at mid 2021 was 116,599. The administrative centre lies at Labungkari.

Administrative districts

The Central Buton Regency is divided into seven districts (''kecamatan''), tabulated below with their areas and 2010 and 2020 Census populations, together with the official estimates as at mid 2021.Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2022. The table also includes the location of the administrative centre of each district, the number of administrative villages (rural ''desa'' and urban ''kelurahan'') and small offshore islands in each district, and its post code. The new Regency thus comprises six districts in the southern part of

together with one district (Talaga Raya) in the southern part of

Island. It notably does not contain any portion of

. Note: (a) Talaga Raya District comprises the southern part of Kabaena Island together with two smaller islands off its south-east coast - Talaga Besar (''Great Talaga'') and Talaga Kecil (''Little Talaga''); over 60% of the district's population inhabit Talaga Kecil, which contained 7,836 inhabitants (at the 2020 Census) in its area of 3.29 km².

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* Regencies of Southeast Sulawesi 2014 establishments in Indonesia {{SESulawesi-geo-stub