East Flores Regency () is a

regency In a monarchy, a regent () is a person appointed to govern a state because the actual monarch is a minor, absent, incapacitated or unable to discharge their powers and duties, or the throne is vacant and a new monarch has not yet been dete ...

East Nusa Tenggara East Nusa Tenggara (; ) is the southernmost province of Indonesia. It comprises the eastern portion of the Lesser Sunda Islands, facing the Indian Ocean in the south and the Flores Sea in the north, with a total land area of 47,238.07 km2. It cons ...

province of

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. Established in 1958, the regency has its seat (capital) in

Larantuka Larantuka (, ) is a ''kecamatan'' (district) and the seat of East Flores Regency, on the eastern end of Flores Island, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. Like much of the region, Larantuka has a strong colonial Portuguese influence. The town (inc ...

Flores Flores is one of the Lesser Sunda Islands, a group of islands in the eastern half of Indonesia. Administratively, it forms the largest island in the East Nusa Tenggara Province. The area is 14,250 km2. Including Komodo and Rinca islands ...

Island. It covers a land area of 1,812.65 km², and it had a population of 232,605 as of the 2010 censusBiro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011. and 276,896 at the 2020 Census;Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021. the official estimate as of mid-2024 was 229,523 (comprising 143,923 males and 148,600 females).Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2025, ''Kabupaten Flores Timur Dalam Angka 2025'' (Katalog 1102001.5309) The regency encompasses the eastern tip of the island of

, together with all of the adjacent islands of

Adonara Adonara () is an island in the Lesser Sunda Islands of Indonesia, located east of the larger island of Flores in the Solor Archipelago. To the east lies Lembata, formerly known as Lomblen. Adonara is the highest of the islands of the archipelag ...

and

Solor Solor is a volcanic island located off the eastern tip of Flores island in the Lesser Sunda Islands of Indonesia, in the Solor Archipelago. The island supports a small population that has been whaling for hundreds of years. They speak the lan ...

to the east of Flores (and both part of the

Solor Archipelago The Solor Archipelago (; ) is a group of islands in the Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia, lying to the east of Flores and the west of the Alor Strait and the Alor Archipelago. To the north is the west part of the Banda Sea, while to the south acr ...

), with some much smaller offshore islands. On 4 October 1999, the island of

Lembata Lembata is an island in the Lesser Sunda Islands, also known as Lomblen or Kawela; it is the largest island of the Solor Archipelago, in the Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia. It forms a separate regency of the province of Nusa Tenggara Timur. Th ...

(formerly called Lomblen) at the eastern end of the Solor Archipelago was separated from the East Flores Regency to create its own Regency.

Administration

The regency is divided into nineteen

districts A district is a type of administrative division that in some countries is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions ...

(''kecamatan''), tabulated below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 Census and the 2020 Census, together with the official estimates as of mid-2024.Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2025, ''Kabupaten Flores Timur Dalam Angka 2025'' (Katalog 1102001.5309) The table also includes the locations of the district administrative centres, the number of

administrative village A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban village ...

s in each district (totaling 229 rural ''desa'' and 21 urban ''kelurahan''), and its postcode. Note: (a) comprises 18 ''kelurahan'' (Amagarapati, Balela, Ekasapta, Larantuka, Lewolere, Lohayong, Lokea, Pantai Besar, Pohon Bao, Pohon Sirih, Postoh, Puken Tobi Wangi Bao, Sarotari, Sarotari Tengah, Sarotari Timur, Waibalun, Waihali and Weri) and 2 ''desa'' (Mocantarak and Lamawalang); Mocantarak ''desa'' is a large exclave of the district (covering 12.37 km² with 1,556 inhabitants in mid 2023), separated by part of Ile Mandiri District from the rest of Larantuka District.
(b) including the ''kelurahan'' of Ritaebang.
(c) Adonara Timur District, notwithstanding its name, actually occupies the south-central part of Adonara Island, with Wotan Ulu Mado District to the southwest and Ile Boleng District to the southeast. (d) including the two ''kelurahan'' of Lamatewelu and Waiwerang Kota.
(e) Adonara District covers only the north-central part of Adonara Island ("Adonara Utara"), with Kelubagolit and Witihama Districts to the east and Adonara Barat and Adonara Tengah Districts to the west.

References

External links

* Regencies of East Nusa Tenggara Flores Island (Indonesia) Long stubs with short prose {{ENusaTenggara-geo-stub