Muna Regency (''Kabupaten Muna'') is a

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 ...

Province of

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, covering parts of the island of

Muna Muna may refer to: Places * Muna (Mikulovice), a World War II POW camp and ammunition factory in the Czech Republic * Muna, Estonia, village in Rõuge Parish, Võru County, Estonia * Muna, Iran, village in East Azerbaijan Province, Iran * Mu ...

as well as part of the neighbouring

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 ...

and smaller islands off its coast. Until 2014 it had an area of 2,945.05 km², but in that year the western eleven districts of that Regency were split off to form a new

West Muna Regency West Muna Regency ( id, Kabupaten Muna Barat) is a new regency of 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 numbe ...

. The reduced regency now covers an area of 2,057.69 km², and the districts comprising that area had a population of 196,645 at the 2010 Census; the total at the 2020 Census was 215,527, and the official estimate as at mid 2021 was 218,956, comprising 107,439 males and 111,517 females. The principal town lies at Raha, in Katobu District.

Administration

The Muna Regency was divided until 2014 into 33 districts (''kecamatan''), but following the separation of the eleven districts in the west of the island, the remaining twenty-two districts are tabulated below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 Census and the 2020 Census, together with the official estimates as at mid 2021.Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2022. Eight of the districts lie in the centre of the island, nine lie on its northeast coast (or on islands to the north of that coast) and five lie across the strait on the northwest coast of

. The table also includes the locations of the district administrative centres, the number of villages (rural ''desa'' and urban ''kelurahan'') within each district, and its postal code. The capital, Raha, lies in Katobu District, in which all 8 component villages are rated as ''kelurahan'', but its urban area encompasses adjacent districts. Notes: * (a) Tongkuno District includes 43 small islands. * (b) Lohia District includes 87 small islands. * (c) Duruka District includes 4 small islands. * (d) Napabalano District includes 6 small islands. * (e) Towea is a group of islands off the north coast of Muna. * (f) the five last-named above lie on the west coast of

Buton 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 ...

Island, not on

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 ...

. Pasir Putih District includes 3 small islands and Wakorumba Seletan District includes 2 small islands.

References

Regencies of Southeast Sulawesi {{SESulawesi-geo-stub