East Halmahera Regency ( id, Kabupaten Halmahera Timur) 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 ...
of
Halmahera
Halmahera, formerly known as Jilolo, Gilolo, or Jailolo, is the largest island in the Maluku Islands. It is part of the North Maluku province of Indonesia, and Sofifi, the capital of the province, is located on the west coast of the island.
Ha ...
in
North Maluku
North Maluku ( id, Maluku Utara) is a province of Indonesia. It covers the northern part of the Maluku Islands, bordering the Pacific Ocean to the north, the Halmahera Sea to the east, the Molucca Sea to the west, and the Seram Sea to the sout ...
Province of
Indonesia
Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...
. It covers a land area of 6,538.10 km
2, and it had a population of 72,880 at the 2010 Census and 91,707 at the 2020 Census; the official estimate as at mid 2021 was 92,954. The capital lies at the town of
Maba in Kota Maba District.
Administration
The regency is divided into ten
districts (''kecamatan''), tabulated below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 Census and the 2020 Census, togethyer with the official estimate as at mid 2021.
[Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2022.] The table also includes the locations of the district administrative centres, the number of villages (rural ''desa'' and urban ''kelurahan'') in each district, and its post code. The five Maba Districts comprise the southeastern half of the regency and the five Wasile Districts comprise the northwestern half.
References
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Regencies of North Maluku
Halmahera
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