Banggai Sea Regency () is a
regency
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in the province of
Central Sulawesi
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,
Indonesia
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. The regency was established on 14 December 2012, partitioned from the
Banggai Islands Regency.
It comprises the southern part of the Banggai Islands archipelago, including the main island of
Banggai itself (including 40 offshore islets), the islands of Labobo and Bangkurung to the southwest of Banggai Island, and the numerous small Bokan Islands (''Kepulauan Bokan'') to the southeast; it does not include the larger island of
Peleng to the north (between Banggai Island and the mainland of Sulawesi) which forms the Banggai Islands Regency. The new Banggai Sea Regency covers a land area of 725.67 km
2 (and an associated marine area of 12,156.78 km
2), and the districts now comprising the new Regency had a population of 62,183 at the 2010 Census
[Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.] and 70,435 at the 2020 Census;
[Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.] the official population estimate at mid-2023 was 73,100 (comprising 36,900 males and 36,200 females).
[Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2024, ''Kabupaten Banggai Laut Dalam Angka 2024'' (Katalog-BPS 1102001.7211)]
Administration
The new Banggai Sea Regency is composed of seven
districts
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(''kecamatan''), tabulated below with their areas and their 2010 Census
and 2020 Census populations,
together with the official estimates as at mid 2023.
[Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2024, ''Kabupaten Banggai Laut Dalam Angka 2024'' (Katalog-BPS 1102001.7211)] The table also includes the location of the district headquarters, the number of
administrative village
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s in each district (in total, 63 rural ''desa'' and 3 urban ''kelurahan''), and its postal codes.
Notes: (a) including three ''kelurahan'' - Dodung, Lompio, and Tano Bonunungan. (b) including 10 small offshore islands. (c) including 42 small offshore islands. (d) comprising 91 islands.
Climate
Banggai has a
tropical rainforest climate
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(Af) with moderate rainfall from September to December and heavy to very heavy rainfall from January to August.
References
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