Ende 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 ...

on the island of

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 ...

, within

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

Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania, between the Indian Ocean, Indian and Pacific Ocean, Pacific oceans. Comprising over List of islands of Indonesia, 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, ...

. The regency covers an area of 2,091.19 km², and it had a population of 260,605 at the 2010 CensusBiro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011. and 270,763 at the 2020 Census;Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021. the official estimate as at mid 2024 was 281,371 (comprising 137,961 males and 143,410 females).Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2025, ''Kabupaten Ende Dalam Angka 2025'' (Katalog 1102001.5311) It is bordered to the west by

Nagekeo Regency Nagekeo Regency (sometimes written as Nagé Kéo) is a regency on the island of Flores in East Nusa Tenggara province of Indonesia, comprising the territory of the Nage people in the south and of the Kéo people in the north (in Aesesa and Wolow ...

and to the east by

Sikka Regency Sikka is a regency within East Nusa Tenggara province, Indonesia, on the island of Flores. It is bordered to the west by Ende Regency and to the east by East Flores Regency. It covers an area of 1,675.36 km2 and had a population of 300,301 ...

, while the

Flores Sea The Flores Sea covers of water in Indonesia. The sea is bounded on the north by the island of Celebes and on the south by Sunda Islands, the Sunda Islands of Flores and Sumbawa. Geography The seas that border the Flores Sea are the Bali Sea ...

lies to the north and the

Savu Sea The Savu Sea (or the Sawu Sea) (, , ) is a small sea within Indonesia named for the island of Savu (Sawu) on its southern boundary. It is bounded by Savu and Raijua to the south, the islands of Rote and Timor (split between East Timor and ...

to the south. The capital is the town of

Ende Ende may refer to Places *Ende Regency, a regency (second level subdivision) of Indonesia *Ende (town), the seat (capital) of Ende Regency People * Ende (artist), 10th-century Spanish manuscript illuminator * Erik Ende, a leader of Scouting in ...

, which lies on a peninsula on the south coast of the Regency; the town comprises four of the regency's districts, with a combined population of 89,519 as at mid 2024. The

Kelimutu National Park Kelimutu National Park (Indonesian: ''Taman Nasional Kelimutu'') is located on the island of Flores, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. It consists of a region with hills and mountains, with Mount Kelibara (1,731 m) as its highest peak. Mount Kelimu ...

, which contains the well-known tourist attraction of Mount Kelimutu (with a height of 1,640 m.) and the Three-coloured crater lakes, is in Ende Regency.

Administration

The regency is divided into twenty-one

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 CensusBiro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011. and the 2020 Census,Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021. together with the official estimates as at mid 2024.Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2025, ''Kabupaten Ende Dalam Angka 2025'' (Katalog 1102001.5311) 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 255 rural ''desa'' and 23 urban ''kelurahan''), and its post code. Note: (a) including the ''kelurahan'' of Ndorurea. (b) comprising the five ''kelurahan'' of Mbongawani, Paupanda, Rukunlima, Tanjung and Tetandara.
(c) comprising three ''kelurahan'' (Mautapaga, Rewarangga and Rewarangga Selatan) and three ''desa''. (d) comprising four ''kelurahan'' - Kelimutu, Onekore, Paupire and Potulando.
(e) comprising four ''kelurahan'' (Kota Raja, Kota Ratu, Roworena and Roworena Barat) and six ''desa''. (f) comprising two ''kelurahan'' (Wolotopo and Wolotolo Timur) and twelve ''desa''.
(g) including the ''kelurahan'' of Bokasape. (h) including the ''kelurahan'' of Wolojita. (j) including the ''kelurahan'' of Wolosambi.
(k) a new district created since 2010 by splitting of existing neighbouring districts.
(m) the 2010 Census population of the new Lepembuso Kelisoke District is included with the figure for the districts from which it was split. (n) including the ''kelurahan'' of Detusoko.

Notable peoples

Donatus Djagom Donatus Djagom (10 May 1919 – 29 November 2011) was an Indonesian Bishop of the Roman Catholic Church. Djagom was born in Bilas, Indonesia and ordained a priest on 28 August 1949 from the religious order of Society of Divine Word. He was ...

, archbishop of the Archdiocese of Ende *

Ronald Sambi Ronald is a masculine given name derived from the Old Norse ''Rögnvaldr'', Hanks; Hardcastle; Hodges (2006) p. 234; Hanks; Hodges (2003) § Ronald. or possibly from Old English '' Regenweald''. In some cases ''Ronald'' is an Anglicised form of ...

, Indonesian footballer

References

External links

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