Kupang Regency is a
regency
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in
East Nusa Tenggara
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province of
Indonesia
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. It occupies the far western end of
Timor
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Island (apart from the area of
Kupang
Kupang (, ), formerly known as Koepang, is the capital of the Indonesian province of East Nusa Tenggara. At the 2020 Indonesian census, 2020 Census, it had a population of 442,758;Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021. the official estimate as o ...
city, which has been administratively separated from the Regency since 11 April 1996), together with the smaller island of
Semau (off the southwestern tip of Timor) and other minor offshore islands (of which Kera is the only inhabited). Other islands further to the southwest and west which were formerly part of Kupang Regency have been separated administratively - the
Rote Island
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s Group on 10 April 2002 (to form
Rote Ndao Regency
Rote Ndao Regency is a Subdivisions of Indonesia, regency in East Nusa Tenggara province of Indonesia, consisting primarily of the island of Rote Island, Rote, situated south-west of the western tip of West Timor with an area of 978.54 km2, t ...
), and the
Savu
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Islands Group on 29 October 2008 (to form
Sabu Raijua Regency).
The residual regency covers an area of . It had a population of 304,548 at the 2010 Census and 366,383 at the 2020 Census; the official estimate as at mid-2024 was 390,210 (comprising 197,900 males and 192,310 females).
[Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2025, ''Kabupaten Kupang Dalam Angka 2025'' (Katalog 1102001.5303)]
The capital of Kupang Regency is at Oelamasi.
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Administration
The regency is divided into twenty-four
districts
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(''kecamatan''), tabulated below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 Census
[Biro 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 Kupang Dalam Angka 2025'' (Katalog 1102001.5303)] The districts are grouped geographically, and these groups have no administrative significance. The table also includes the locations of the district administrative centres, the number of
administrative village
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s in each district (totaling 160 rural ''desa'' and 17 urban ''kelurahan''), and its post code.
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Regencies of East Nusa Tenggara