Melawi Regency is a
regency
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of
West Kalimantan
West Kalimantan () is a province of Indonesia. It is one of five Indonesian provinces comprising Kalimantan, the Indonesian part of the island of Borneo. Its capital and largest city is Pontianak. It is bordered by East Kalimantan and Central ...
province of
Indonesia
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. It was created on 18 December 2003 from what was previously part of
Sintang Regency
Sintang Regency is a regency of West Kalimantan province of Indonesia. It covers an area of 21,638.2 km2, and had a population of 364,759 at the 2010 CensusBiro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011. and 421,306 at the 2020 Census;Badan Pusat Statistik, ...
. It covers an area of 10,640.8 km
2, and had a population of 178,645 at the 2010 Census
[Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.] and 228,270 at the 2020 Census;
[Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.] the official estimate as at mid 2024 was 243,250 (comprising 124,935 males and 118,315 females).
[Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2025, ''Kabupaten Melawi Dalam Angka 2025'' (Katalog-BPS 1102001.6110)] The principal town lies at
Nanga Pinoh.
Administrative districts
When Melawi Regency was established, it originally composed into seven administrative districts (''kecamatan''). In 2007, four new districts were created (Tanah Pinoh Barat was split off from the western part of Tanah Pinoh, Pinoh Utara and Pinoh Selatan were split off from the northern and southern parts of
Nanga Pinoh, respectively, and Belimbing Hulu was split off from the southern part of Belimbing).
Melawi Regency consists of eleven
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 Melawi Dalam Angka 2025'' (Katalog-BPS 1102001.6110)] The table also includes the locations of the district administrative centres, the number of
administrative village
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s (all classed as rural ''desa'') in each district, and its post code.
References
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Regencies of West Kalimantan
Kapuas basin