Muna Regency (''Kabupaten Muna'') is a
regency of
Southeast Sulawesi Province of
Indonesia, covering parts of the island of
Muna as well as part of the neighbouring
Buton Island and smaller islands off its coast. Until 2014 it had an area of 2,945.05 km
2, but in that year the western eleven districts of that Regency were split off to form a new
West Muna Regency. The reduced regency now covers an area of 2,057.69 km
2, and the districts comprising that area had a population of 196,645 at the 2010 Census; the total at the 2020 Census was 215,527, and the official estimate as at mid 2021 was 218,956, comprising 107,439 males and 111,517 females. The principal town lies at
Raha Raha may refer to:
*Raha (Vidhan Sabha constituency), an assembly constituency of Assam, India
*Raha, Assam, a village in India
*Raha, Indonesia
*Raha, Nepal
Raha is a village development committee and municipality in Dolpa District in the Karna ...
, in Katobu District.
Administration
The Muna Regency was divided until 2014 into 33
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 o ...
(''kecamatan''), but following the separation of the eleven districts in the west of the island, the remaining twenty-two districts are tabulated below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 Census and the 2020 Census, together with the official estimates as at mid 2021.
[Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2022.] Eight of the districts lie in the centre of the island, nine lie on its northeast coast (or on islands to the north of that coast) and five lie across the strait on the northwest coast of
Buton Island. The table also includes the locations of the district administrative centres, the number of villages (rural ''desa'' and urban ''kelurahan'') within each district, and its postal code. The capital, Raha, lies in Katobu District, in which all 8 component villages are rated as ''kelurahan'', but its urban area encompasses adjacent districts.
Notes:
* (a) Tongkuno District includes 43 small islands.
* (b) Lohia District includes 87 small islands.
* (c) Duruka District includes 4 small islands.
* (d) Napabalano District includes 6 small islands.
* (e) Towea is a group of islands off the north coast of Muna.
* (f) the five last-named above lie on the west coast of
Buton Island, not on
Muna Island. Pasir Putih District includes 3 small islands and Wakorumba Seletan District includes 2 small islands.
References
Regencies of Southeast Sulawesi
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