Southwest Sumba Regency () is a
regency
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on
Sumba
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Island in
East Nusa Tenggara
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province of
Indonesia
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. Established on 2 January 2007 out of parts of
West Sumba Regency
West Sumba Regency () is a regency in East Nusa Tenggara Province of Indonesia. Established in 1958,
the regency was considerably reduced on 2 January 2007 with the creation of new Regencies on Sumba Island under Law UU No.16 of that year. Its a ...
, the regency has its seat (capital) in
Tambolaka. Its population was 283,818 in the 2010 decennial census
[Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.] and had risen to 303,650 at the 2020 census;
[Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.] the official estimate as at mid 2024 was 328,771 (comprising 168,155 males and 160,616 females
[Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2025, ''Kabupaten Sumba Barat Daya Dalam Angka 2025'' (Katalog-BPS 1102001.5317)]
Administrative districts
The Southwest Sumba Regency when created was composed of eight
districts
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(''kecamatan''), but since 2010, three additional districts have been created within the Regency, by the splitting of existing districts. The areas (in km
2) and the populations of the districts at the 2010 census
[Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.] and the 2020 census
[Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.] are listed below, together with the official estimates as at mid 2024.
[Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2025, ''Kabupaten Sumba Barat Daya Dalam Angka 2025'' (Katalog-BPS 1102001.5317)] The table also includes the locations of the district administrative centres, and the number of
administrative village
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s in each district (totaling 173 rural ''desa'' and 2 urban ''kelurahan'' - the latter both in Kota Tambolaka District).
Notes: (a) The 2010 census populations of Kodi Balaghar is included with the figures for Kodi Bangedo, from which it was split.
(b) including the ''desa'' of Wee Wella, which is an exclave separated from the rest of the district by a detached part of Kota Tambolaka District.
(c) The 2010 census populations of Kota Tambolaka and Wewewa Tengah Districts are included with the figures for the districts from which they were split.
(d) including the ''desa'' of Wee Kambala, which is an exclave separated from the rest of the district by Kota Tambolaka District.
(e) including the two ''kelurahan'' of Langga Lero and Waitabula; also including the ''desa'' of Kalembu Kaha, which is an exclave separated from the rest of the district by Wewewa Barat and Kodi Utara Districts.
The Kalaki Kambe ''desa'' (of Wewewa Barat District) forms a salient from the rest of that district towards the north coast of Sumba island, reaching the coast between the exclaved ''desa'' of Wee Wella (of Kodi Utara District) and Kalembu Kaha (of Kota Tambolaka District) to the west and the exclaved ''desa'' of Wee Kambala (of Loura District) to the east. The populations in 2023 of these detached ''desa'' (which together form a non-administrative grouping along the northcoast of the regency) were as follows:
Tourism
Wainyapu
Several tourist attractions in this district have been widely explored and visited by a variety of local and foreign tourists, but there are only a few who have access to roads and adequate facilities and infrastructure available, namely Mananga Aba Beach, Mbawana beach, Oro Beach, Kawona Beach, Newa Beach, Pantai Waikelo, Sumba Cultural Home, Lake Saltwater Weekuri, and Pabeti Waterfall.
This district includes several traditional villages such as
Wainyapu and on the south-west coast, and others inland. Wainyapu is particularly rich in dolmens, which - as of 2021 - are still built for collective graves.
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