Tanimbar Islands Regency () is a
regency
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of
Maluku province,
Indonesia
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, consisting primarily of the
Tanimbar Islands
The Tanimbar Islands (; ), also called ''Timur Laut'' (literally, "North East"; ), are a group of about 65 islands in the Maluku province of Indonesia. The largest and most central of the islands is Yamdena; others include Selaru to the sout ...
. The Regency covers a land area of 10,102 km
2, and it had a population of 105,341 at the
2010 Census[Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.] and 123,572 at the 2020 Census;
[Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.] the official estimate as at mid 2022 was 124,787.
[Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2023, ''Kabupaten Kepulauan Tanimbar Dalam Angka 2023'' (Katalog-BPS 1102001.8103)] The principal town and administrative centre lies at
Saumlaki in Tanimbar Selatan District.
History
The regency was originally created from the western districts of
Southeast Maluku Regency on 4 October 1999 as the "West Southeast Maluku Regency" (''Kabupaten Maluku Tenggara Barat''). On 24 June 2008 the western districts of this Regency were split off to create the
Southwest Maluku Regency (''Kabupaten Maluku Barat Daya''), leaving only the archipelago of the
Tanimbar Islands
The Tanimbar Islands (; ), also called ''Timur Laut'' (literally, "North East"; ), are a group of about 65 islands in the Maluku province of Indonesia. The largest and most central of the islands is Yamdena; others include Selaru to the sout ...
in the West Southeast Maluku Regency, which was later renamed as Tanimbar Islands Regency (''Kabupaten Kepulauan Tanimbar'') on ; the legislation for this was passed on 28 January 2019.
Administration
As at 2010 the regency was divided into nine
districts
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(''kecamatan''). Subsequently, a tenth district - Molu Maru (consisting of the two northernmost islands in the Tanimbars - Molu and Maru - with a combined land area of 63.8 km
2) - was by 2017 created from part of the existing Wuorlabobar District. The districts are tabulated below with their areas in km
2 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 2022.
[Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2023, ''Kabupaten Kepulauan Tanimbar Dalam Angka 2023'' (Katalog-BPS 1102001.8103)] 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 80 rural ''desa'' and 2 urban ''kelurahan''), and its postal code. Altogether the archipelago contains 99 islands, of which the principal island is
Yamdena.
Notes: (a) including 2 ''kelurahan'' - the towns of Saumlaki and Saumlaki Utara. (b) Yaru District changed its name to Fordata District in 2019.
(c) the area and 2010 population of Molu Maru District are included in the figures for Wuar Labobar District, from which it was split off.
References
External links
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Regencies of Maluku (province)