Official Name: | Belitung Regency |
Native Name: | Indonesian: Kabupaten Belitung |
Type: | Regency |
Motto: | Go Forward Introspective Maju terus mawas diri (Indonesian) |
Coordinates: | -2.8667°N 149°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Indonesia |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Bangka Belitung Islands |
Seat Type: | Regency seat |
Seat: | Tanjung Pandan |
Leader Title: | Regent |
Leader Name: | Sahani Saleh |
Leader Title1: | Vice Regent |
Leader Name1: | Isyak Meirobie |
Area Total Km2: | 2293.69 |
Population As Of: | mid 2022 estimate |
Population Total: | 186331 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Timezone1: | IWST |
Utc Offset1: | +7 |
Area Code Type: | Area code |
Area Code: | (+62) 719 |
Pushpin Map: | Indonesia_Sumatra#Indonesia |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Sumatra and Indonesia |
Pushpin Label: | Belitung Regency |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
Belitung Regency is a regency (kabupaten) of Bangka Belitung Islands Province, Indonesia, with the town of Tanjungpandan as the regency seat. It formerly covered the whole of Belitung island, but subsequently the eastern districts on the island have been cut out to create a new East Belitung Regency (Belitung Timur). The regency now covers an area of 2,293.69 km2, and had a population of 156,765 at the 2010 Census[2] and 182,079 at the 2020 Census;[3] the official estimate as at mid 2022 was 186,331.[4]
The Regency is divided into five districts (kecamatan), tabulated below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 Census[5] and the 2020 Census.[6] The table includes the number of administrative villages (totaling 42 rural desa and 7 urban kelurahan) and the number of offshore islands in each district, together with its post code.
Kode Wilayah | Name of District (kecamatan) | Area in km2 | Pop'n Census 2010 | Pop'n Census 2020 | No. of kelurahan | No. of desa | Total No. of villages | No. of islands | Post code | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
19.02.02 | Membalong | 909.55 | 24,295 | 26,833 | 12 | 12 | 30 | 33452 | ||
19.02.01 | 378.45 | 86,487 | 103,062 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 5 | 33411 - 33417 | ||
19.02.05 | Badau | 458.20 | 12,821 | 15,168 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 33451 | ||
19.02.04 | Sijuk | 413.99 | 26,816 | 31,342 | 10 | 10 | 39 | 33414 | ||
19.02.03 | Selat Nasik (a) | 133.50 | 6,346 | 5,674 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 33481 | ||
Total | 2,293.69 | 156,765 | 182,079 | 7 | 42 | 49 | 108 |
Note: (a) includes Mendanau Island, the fourth largest island within the province.
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