Banggai Sea Regency


Banggai Sea Regency is a regency in the province of Central Sulawesi, Indonesia. The regency was established on 14 December 2012, partitioned from the Banggai Islands Regency. It comprises the southern part of the Banggai Islands archipelago, including the main island of Banggai itself, the islands of Labobo and Bangkurung to the southwest of Banggai Island, and the numerous small Bowokan Islands to the southeast; it does not include the larger island of Peleng to the north which substantially comprises the residual Banggai Islands Regency.
The new Banggai Sea Regency covers a land area of 725.67 km2, and the districts now comprising the new Regency had a population of 62,183 at the 2010 Census and 70,435 at the 2020 Census; the official population estimate as at mid-2024 was 77,830.

Administration

The new Banggai Sea Regency is composed of seven districts, tabulated below with their areas and their 2010 Census and 2020 Census populations, together with the official estimates as at mid 2024. The table also includes the location of the district headquarters, the number of administrative villages in each district, and its postal codes.
Kode
Wilayah
Name of
District
Area
in
km2
Pop'n
Census
2010
Pop'n
Census
2020
Pop'n
Estimate
mid 2024
Admin
centre
No.
of
villages
Post
codes
72.11.04Bangkurung 116.558,1968,9289,530Lantibung12 94892
72.11.05Labobo 85.655,3416,0366,431Mansaleang894893
72.11.02Banggai Utara
58.056,0077,0427,667Lokotoy694896
72.11.01Banggai 86.9519,97722,59125,679Lompio1094891
72.11.07Banggai Tengah
68.196,3627,9028,977Adean894895
72.11.06Banggai Selatan
81.204,8095,8036,642Matanga694890
72.11.03Bokan Kepulauan
229.0811,57112,13312,904Bungin1694894
Totals725.6762,26370,43577,83066

Notes: including three kelurahan - Dodung, Lompio, and Tano Bonunungan. including 10 small offshore islands. including 42 small offshore islands.
the Bowokan Islands to the southeast of Banggai Island, comprises 91 islands of which the largest is Pulau Salue Besar.

Climate

Banggai has a tropical rainforest climate with moderate rainfall from September to December and heavy to very heavy rainfall from January to August.