East Halmahera Regency


East Halmahera Regency is a regency of North Maluku Province of Indonesia, and occupies the northeastern peninsula of Halmahera island, together with the northern half of the southeastern peninsula of that island. It was created on 25 February 2003 from part of Central Halmahera Regency, and covers a land area of 6,515.74 km2. It had a population of 72,880 at the 2010 Census and 91,707 at the 2020 Census; the official estimate as at mid 2024 was 100,473. The capital lies at the town of Maba in Kota Maba District.

Administration

The regency is divided into ten districts, tabulated below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 Census and the 2020 Census, together with the official estimate as at mid 2024. The table also includes the locations of the district administrative centres, the number of administrative villages in each district, and its post code.
The five Maba Districts comprise the southeastern half of the regency ; they cover a land area of 3,662.22 km2, with 49,419 inhabitants in mid 2024. The five Wasile Districts comprise the northwestern half of the northeastern peninsula; together they cover 2,853.52 km2, with 51,054 inhabitants in mid 2024. All the indigenous inhabitants speak North Halmahera languages, chiefly Tobelorese in the north of the regency, and the related Togutil in the south.
Kode
Wilayah		Name of
District
English
name		Area
in
km2		Pop'n
Census
2010		Pop'n
Census
2020		Pop'n
Estimate
mid 2024		Admin
centre		No.
of
villages		Post
code
82.06.03Maba SelatanSouth Maba503.776,1058,2168,471Bicoli997861
82.06.10Kota MabaMaba Town952.917,5089,23310,946Maba Sangaji697862
82.06.02Maba434.899,76712,56013,486Buli1097860
82.06.08Maba TengahCentral Maba651.925,0116,6736,853Wayamli1297863
82.06.09Maba UtaraNorth Maba1,118.737,1138,5889,663Dorosago1097864
82.06.04Wasile SelatanSouth Wasile1,078.4110,99913,26915,145Nusa Jaya2497866
82.06.01Wasile253.398,91510,58111,585Cemara Jaya797865
82.06.07Wasile TimurEast Wasile431.058,67611,97912,085Dodaga897868
82.06.05Wasile TengahCentral Wasile490.164,7685,9586,564Lolobata897867
82.06.06Wasile UtaraNorth Wasile600.514,2475,1965,675Labi-Labi897869
Totals6,515.7472,88091,707100,473Maba102