Ende Regency


Ende Regency is a regency on the island of Flores, within East Nusa Tenggara Province of Indonesia. The regency covers an area of 2,091.19 km2, and it had a population of 260,605 at the 2010 Census and 270,763 at the 2020 Census; the official estimate as at mid 2024 was 281,371. The western section of the regency is populated by the Ende-speaking people; the larger eastern section is inhabited by the Lio-speaking people. The sectors have no administrative status. The Regency is bordered to the west by Nagekeo Regency and to the east by Sikka Regency, while the Flores Sea lies to the north and the Savu Sea to the south.
The capital is the town of Ende, which lies on a peninsula on the south coast of the Regency; the town comprises four of the regency's districts, with a combined population of 89,519 as at mid 2024.
The Kelimutu National Park, which contains the well-known tourist attraction of Mount Kelimutu and the Three-coloured crater lakes, is in Ende Regency.

Administration

The regency is divided into twenty-one districts, tabulated below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 Census and the 2020 Census, together with the official estimates as at mid 2024. The table below groups these into an Ende-speaking west and a Lio-speaking east. The table also includes the locations of the district administrative centres, the number of administrative villages in each district, and its post code.
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
53.08.01Nangapanda190.3119,84222,56024,108Ndorurea29 86351
53.08.02Pulau Ende
10.227,7548,5218,985Rendoraterua986362
53.08.11Maukaro216.666,9677,6838,112Kebirangga1186352
53.08.03Ende164.9915,06217,13318,308Rukuramba3286319
53.08.04Ende Selatan
19.5723,86925,62926,782Tetandara5 86313
- 86316
53.08.20Ende Timur
19.6319,80819,50019,824Rewarangga
Selatan		6 86317, 86319
& 86362
53.08.19Ende Tengah
5.7527,94223,85424,250Paupire4 86312, 86318
& 86319
53.08.18Ende Utara
17.5218,10018,28618,663Kotaraja10 86310
Sub-totals forWestern Sector644.65139,344143,166149,032106
53.08.05Ndona93.5212,39213,69014,464Nanganesa14 86360
53.08.16Ndona Timur
52.845,0625,0455,129Sokoria786363
53.08.08Wolowaru64.5316,05116,32716,708Bokasape17 86373
53.08.09Wolojita39.776,2006,2666,396Wolojita6 86382
53.08.12Lio Timur
53.937,2337,8918,297Watuneso13 86361
53.08.14Kelimutu54.037,6046,9927,312Koanara986318
53.08.17Ndori26.715,1285,7146,057Maubasa1086362
53.08.10Maurole155.1411,39611,60511,881Maurole1386381
53.08.13Kotabaru199.7012,60610,40710,712Kotabaru1386111
53.08.15Detukeli112.296,7876,7457,019Kebesani1386371
53.08.21Lepembuso
Kelisoke 		150.885,3665,474Nggumbelaka1486374
- 86379
53.08.06Detusoko144.2713,32014,12514,796Detusoko21 86370
53.08.07Wewaria292.9416,49217,42418,094Welamosa2286353
Sub-totals forEastern Sector1,440.54121,261127,597132,339172
Totals forRegency2,085.19260,605270,763281,371Ende town278

Note: including the kelurahan of Ndorurea. comprising the five kelurahan of Mbongawani, Paupanda, Rukunlima, Tanjung and Tetandara.
comprising three kelurahan and three desa. comprising four kelurahan - Kelimutu, Onekore, Paupire and Potulando.
comprising four kelurahan and six desa. comprising two kelurahan and twelve desa.
including the kelurahan of Bokasape. including the kelurahan of Wolojita. including the kelurahan of Wolosambi.
a new district created since 2010 by splitting of existing neighbouring districts.
the 2010 Census population of the new Lepembuso Kelisoke District is included with the figure for the districts from which it was split. including the kelurahan of Detusoko.

Notable people