Karimun Regency


The Karimun Regency is located in the Riau Islands Province, Indonesia. Besides the island of Great Karimun in the northwest of the regency, the regency also includes the larger island of Kundur to the south of Great Karimun and over 240 lesser islands. The district covers a land area of 1,339.9 km2 and a sea area of 6,460 km2, and its population was 212,561 at the 2010 census and 253,457 at the 2020 census; the official estimate as at mid 2024 was 263,344.

Administrative districts

The regency was originally divided into three districts — Moro, Kundur and Karimun. In accordance with Law Nomor 53 of 1999, enacted in Jakarta on 4 October 1999, these three were expanded to nine districts, with the creation of the new districts of Meral, Tebing, Buru, Kundur Utara, Kundur Barat and Durai. On 11 June 2012 a further three districts were added, based on Regional Regulation No. 02 of 2012, effective in July 2012 – Ungar, Belat, and Meral Barat. Then in 2022 two additional districts were created, based
on Regional Regulation No. 2 of 2022, effective in February 2022 – Sugie Besar and Selat Gelam.
The fourteen districts are tabulated below with their areas and populations at the 2010 and 2020 censuses, together with the official estimates as at mid 2023. The table also includes the locations of the district administrative centres, the number of administrative villages and the number of islands within each district, and their postal codes. However, for the two most recent districts created in 2022, their 2010 and 2020 Census populations, and the numbers of islands in these new districts are included with the figures for the districts from which they were removed.
Great Karimun Island comprises the districts of Karimun, Meral, Tebing and Meral Barat. Kundur Island is a group of islands comprising the districts of Kundur, Kundur Utara, Kundur Barat, Ungar, Belat, Buru and Selat Mendaun.
Kode
Wilayah		Name of
District
Area
in
km2		Pop'n
Census
2010		Pop'n
Census
2020		Pop'n
Estimate
mid 2023		Admin
centre		No.
of
kelu-
rahan		No.
of
desa		No.
of
islands		Post
Code
21.02.01Moro 50.1617,51218,64011,431Moro2 38629663
21.02.09Durai 170.425,8216,0266,451Telaga Tujuh-44729665
21.02.14Sugie Besar 175.077,967Rawajaya-729663
21.02.02Kundur138.2033,87830,49031,335Tanjung Batu Kota3 32429662
21.02.07Kundur Utara
149.4017,06612,65313,048Tanjung Berlian Kota1 42329662
21.02.08Kundur Barat
121.1016,14618,85419,444Sawang1 41229662
21.02.11Ungar47.105,6605,943Sei Buluh1 32629669
21.02.12Belat85.016,3466,805Sebele-62229660
21.02.03Karimun16.8442,60151,35347,765Tanjung Balai Kota6 -2429661
21.02.06Buru 57.998,9679,77010,646Buru2 2729664
21.02.04Meral25.5744,62748,96453,255Meral Kota6 -429666
21.02.05Tebing52.7625,94329,72134,544Tebing5 1229668
21.02.10Meral Barat
54.2514,98017,245Darussalam2 22229667
21.02.13Selat Gelam 196.034,242Parit-329661
21.02Totals1,339.90212,561253,457270,1212942256

Note: a group of islands east of Kundur, situated to the southwest of Batam Island; the largest islands are Sugie, Citlim and Moro Tengah ; however in 2022 an extra district was cut out of the eastern part of Moro District; this new Sugie Besar District includes Sugi Basar and Citlim Islands, and incorporates 7 of the 10 desa formerly in Moro District.
the two kelurahan are Moro and Moro Timur.
a group of islands situated to the southeast of Kundur Island. the 3 kelurahan are Gading Sari, Tanjung Batu Barat and Tanjung Batu Kota.
includes one kelurahan. the 2010 Census figure for the new Ungar District is included with that for Kundur District, from which the new district was cut out on 11 June 2012.
the 2010 Census figure for the new Belat District is included with that for Kundur Utara District, from which the new district was cut out on 11 June 2012.
the 6 kelurahan are Lubuk Semut, Sungai Lakam Barat, Sungai Lakam Timur, Tanjung Balai, Tanjung Balai Kota and Teluk Air.
In 2022 an extra district was cut out of Buru District; this Selat Gelam District incorporates 3 of the 5 desa formerly in Buru District, i.e. Parit, Tulang and Selat Mendaun desa.
the two kelurahan are Buru and Lubuk Puding.
the 6 kelurahan are Baran Barat, Baran Timur, Meral Kota, Parit Benut, Sungai Raya and Sungai Pasir.
the 5 kelurahan are Harjosari, Kapling, Pamak, Tebing and Teluk Uma.
the 2010 Census figure for the new Meral Barat District is included with that for Meral District, from which the new district was cut out on 11 June 2012. the two kelurahan are Darussalam and Pasir Panjang.

Demographics

Religion

Islam is the dominant religion in the regency, with 84.09% of the total population identifying as Muslim. Other religions are Buddhism, which forms 10.68% of the total population, Christianity, which forms 4.85% of the total population, Hinduism, which forms 0.01% of the total population, and Confucianism, which forms 0.37% of the total population.