Southwest Sumba Regency


Southwest Sumba Regency is a regency on Sumba Island in East Nusa Tenggara province of Indonesia. Established on 2 January 2007 out of parts of West Sumba Regency, the regency has its seat in Tambolaka, while Bondokodi in the largest village in the west. Its population was 283,818 in the 2010 decennial census and had risen to 303,650 at the 2020 census; the official estimate as at mid 2024 was 328,771 (comprising 168,155 males and 160,616 females

Administrative districts

The Southwest Sumba Regency when created was composed of eight districts, but since 2010, three additional districts have been created within the Regency, by the splitting of existing districts. The areas and the populations of the districts at the 2010 census and the 2020 census are listed below, together with the official estimates as at mid 2024. The table also includes the locations of the district administrative centres, and the number of administrative villages in each district.
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
code
53.18.06Kodi Bangedo75.9836,05717,22018,060Walla Ndimu1587264
53.18.11Kodi Balaghar125.2217,98018,857Panenggo Ede1487262
53.18.07Kodi75.2831,22330,01031,480Bondo Kodi1987261
53.18.08Kodi Utara
220.3950,86448,86052,009Kori21 87260
Totals western part496.87118,149114,070120,40669
53.18.05Wewewa Selatan
187.2321,69122,80024,379Tena Teke1487263
53.18.04Wewewa Barat

156.4645,48242,27047,372Waimangura2087253
53.18.03Wewewa Timur
133.1653,91126,41028,063Elopada1987250
53.18.10Wewewa Tengah
104.5331,16033,891Ndapa Taka2087252
53.18.02Wewewa Utara
43.3711,63812,64013,682Palla1287251
53.18.01Loura158.7934,03718,54023,439Karuni11 87254
53.18.09Kota Tambolaka
104.5335,79037,539Tambolaka10 87255
Totals eastern part888.07166,759191,762208,365106

Notes: The 2010 census populations of Kodi Balaghar is included with the figures for Kodi Bangedo, from which it was split.
including the desa of Wee Wella, which is an exclave separated from the rest of the district by a detached part of Kota Tambolaka District.
The 2010 census populations of Kota Tambolaka and Wewewa Tengah Districts are included with the figures for the districts from which they were split.
including the desa of Wee Kambala, which is an exclave separated from the rest of the district by Kota Tambolaka District.
including the two kelurahan of Waitabula and Langga Lero ; the district also includes the desa of Kalembu Kaha, which is an exclave separated from the rest of the district by Wewewa Barat and Kodi Utara Districts.
The Kalaki Kambe desa forms a salient from the rest of that district towards the north coast of Sumba island, reaching the coast between the desa of Wee Wella and Kalembu Kaha to the west and the desa of Wee Kambala to the east. The populations in 2023 of these detached desa were as follows:
Kode
Wilayah		Name of
village
Name of
District
Area
in
km2		Pop'n
estimate
mid 2023
53.18.09.2010Kalembu KahaKota Tambolaka11.793,275
53.18.08.2015Wee WellaKodi Utara16.942,315
53.18.04.2015Kalaki KambeWewewa Barat9.692,166
53.18.01.2015Wee KambalaLoura8.371,133
Totals46.798,889

Tourism

[file:Houses of Wainyapu, Sumba|Wainyapu, Kodi.jpg|thumb|Wainyapu]
Several tourist attractions in this district have been widely explored and visited by a variety of local and foreign tourists, but there are only a few who have access to roads and adequate facilities and infrastructure available, namely Mananga Aba Beach, Mbawana beach, Oro Beach, Kawona Beach, Newa Beach, Pantai Waikelo, Sumba Cultural Home, Lake Saltwater Weekuri, and Pabeti Waterfall.
This district includes several traditional villages such as Wainyapu and on the south-west coast, and others inland. Wainyapu is particularly rich in dolmens, which - as of 2021 - are still built for collective graves.