Kolaka Regency


Kolaka Regency is a regency of Southeast Sulawesi Province, Indonesia. It covers an area of and had a population of 208,817 at the 2010 Census, rising to 237,587 at the 2020 Census; the official estimate as at mid 2023 was 247,680. The principal town lies at Kolaka.

Administrative districts

Following the separation of this regency's then northern districts to create a separate North Kolaka Regency, the Kolaka Regency was until 2013 divided into twenty districts. On 14 December 2012, the Indonesian Parliament approved the establishment of a new East Kolaka Regency, and on 11 January 2013, under Law No. 8 of 2013, the nine eastern kecamatan were removed to form the new East Kolaka Regency, leaving the eleven western kecamatan in Kolaka Regency. A twelfth district has subsequently been added by splitting off the western villages of Wolo District.
The twelve districts are tabulated below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 Census and the 2020 Census, together with the official estimates as at mid 2023.< The table also includes the location of the district headquarters, the number of administrative villages or subdisctricts in each district, and their post codes.
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
desa		No.
of
kelurahan		Post
code
74.01.08Watubangga247.7514,16915,74016,008Watubangga11393566
74.01.18Tanggetada275.3813,31015,60416,762Anaiwoi13193564
74.01.24Toari96.798,9259,68810,001Ranomentaa9193565
74.01.25Polinggona207.076,4975,8916,015Polinggona6193563
74.01.07Pomalaa224.8728,19931,67333,319Tongoni8493562
74.01.01Wundulako 160.3918,58821,93222,962Kowioha5693560
74.01.12Baula133.7410,12612,15613,603Puundoho9193561
74.01.04Kolaka139.8536,14740,19641,406Lamokato-793511, 93515,
93517 - 93519
74.01.14Latambaga219.2727,55831,44432,149Mangolo-793512 & 93514
74.01.20Samaturu531.4421,04520,48021,690Tosiba17293521
74.01.10Wolo 524.8624,25324,90125,504Wolo12293553
74.01.27Iwoimendaa199.337,8828,261Iwoimendaa10-93552
Totals2,960.73208,817237,587247,680Kolaka10035

Notes: including a group of 10 islands off the west coast of Kolaka, of which the largest are Pulau Padamarang, Pulau Maniama and Pulau Buaya.
including the 2 offshore islands of Pulau Laburoko and Pulau Pisang.
the 2010 population of the new Iwoimendaa District is included in the 2010 figure for Wolo District, from which it was subsequently cut out.

Climate

Kolaka Regency has a tropical rainforest climate with moderate rainfall from August to October and heavy rainfall from November to July. The following climate data is for the town of Kolaka, the seat of the regency.