Siau Tagulandang Biaro Islands Regency


Sitaro Islands Regency is a regency located off the northern extremity of Sulawesi Island in the southern Sangihe Islands, North Sulawesi Province, Indonesia. The regency was formed under Law Number 15 Year 2007 from 2 January 2007, by separation from the Sangihe Islands Regency of which it had previously formed the southern part. The short form of the name is formed from one syllable from each of the names of the three principal islands — Siau, Tagulandang and Biaro.
The main island is Siau, while further south are Tagulandang and Biaro. The regency's area is 275.95 km2 and the total population was 63,801 at the 2010 census and 71,817 at the 2020 census; the official estimate as at mid 2024 was 70,528. Most of the population are fishermen and farmers. The religion of the majority of the population is Christianity, but there are also followers of Islam and Buddhism. The main town and administrative centre is Ulu Siau.

Administrative districts

The regency is divided into ten districts, tabulated below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 census and 2020 census, together with the official estimates 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 postal codes.
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
71.09.07Biaro 20.853,2483,7173,635Lamanggo595864
71.09.10Tagulandang Selatan
21.634,1714,8754,663Kisihang695866
71.09.03Tagulandang
55.5311,59713,21512,882Buhias15 95863
71.09.06Tagulandang Utara
17.924,0274,2063,999Bawoleu695865
71.09.05Siau Barat Selatan
15.104,0734,5844,708Talawid795868
71.09.04Siau Timur Selatan
24.067,2838,5338,570Sawang1495867
71.09.02Siau Barat
34.927,8498,7998,859Ondong12 95862
71.09.09Siau Tengah
11.801,8502,0402,077Beong495860
71.09.01Siau Timur
55.9415,81617,61016,999Ulu Siau16 95861
71.09.08Siau Barat Utara
15.203,8874,2384,136Hiung895869
Totals275.9563,80171,81770,528Ulu Siau94

Notes: including 20 small offshore islands. including the offshore islands of Pulau Ruang, Pulau Pasige and 2 smaller.
includes 2 kelurahan - Bahoi and Balehumara. includes the small offshore island of Pulau Batuguhita.
includes the offshore islands of Pulau Makaleki and the small Pulau Batuhasaho. includes 3 kelurahan - Ondong, Paniki and Paseng.
including the offshore islands of Pulau Pahepa, Pulau Gunatin, Pulau Mahoro and 13 smaller.
includes 5 kelurahan - Akesimbeka, Bahu, Bebali, Tarorane and Tatahadeng. includes the offshore islands of Pulau Batupuki Sewenahe and Pulau Timuhe.

Climate

Ondong, the seat of the regency has a tropical rainforest climate with heavy to very heavy rainfall year-round.