South Bangka Regency

South Bangka Regency is a regency of Bangka Belitung Islands Province, Indonesia, with the town of Toboali as its regency seat. It also includes several small islands off the coast of Bangka in the Gaspar Strait, such as Lepar and Pongok. The regency covers an area of 3,607.08 km² and had a population of 172,476 at the 2010 Census and 198,189 at the 2020 Census; the official estimate as at mid 2022 was 202,263.

Administrative districts

At the time of the 2010 Census, the Regency was divided into seven districts, but in 2013 an eighth district was added by the splitting of the Lepar Pongok District into separate districts based on Lepar Island and Pongok Island respectively. The districts are tabulated below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 Census and 2020 Census, together with the official estimates as at mid 2022. The table also includes the locations of the district administrative centres, the numbers of administrative villages in each district, and its postal code.

Kode Wilayah	Name of District	Area in km²	Pop'n Census 2010	Pop'n Census 2020	Pop'n Estimate mid 2022	Admin centre	No. of villages	Post code
19.03.05	Payung	372.95	18,614	20,907	21,337	Payung	9	33778
19.03.07	Pulau Besar	169.87	8,181	9,335	9,527	Batu Betumpang	5	33779
19.03.04	Simpang Rimba	362.30	21,196	23,848	24,338	Simpang Rimba	7	33777
19.03.01	Toboali	1,460.34	65,138	77,212	78,799	Teladan	11	33783
19.03.06	Tukak Sadai	126.00	9,945	12,787	13,050	Tiram	5	33784
19.03.03	Air Gegas	853.64	37,748	41,856	42,716	Air Gegas	10	33782
19.03.02	Lepar Pongok	172.31	11,706	7,957	8,121	Tanjung Labu	4	33792
19.03.08	Kepulauan Pongok	89.67		4,287	4,375	Pongok	2	33791
	Totals	3,607.08	172,528	198,189	202,263	Toboali	53

Notes: includes 3 offshore islands. includes 6 offshore islands. includes 22 offshore islands.
includes three kelurahan - Tanjung Ketapang, Teladan and Toboali. Lepar Pongok and Kepulauan Pongok Districts between them include 28 offshore islands.
the population of Kepulauan Pongok District for 2010 is included with the figure for Lepar Pongok District, from which it was cut out in 2013. Note that the residual Lepar Pongok District has not altered its name, even though it no longer contains Pongok Island.