The East Kolaka Regency is a new and the only landlocked

regency A regent (from Latin : ruling, governing) is a person appointed to govern a state '' pro tempore'' (Latin: 'for the time being') because the monarch is a minor, absent, incapacitated or unable to discharge the powers and duties of the monarchy ...

Southeast Sulawesi Southeast Sulawesi ( id, Sulawesi Tenggara) is a province on the island of Sulawesi, forming the southeastern peninsula of that island, together with a number of substantial offshore islands such as Buton, Muna, Kabaena and Wawonii (formerly ...

, Indonesia, established in 2013 from the former eastern nine districts of the

Kolaka Regency Kolaka Regency (''Kabupaten Kolaka'') is a regency of Southeast Sulawesi Province, Indonesia. It covers an area of 2,958.69 km2 and had a population of 208,817 at the 2010 Census, rising to 237,587 at the 2020 Census. The principal town lies at Ko ...

. The administrative centre lies at Tirawuta; its current Regent is Andi Merya Nur. The area is 3,634.74 km², and the population at the 2020 census was 120,699.

Administration

On 14 December 2012, the Indonesian Parliament approved the establishment of a new East Kolaka Regency (''Kolaka Timur''), to be split off from the existing Kolaka Regency; the new regency - which came into effect in 2013 under Law No. 8 of 2013 - comprised nine districts of the existing Kolaka Regency; subsequently an additional three districts have been created by splitting existing districts. These are detailed below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 census and the 2020 census.Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021. The districts are subdivided into 133 villages (rural ''desa'' and urban ''kelurahan''). Notes: (a) the 2010 population of Aere District is included in the figure for Lambandia District, from which it was subsequently split off.
(b) the 2010 population of Dangia District is included in the figure for Ladongi District, from which it was subsequently split off.
(c) the 2010 population of Ueesi District is included in the figure for Uluiwoi District, from which it was subsequently split off.

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* Regencies of Southeast Sulawesi {{SESulawesi-geo-stub