The Karimun Regency is located in the

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. Besides the central island of

Great Karimun Great Karimun ( id, Karimun Besar), also known as Nuwi Island, is one of the islands in the Riau Islands province of Indonesia, administratively part of Karimun Regency. It lies about 37 km southwest of Singapore, 54 km west of Batam, 24 ...

, the regency also includes the islands of Kundur and over 240 smaller islands. The district covers a land area of 1,524 km² and a sea area of 6,460 km², and its population was 212,561 at the 2010 Census and 253,457 at the 2020 Census.

Administrative Districts

As at 2010, the Regency was divided into nine

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(''kecamatan''), but subsequently on 11 June 2012 a further three districts have been added - Ungar (from part of Kundur district), Belat (from part of Kundur Utara district), and Meral Barat (out of the western part of Meral). The twelve districts are tabulated below with their areas and populations at the 2010 Census and 2020 Census.Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021. The table also includes the locations of the district administrative centres, the number of administrative villages (rural ''desa'' and urban ''kelurahan'') and the number of islands within each district, and its postal code.

Island (''Pulau Karimunbesar'') comprises the districts of Tebing, Meral and Meral Barat, together with the northern part (which forms Tanjung Balai town) of Karimun District.

Kundur Island Kundur Island is an island within the Riau Archipelago, part of the Riau Islands Province of Indonesia. It lies at about southwest of Singapore, southwest of Batam, south of Great Karimun Island, northwest of Lingga Islands and west of Tanjun ...

is a group of islands comprising the districts of Kundur, Ungar, Kundur Barat, Kundur Utara, Belat and Buru, together with the southern part (Parit ''desa'' and Tulang ''desa'') of Karimun District. Note: (a) a group of islands east of Kundur, situated to the southwest of

Batam Island Batam is the largest city in the province of Riau Islands, Indonesia. The city administrative area covers three main islands of Batam, Rempang, and Galang (collectively called Barelang), as well as several small islands. Batam Island is the cor ...

; the largest islands are Sugi, Citlim and Moro. (b) a group of islands situated to the southeast of

.
(c) the 2010 Census figure for the new Ungar District is included with that for Kundur District, from which the new district was cut out on 11 June 2012.
(d) the 2010 Census figure for the new Belat District is included with that for Kundur Utara District, from which the new district was cut out on 11 June 2012.
(e) the 2010 Census figure for the new Meral Barat District is included with that for Meral District, from which the new district was cut out on 11 June 2012.

Demographics

Religion

Islam is the dominant religion in the regency, with 84.09% of the total population identify themselves as Muslim. Other religions are Buddhism, which forms 10.68% of the total population, Christianity, which forms 4.85% of the total population, Hinduism, which forms 0.01% of the total population and Confucianism, which forms 0.37% of the total population.

Administrative Districts

Demographics

Religion

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