Malaka Regency is a

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 ...

in the province of

East Nusa Tenggara East Nusa Tenggara ( id, Nusa Tenggara Timur – NTT; pt, Sonda Oriental) is the southernmost province of Indonesia. It comprises the eastern portion of the Lesser Sunda Islands, facing the Indian Ocean in the south and the Flores Sea in the nor ...

Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...

. The regency was established on 14 December 2012, comprising twelve districts which had formerly been the southern part of

Belu Regency Belu Regency is a regency in East Nusa Tenggara province of Indonesia. Established on 20 December 1958, Belu Regency has its seat (capital) in the large town of Atambua. In December 2012 a separate Regency - Malaka Regency - was created from th ...

. The area now comprising the new Regency had 164,134 inhabitants at the 2010 Census, which had risen to 183,900 at the 2020 Census; the official estimate as at mid 2021 was 197,022. The capital of the regency is the town of Betun.

Administration

The new Malaka Regency is composed of twelve

districts A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions o ...

(''kecamatan''), tabulated below with their areas and populations at the 2010 Census and the 2020 Census, together with the official estimate as at mid 2021.Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2022. The table also includes the location of the district headquarters, the number of administrative villages (rural ''desa'' and urban ''kelurahan'') in each district, and its postal code.

Radio AM/FM

In this newly established regency, there are 4 radio stations, which are all from

Atambua Atambua is the regency seat of Belu Regency, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. The town stretches as far as 8.5 km from north to south and 5 km from east to west, and is located in the north of the western half of Timor Island. The town is ...

, as help from RRI

Note: These radios only has mono channel in the regency.

References

{{East Nusa Tenggara Regencies of East Nusa Tenggara