Muna (Pulau Muna) is an
island
An island (or isle) is an isolated piece of habitat that is surrounded by a dramatically different habitat, such as water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, skerries, cays or keys. An island ...
in the
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 ...
province of
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 ...
with an area of and had a population of 316,293 at the 2010 Census and 368,654 at the 2020 Census.
[Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.] It is just southeast of the island of
Sulawesi and west of
Buton Island
Buton (also Butung, Boeton or Button) is an island in Indonesia located off the southeast peninsula of Sulawesi. It covers roughly 4,727 square kilometers in area, or about the size of Madura; it is the 129th largest island in the world and I ...
. It currently comprises most of three administrative
regencies within the province:
Muna Regency (''Kabupaten Muna''),
West Muna Regency
West Muna Regency ( id, Kabupaten Muna Barat) is a new regency of 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 numbe ...
(''Kabupaten Muna Barat''), and
Central Buton Regency (''Kabupaten Buton Tengah'').
References
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Islands of Sulawesi
Landforms of Southeast Sulawesi