North Kolaka Regency is a
regency
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in the northwest part 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 number of substantial offshore islands such as Buton, Muna, Kabaena and Wawonii (formerly ca ...
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 ...
. It was created on 18 December 2003 from the former northern districts of
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 ...
. It covers an area of 2,932 km
2,
[This is the figure recorded by the regency BPS; the figure quoted by the province BPS is 3,391.67 km2.] and had a population of 121,476 at the 2010 Census,
[Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.] and 137,700 at the 2020 Census;
[Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.] the official estimate as at mid 2023 was 140,488 - comprising 71,995 males and 68,493 females.
[Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2024, ''Kabupaten Kolaka Utara Dalam Angka 2024'' (Katalog-BPS 1102001.7408)] The principal town lies at Lasusua.
Administration
The North Kolaka Regency is divided into fifteen
districts
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(''kecamatan''), tabulated below from south to north, with their areas (as given by the regency BPS) and their populations at the 2010 Census
[Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.] and the 2020 Census,
[Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.] together with the official estimates as at mid 2023.
[Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2024, ''Kabupaten Kolaka Utara Dalam Angka 2024'' (Katalog-BPS 1102001.7408)] The table also includes the location of the district administrative centres and the number of
villages
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in each district (totalling 133 - comprising 127 rural ''desa'' and 6 urban ''kelurahan'').
Note that an asterisk in the final column indicates the number includes one ''kelurahan'' (in each case with the same name as the district administrative centre).
Climate
Lasusua, the seat of the regency has a
tropical rainforest climate
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(Af) with moderate rainfall in October and November and heavy to very heavy rainfall in the remaining months.
Villages
*
Walasiho
References
Regencies of Southeast Sulawesi
States and territories established in 2003
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