West Sumbawa Regency ( id, Kabupaten Sumbawa Barat) is a Regency (''

Kabupaten A regency ( id, kabupaten), sometimes incorrectly referred to as a district, is an administrative division of Indonesia, directly under a province and on the same level with city (''kota''). Regencies is divided into districts (''Kecamatan'', ''D ...

'') of the

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 ...

n Province of West Nusa Tenggara. It is located on the island of Sumbawa and has an area of 1,742.27 km². The regency was created on 18 December 2003 from what were at that time the westernmost five districts (''kecamatan'') of

Sumbawa Regency Sumbawa Regency ( id, Kabupaten Sumbawa) is a Regency (''Kabupaten'') of the Indonesian Province of West Nusa Tenggara. It is located on the island of Sumbawa and covers an area of 6,643.98 km2 following the separation on 18 December 2003 of ...

. The population at the 2010 Census was 114,754, and at the 2020 Census was 145,798 - comprising 73,687 males and 72,111 females; the official estimate as at mid 2021 was 148,458. The capital is the town of Taliwang. WestSumbawalLandscape

Poto Tano, the most important harbour of West Sumbawa, is easily accessible by ferry from Lombok.

Administrative Districts

West Sumbawa Regency originally comprised five

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'') formerly part of Sumbawa Regency, but now consists of eight districts, tabulated below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 Census and the 2020 Census, together with the official estimates as at mid 2021.Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2022. The table also includes the locations of the district administrative centres, the number of administrative villages (rural ''desa'' and urban ''kelurahan'') in each district, and its postal codes. The 64 villages comprise 57 rural (''desa'') and 7 urban (''kelurahan''), the latter all in Taliwang District.

References

* Regencies of West Nusa Tenggara Sumbawa {{WNusaTenggara-geo-stub