West Bangka Regency ( id, Kabupaten Bangka Barat) 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 ...

(''kabupaten'') of

Bangka Belitung Islands The Bangka Belitung Islands ( id, Kepulauan Bangka Belitung) is a province of Indonesia. Situated off the southeastern coast of Sumatra, the province comprises two main landmasses— Bangka and Belitung—and numerous smaller islands. Bangka Beli ...

Province,

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 comprises the western part of

Bangka Island Bangka is an island lying east of Sumatra, Indonesia. It is administered under the province of the Bangka Belitung Islands, being one of its namesakes alongside the smaller island of Belitung across the Gaspar Strait. The 9th largest island in ...

, together with a number of small islands off its coast. The regency covers an area of 2,820.61 km² and had a population of 175,110 at the 2010 Census, rising to 204,612 at the 2020 census. The town of

Muntok Muntok () or, more commonly, Mentok is a town in the Indonesian province of Bangka-Belitung on the island of Sumatra. The capital of West Bangka Regency (''Bangka Barat''), it is the site of the biggest tin smelter on the world. Mentok refers ...

is its regency seat.

Administrative districts

At the time of the 2010 Census, the Regency was divided into five districts (''kecamatan''), but a sixth (Parittiga) was created subsequently. These are tabulated below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 Census and the 2020 Census.Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021. The table includes the number of administrative villages (rural ''desa'' and urban ''kelurahan'') in each district, and its post code. Note: (a) including three offshore islands - Pulau Batubelilik, Pulau Batudatek and Pulau Semumbung. (b) except the villages of Tanjung (post code 33311), Sungai Batu (post code 33312) and Sungai Daeng (post code 33313). (c) there are 85 offshore islets in Jebus and Parittiga Districts. (d) the 2010 population of Parittiga District is included in the figure for Jebus District, from which it was cut out.

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Regencies of Bangka Belitung Islands {{BangkaBelitung-geo-stub