Alor Regency () is a

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() in

East Nusa Tenggara East Nusa Tenggara (; ) 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 north, with a total land area of 47,238.07 km2. It cons ...

(NTT) province of

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. Established in 1958, Alor Regency administers the Alor Archipelago with its seat (capital) in Kalabahi on

Alor Island Alor () is the largest island in the Alor Archipelago and is one of the 92 officially listed outlying islands of Indonesia. It is located at the eastern end of the Lesser Sunda Islands chain that runs through southeastern Indonesia, which fr ...

. Alor Regency occupies 2,928.88 km² land area and 10,973.62 km² water area. There are seventeen islands in the archipelago, of which the largest by far are Alor itself and

Pantar Pantar (; ) is the second largest island in the Indonesian Alor Archipelago, after Alor Island, Alor. To the east is the island of Alor and other small islands in the archipelago; to the west is the Alor Strait, which separates it from the Solor ...

; there are another six inhabited islands (including

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, Treweng, Kepa, Buaya, Kangge and Kura); the remaining nine islands (Sika, Nub, Kapas, Batang, Lapang, Ternate, Rusa, Tikus and Kambing) are uninhabited. To the east lies the island of ( Atauro), part of the Republic of

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. Pantar and Alor Islands are separated by a wide strait with Pulau Buaya and Pulau Kambing at its northern point, Pulau Pura in the middle, and Pulau Treweng at its southern point. The regency had 190,026 inhabitants at the 2010 decennial census;Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011. at the 2020 census this had risen to 211,872;Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021. the official estimate as at mid 2024 was 225,020.Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2025, ''Kabupaten Alor Dalam Angka 2025'' (Katalog 1102001.5307) The main transportation access in the regency is by means of

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. The state-owned PELNI sea liners operate in the archipelago for major transport to the main port hub in Kalabahi beside small boats operating between small islands. The Alor Island Airport is located 18 km east of Kalabahi, and is used to be accessed by CASA airplanes, operated by

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. In 2018, the airport undergo massive overhaul, and due to Merpati's bankruptcy, the flight routes were currently operated by

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. As is the case in other parts of NTT province, the provision of education is often a major problem, especially in remote areas. In recent years, the district (regency) government has been trying to make it easier for children to attend school by, amongst other things, increasing the number of one-roof junior high schools. The standard of teaching is often also a major problem because many teachers lack proper qualifications.Yennis Fointuna,
Schooling: Alor govt strives to improve education'
''The Jakarta Post'', 16 June 2012.

Administration

At the 2010 Census the regency was divided into seventeen

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(''kecamatan''), but an eighteenth district (Abad Selatan) was created in 2020 from part of the Alor Barat Daya District. All eighteen districts are tabulated below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 censusBiro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011. and the 2020 census,Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021. together with the official estimates as at mid 2024.Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2025, ''Kabupaten Alor Dalam Angka 2025'' (Katalog 1102001.5307) The table also includes the locations of the district administrative centres, the number of

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s in each district (totaling 158 rural ''desa'' and 17 urban ''kelurahan''), and its post code. Notes: (a) includes just the northern part of Pantar Island. (b) includes the ''kelurahan'' of Kabir. (c) includes offshore islands of Pulau Kura and uninhabited Pulau Batang and Pulau Lapang.
(d) includes offshore Pulau Treweng. (e) includes offshore islands of Pulau Kangge and uninhabited Pulau Kambing, Pulau Rusa and Pulau Tikus. (f) including the ''kelurahan'' of Moru.
(g) the 2010 population of the new Abad Selatan District is included with the figure for Alor Barat Daya District, from which it was subsequently split off in 2020.
(h) including the ''kelurahan'' of Kelaisi Timur. (i) including the ''kelurahan'' of Kolana Utara.
(j) including the town of Kalabahi, and neighbouring rural ''desa'' on both sides of Mutiara Bay, plus uninhabited Pulau Kapas.
(k) comprises 10 ''kelurahan'' (Kalabahi Barat, Kalabahi Kota, Kalabahi Tengah, Kalabahi Timur, Binongko, Nusa Kenari, Welai Barat, Welai Timur, Mutiara and Wetabua) and 6 ''desa''.
(l) includes the uninhabited offshore islands of Sika and Nub. (m) includes the ''kelurahan'' of Kabola. (n) apart from villages of Alila Timur and Lawahing (which have a postcode of 85851).
(p) includes the offshore islands of Pulau Kepa, Pulau Buaya and uninhabited Pulau Ternate. (q) includes the ''kelurahan'' of Adang.
(r) Pura island lies in the middle of the strait which separates Pantar and Alor Islands. (s) includes the ''kelurahan'' of Pura.

References

External links

* * Van Galen's memorandum on the Alor Island

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