Banggai Laut Regency 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 ...

in the province of

Central Sulawesi Central Sulawesi (Indonesian: ''Sulawesi Tengah'') is a province of Indonesia located at the centre of the island of Sulawesi. The administrative capital and largest city is located in Palu. The 2010 census recorded a population of 2,635,009 for ...

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. The regency was established on 14 December 2012, partitioned from the

Banggai Islands Regency The Banggai Archipelago ( id, Kepulauan Banggai) is a group of islands, which are located at the far eastern end of Central Sulawesi, Indonesia. It makes up a regency (''kabupaten'') of Central Sulawesi Province of Indonesia, created in 1999 by spl ...

. It comprises the main island of Banggai itself (including 40 offshore islets), the islands of Labobo and Bangkurung to the southwest of Banggai Island, and the numerous small Bokan Islands (''Kepulauan Bokan'') to the southeast. It covers a land area of 725.67 km², and had a population of 70,435 at the 2020 Census; the official estimate as at mid 2021 was 70,872.

Administration

The new Banggai Laut Regency is composed of seven

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 ...

(''kecamatan''), tabulated below with their areas and their 2010 Census and 2020 Census populations, together with the official estimates as at mid 2021.Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2022. The table also includes the location of the district headquarters, the number of administrative villages in each district (in total, 63 rural ''desa'' and 3 urban ''kelurahan''), and its postal codes. Notes: (a) including three ''kelurahan'' - Dodung, Lompio, and Tano Bonunungan. (b) including 10 small offshore islands. (c) including 42 small offshore islands. (d) comprising 91 islands.

Climate

Banggai has a

tropical rainforest climate A tropical rainforest climate, humid tropical climate or equatorial climate is a tropical climate sub-type usually found within 10 to 15 degrees latitude of the equator. There are some other areas at higher latitudes, such as the coast of southe ...

(Af) with moderate rainfall from September to December and heavy to very heavy rainfall from January to August.

References

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