Dompu 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 ...

( id, Kabupaten) of the

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n Province of

West Nusa Tenggara West Nusa Tenggara ( id, Nusa Tenggara Barat – NTB) is a province of Indonesia. It comprises the western portion of the Lesser Sunda Islands, with the exception of Bali which is its own province. Mataram, on Lombok, is the capital and largest ...

. It is located on the island of

Sumbawa Sumbawa is an Indonesian island, located in the middle of the Lesser Sunda Islands chain, with Lombok to the west, Flores to the east, and Sumba further to the southeast. Along with Lombok, it forms the province of West Nusa Tenggara, but th ...

and the capital is

Dompu Dompu is a town and the administrative centre of the Dompu Regency, located in the eastern part of the island of Sumbawa, in central Indonesia's province of West Nusa Tenggara. It is the third largest town on the island of Sumbawa, with a populat ...

. It is bordered to the north and to the east by two non-contiguous parts of

Bima Regency Bima Regency is a regency ( id, Kabupaten) of the Indonesian Province of West Nusa Tenggara. It is located on the island of Sumbawa and the capital is Woha. The Regency covers an area of 4,389.40 km2, and had a population of 438,522 at the ...

, and to the west by Sumbawa Regency, as well as on its coasts by Saleh Bay,

Sanggar Bay Sanggar Bay (Indonesian: Teluk Sanggar) is a major bay on the island of Sumbawa, southwest of the Sanggar Peninsula and Mount Tambora Mount Tambora, or Tomboro, is an active stratovolcano in West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. Located on Sumbawa i ...

, and Cempi Bay. It covers an area of 2,324.55 km², and the population at the 2010 Census was 218,984 and at the 2020 Census was 236,665; the official estimate as at mid 2021 was 238,201.

Administrative Districts

Dompu Regency consists of eight districts (''kecamatan''), 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'') and the number of offshore islands in each district, and its postal codes. Notes: (a) except the villages of Kandai II (with a post code of 84218) and Monta Baru (with a post code of 84219).
(b) comprises the southern half of the Sanggar Peninsula, plus the small island of Satonda off the north coast of that peninsula. The 81 villages include 72 rural ''desa'' and 9 urban ''kelurahan'' - the latter comprise 6 in Dompu District and 3 in Woja District.

References

External links

* * Hägerdal, Hans (2017), ''Held's History of Sumbawa''. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Pres

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