East Flores Regency ( id, Kabupaten Flores Timur) is a
regency in
East Nusa Tenggara province of
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 Gui ...
. Established in 1958,
the regency has its seat (capital) in
Larantuka on
Flores
Flores is one of the Lesser Sunda Islands, a group of islands in the eastern half of Indonesia. Including the Komodo Islands off its west coast (but excluding the Solor Archipelago to the east of Flores), the land area is 15,530.58 km2, and t ...
Island. It covers a land area of 1,812.85 km
2, and it had a population of 232,605 as of the 2010 census
[Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.] and 276,896 at the 2020 Census; the official estimate as at mid 2021 was 283,626. The regency encompasses the eastern tip of the island of
Flores
Flores is one of the Lesser Sunda Islands, a group of islands in the eastern half of Indonesia. Including the Komodo Islands off its west coast (but excluding the Solor Archipelago to the east of Flores), the land area is 15,530.58 km2, and t ...
, together with all of the smaller islands of
Adonara and
Solor
Solor is a volcanic island located off the eastern tip of Flores island in the Lesser Sunda Islands of Indonesia, in the Solor Archipelago. The island supports a small population that has been whaling for hundreds of years. They speak the lang ...
, both part of the
Solor Archipelago
The Solor Archipelago () is a group of islands in the Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia, lying to the east of Flores and to the west of the Alor Strait and the Alor Archipelago. To the north is the west part of the Banda Sea, while to the south a ...
, and some much smaller offshore islands. In 1999 the island of Lembata (formerly called Lomblen) at the eastern end of the Archipelago was separated out to create
its own Regency.
Administration
The regency is divided into nineteen
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 populations at the 2010 Census
and the 2020 Census,
[Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.] 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 villages (rural ''desa'' and urban ''kelurahan'') in each district, and its post code.
Note: (a) Adonara District covers only the northern part of Adonara Island ("Adonara Utara").
References
External links
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Regencies of East Nusa Tenggara
Flores Island (Indonesia)
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