Sikka is a
regency
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within
East Nusa Tenggara
East Nusa Tenggara ( id, Nusa Tenggara Timur – NTT; pt, Sonda Oriental) 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 nor ...
province,
Indonesia
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, on 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 ...
. It covers an area of 1,731.91 km
2 and had a population of 300,301 at the 2010 census and 321,953 at the 2020 Census; the official estimate as at mid 2021 was 324,252. The capital is the town of
Maumere, which comprises the districts of Alok Barat, Alok and Alok Timur (although the last two also include a number of notable islands to the north of Flores).
Administrative districts
The regency is divided into twenty-one
districts
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(''kecamatan''), tabulated below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 census and the 2020 census.
[Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.] 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) Palu'e is an island district, situated off the north coast of Flores. (b) includes the offshore islands of Pulau Pamana Besar and Pulau Pamana Kecil (with a combined population of 4,268 in mid 2021) and, further north, Pulau Sukun or Samparong (with a population of 1,532 in mid 2021). (c) includes the offshore islands of Pulau Koja or Pulau Besar (with 2,960 inhabitants in mid 2021), Pulau Parumaan (with 1,816 inhabitants in mid 2021) comprising Pulau Pangabatan, Pulau Mermaan and Pulau Damhila, and
Pulau Babi.
See also
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Palu island
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Rokatenda
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Maumere
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1992 Flores earthquake and tsunami
The 1992 Flores earthquake and tsunami occurred on December 12 on the island of Flores in Indonesia. With a magnitude of 7.8 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (''Severe''), it was the largest and also the deadliest earthquake in 1992 and in ...
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Babi Island
References
Flores Island (Indonesia)
Regencies of East Nusa Tenggara
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