Soppeng Regency is a landlocked regency in

South Sulawesi South Sulawesi ( id, Sulawesi Selatan) is a province in the southern peninsula of Sulawesi. The Selayar Islands archipelago to the south of Sulawesi is also part of the province. The capital is Makassar. The province is bordered by Central Sul ...

province of

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. Soppeng Regency has its seat of government (capital) in the town of Watansoppeng, located 180 km from

Makassar Makassar (, mak, ᨆᨀᨔᨑ, Mangkasara’, ) is the capital of the Indonesian province of South Sulawesi. It is the largest city in the region of Eastern Indonesia and the country's fifth-largest urban center after Jakarta, Surabaya, Meda ...

. The regency covers an area of 1,557 km², and had a population of 223,826 at the 2010 Census and 235,167 at the 2020 Census.

Administration

Soppeng Regency in 2020 (as in 2010) comprised eight administrative

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. The table also includes the location of the district administrative centres, and the number of administrative villages (rural ''desa'' and urban ''kelurahan'') in each district.

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* Regencies of South Sulawesi {{SSulawesi-geo-stub

Administration

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