Tanimbar Islands Regency ( id, Kabupaten Kepulauan Tanimbar) 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 ...

of Maluku province,

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 Guine ...

, consisting primarily of the

Tanimbar Islands The Tanimbar Islands, also called ''Timur Laut'', are a group of about 65 islands in the Maluku province of Indonesia. The largest and most central of the islands is Yamdena; others include Selaru to the southwest of Yamdena, Larat and Ford ...

. The Regency covers a land area of 10,102 km², and it had a population of 105,341 at the 2010 Census and 123,572 at the 2020 Census. The principal town and administrative centre lies at Saumlaki.

History

The regency was formerly named Western Southeast Maluku Regency (''Kabupaten Maluku Tenggara Barat''), until it was renamed as Tanimbar Islands Regency (''Kabupaten Kepulauan Tanimbar'') on ; the legislation for this was passed on 28 January 2019.

Administration

As at 2010 the regency was divided into nine districts (''kecamatan''), tabulated below with their areas in km² and their 2010 Census populations: Subsequently, a tenth district - Molu Maru (consisting of the two northernmost islands in the Tanimbars - Molu and Maru - with a combined land area of 63.8 km²) - was by 2017 created from part of the existing Wuorlabobar District. The districts' populations at the 2020 Census are also shown. 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 postal code. Altogether the archipelago contains 99 islands. Note: (a) Yaru District changed its name to Fordata District in 2019. (b) the area and 2010 population of Molu Maru district are included in the figures for Wuarlabobar district, from which it was split off.

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{{Authority control Regencies of Maluku (province)