Kolaka Regency (''Kabupaten Kolaka'') is a

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Southeast Sulawesi Southeast Sulawesi ( id, Sulawesi Tenggara) is a province on the island of Sulawesi, forming the southeastern peninsula of that island, together with a number of substantial offshore islands such as Buton, Muna, Kabaena and Wawonii (formerly ca ...

Province,

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. It covers an area of 2,958.69 km² and had a population of 208,817 at the 2010 Census, rising to 237,587 at the 2020 Census. The principal town lies at Kolaka.

Administrative districts

The Kolaka Regency was until 2013 divided into twenty

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(''kecamatan''). On 14 December 2012, the Indonesian Parliament approved the establishment of a new

East Kolaka Regency The East Kolaka Regency is a new and the only landlocked regency of Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia, established in 2013 from the former eastern nine districts of the Kolaka Regency Kolaka Regency (''Kabupaten Kolaka'') is a regency of Southeast Sul ...

(''Kabupaten Kolaka Timur''), and in 2013, under Law No. 8 of 2013, the nine eastern ''kecamatan'' were removed to form the new East Kolaka Regency, leaving the eleven western ''kecamatan'' in Kolaka Regency. A twelfth district (Iwoimendaa) has subsequently been added by splitting off the western villages of Wolo District. The twelve districts are 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 headquarters. Note: (a) the 2010 population of the new Iwoimendaa District is included in the 2010 figure for Wolo District, from which it was later cut out.

Climate

Kolaka Regency has a

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(Af) with moderate rainfall from August to October and heavy rainfall from November to July. The following climate data is for the town of Kolaka, the seat of regency.

References

Regencies of Southeast Sulawesi {{SESulawesi-geo-stub