Sitaro Islands Regency ( id, Kabupaten Kepulauan Sitaro, although its formal name is ''Kabupaten Kepulauan Siau Tagulandang Biaro'') is a regency located off the northern extremity of Sulawesi Island in the southern

Sangihe Islands The Sangihe Islands (also spelled "Sangir", "Sanghir" or "Sangi") – id, Kepulauan Sangihe – are a group of islands which constitute two regencies within the province of North Sulawesi, in northern Indonesia, the Sangihe Islands Rege ...

North Sulawesi North Sulawesi ( id, Sulawesi Utara) is a province of Indonesia. It is located on the Minahasa Peninsula of Sulawesi, south of the Philippines and southeast of Sabah, Malaysia. It borders the Philippine province of Davao Occidental and Socc ...

Province, Indonesia. The regency was formed under ''Law Number 15 Year 2007'' from 2 January 2007 ( id, Undang-Undang Nomor 15 Tahun 2007), by separation from the

Sangihe Islands Regency The Sangihe Islands Regency ( id, Kabupaten Kepulauan Sangihe) is a regency of North Sulawesi Province, Indonesia. It comprises a group of islands situated to the North of Sulawesi. It covers a land area of 736.98 km2, and had a population of 126, ...

of which it had previously formed the southern part. The short form of the name is formed from the those of the three principal islands — Siau, Tagulandang and Biaro. The main island is Siau, while further south (nearer Sulawesi) are

Tagulandang A photo dating from 1948 Tagulandang (''Pulau Tagulandang'') is one of the Sangihe Islands, situated off the northern tip of Sulawesi, Indonesia. It forms three districts in the Sitaro Islands Regency of North Sulawesi province. It is located b ...

and Biaro. The regency's area is 275.95 km² and the total population was 63,801 at the 2010 census and 71,817 at the 2020 census. Most of the population are fishermen and farmers. The religion of the majority of the population is

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and

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, but there are also followers of Islam and

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. The main town and administrative centre is Ulu Siau.

Administrative districts

The regency is divided into ten districts (''kecamatan''), tabulated below with their areas and 2010 census and 2020 censusBadan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2020. populations. The table also includes the locations of the district administrative centres, the number of administrative villages (rural ''desa'' and urban ''kelurahan'') in each district, and its postal codes. Notes: (a) including 20 small offshore islands. (b) including the offshore islands of Pulau Ruang (fourth largest in the regency), Pulau Pasige and 2 smaller. (c) includes the small offshore island of Pulau Batuguhita. (d) includes the offshore islands of Pulau Makaleki and the small Pulau Batuhasaho. (e) including the offshore islands of Pulau Pahepa, Pulau Gunatin, Pulau Mahoro and 13 smaller. (f) includes the offshore islands of Pulau Batupuki Sewenahe and Pulau Timuhe.

Climate

Ondong, the seat of the regency has a

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(Af) with heavy to very heavy rainfall year-round.

References

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