Wawonii (formerly called Wowoni) is an island in the

Banda Sea The Banda Sea ( id, Laut Banda, pt, Mar de Banda, tet, Tasi Banda) is one of four seas that surround the Maluku Islands of Indonesia, connected to the Pacific Ocean, but surrounded by hundreds of islands, including Timor, as well as the Halma ...

, Indonesia, off the south east coast of

Sulawesi Sulawesi (), also known as Celebes (), is an island in Indonesia. One of the four Greater Sunda Islands, and the world's eleventh-largest island, it is situated east of Borneo, west of the Maluku Islands, and south of Mindanao and the Sulu Ar ...

. Its area is 867.58 km² and at the 2020 Census it had a population of 37,050; the official estimate as at mid 2021 was 37,639.Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2022. From 2013, it forms 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 its own within

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, having previously been a part of

Konawe Regency Konawe Regency is one of the regencies in the province of Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia. The capital of the regency is Unaaha. The regency was once known as the district of Kendari. The regency had a population of 241,428 at the 2010 Census, but h ...

; the new Regency, which comprises the seven

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 o ...

on Wawonii Island, is named

Konawe Islands Regency Konawe Islands Regency is a new regency of Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia, established in 2013 from part of Konawe Regency and consisting of the seven districts comprising Wawonii Island. It covers an area of 867.58 km2, and had a population of 28, ...

(''Kabupaten Konawe Kepulauan''). The administrative capital of the new Regency is Langara (in West Wawonii District). Buton Topography

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Islands of Sulawesi Landforms of Southeast Sulawesi {{SESulawesi-geo-stub