Pangkajene Islands Regency

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Pangkajene & Islands Regency
Kabupaten Pangkajene Dan Kepulauan
Regency
Country Indonesia
Province South Sulawesi
Capital Pangkajene
Area
  Total 1,236.27 km2 (477.33 sq mi)
Population
  Total 305,758
  Density 250/km2 (640/sq mi)
Time zone WITA (UTC+8)

Pangkajene Islands Regency (more accurately Pangkajene and Islands Regency - Kabupaten Pangkajene Dan Kepulauan) is a regency of South Sulawesi Province of Indonesia. Notwithstanding the name, the regency lies primarily on the mainland of Sulawesi's southern peninsula, but includes the Spermonds Islands (Kepulauan Spermonde) off the west coast of that peninsula. The principal town lies at Pangkajene, but there are a series of further towns like Lejang, Labakkang, Bontobonto and Segeri proceeding northwards from Pangkajene along the Trans-Sulawesi Highway.

Administration

The Regency in 2010 comprised thirteen administrative Districts (Kecamatan), tabulated below with their 2010 Census population.[1]

Name Population
Census 2010
Liukang Tangaya 18,318
Liukang Kalmas 12,920
Liukang Tupabbiring 16,895
Liukang Tupabbiring Utara 12,343
Pangkajene 41,701
Minasatene 32,970
Balocci 15,450
Tondong Tallasa 8,637
Bungoro 38,851
Labakkang 43,730
Ma'rang 29,915
Segiri 20,037
Mandalle 13,870

References

  1. Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.

Coordinates: 4°45′S 119°30′E / 4.750°S 119.500°E / -4.750; 119.500

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