Buton Regency


Buton Regency is a regency of Indonesia's Southeast Sulawesi Province, lying entirely on Buton Island. Until 2014 it had an area of 2,681.22 km2, and a population estimated at 276,944. However, in 2014 it was divided into three regencies, with two new regencies being cut out of it; the residual area now is 1,182.4 km2, and the districts in that area contained a population of 94,893 at the 2010 Census; the latest official estimate is 114,596.
The capital is nominally at Pasar Wajo, but the administrative centre is in the city of Baubau on the south-west of the island, although that city is administratively separate from the Regency.

Administration

The Buton Regency was divided at 2010 into 21 districts, but in 2012 it was announced that the regency was to be split, with the southern seven districts split off to form a new Buton Selatan Regency, and seven other districts split off to form a new Buton Tengah Regency. This division was made effective in 2014.
The remaining seven districts are tabulated below with their areas, their populations at the 2010 Census and according to the latest estimates, and the location of their administrative centres.
NameArea in
km2		Population
Census 2010		Population
Estimate
2015		Admin
centre
Lasalimu317.2910,2909,625Kamaru
Lasalimu Selatan
88.0912,81513,338Ambuau
Siontapina181.0212,16712,642Matanauwe
Wolowa65.024,9465,177Wolowa
Kapontori113.0012,61913,126Mataumpana
Pasar Wajo356.4037,06738,610Pasar Wajo
Wabula51.584,9895,152Wabula