Central Buton Regency


Central Buton Regency is a new regency of Southeast Sulawesi established by separation from Buton Regency under Act No.15 of 2014, dated 23 July 2014. It covers an area of 848.6 km2. The administrative centre lies at Labungkari. It had a population of 86,112 at the 2010 Census.

Administrative districts

The Central Buton Regency is divided into seven districts,, tabulated below with their areas and 2010 and 2015 Census populations, the number of administrative villages and the post codes.
NameArea in
km2.		Pop'n
Census
2010		Pop'n
Census
2015		vill-
ages		Post
Code
Mawasangka224.522,05422,8951993762
Mawasangka Tengah
125.19,1479,4891093764
Mawasangka Timur
93.94,8395,007893765
Lakudo206.220,21020,9301593763
Gu99.815,83616,4291293761
Sangia Wambulu5.45,0035,192693760
Talaga Raya 193.79,0239,347793766

1 includes 5 small islands off the south coast of Kabaena.
The new Regency thus comprises six districts in the southern part of Muna Island together with one district in the southern part of Kabaena Island. It notably does not contain any portion of Buton Island.