East Seram Regency


East Seram Regency is a regency of Maluku, Indonesia. It is mainly located on the island of Seram, but also includes smaller islands to the southeast comprising the Gorom and Watubela archipelagoes. The regency covers a land area of 6,429.88 km2, and had a population of 99,065 at the 2010 Census; the official estimate was 106,698 in 2014. The principal town lies at Bula.

Administration

At the time of the 2010 Census the regency was divided into six districts. The first four of these six districts were on the island of Seram; the Gorom and Watubela archipelagoes are groups of smaller islands situated to the southeast of Seram. Subsequent to 2010, nine additional districts were created by the division of the original six districts, so that the regency is now divided into fifteen districts, of which ten are on the island of Seram and five on the islands to its southeast. These are tabulated below with their 2010 areas and Census populations and officially estimated 2014 populations.
NameArea
in km2
Population
Census 2010
Population
Estimate 2014
No. of
Villages
Post
Code
Bula12,248.624,03715,8121097521
Bula Timur
116,5161397522
Teluk Waru
114,1081197524
Werinama21,823.89,7525,3241097525
Siwalalat224,9861297523
Tutuk Tolu435.24,7224,8681197594
Seram Timur3
1,136.724,01810,9511697592
Kilmury334,5111497591
Kian Darat335,0341097590
Siritaun Wida Timur
335,0491097598
Pulau Gorom4
131.425,24920,2872497593
Gorom Timur
447,1242397596
Pulau Panjang
20.61,9132,036697599
Wakate543.19,2517,3011897595
Teor
23.32,5562,7911097597

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