North Buton Regency


North Buton Regency is a regency of Indonesia's Southeast Sulawesi Province, which was separated from Buton Regency in accordance with Indonesia's Law Number 14 of 2007. The area of the regency, which covers the north part of Buton Island, is 1,923.03 km2. Its population at the 2010 Census was 54,736, and according to the latest official estimate is 59,779. The principal town lies at Buranga.

Administration

North Buton Regency was divided at 2010 into six districts, tabulated below with their areas, their 2010 Census populations and the latest official estimates.
NameArea in
km2		Population
Census 2010		Population
Census 2015
Kambowa303.446,2246,778
Bonegunu491.447,7278,417
Kulisusu Barat
370.475,8236,252
Kulisusu172.7820,65222,688
Kulisusu Utara
339.647,7978,405
Wakorumba245.266,5137,239

Note that five other administrative districts which lie geographically on the west coast of North Buton - Pasir Putih, Pasi Kolaga, Wakorumba Selatan, are administratively part of Muna Regency.