South Halmahera Regency


South Halmahera Regency is a regency of North Maluku Province, Indonesia. It lies partly on Halmahera Island and partly on smaller islands to the west and south of Halmahera. It covers a land area of 8,148.90 km2, and at the 2010 Census it had a population of 198,911 people, while the 2015 Intermediate Census showed that this had risen to 219,559. The capital lies at Labuha on Bacan Island.

Islands

Besides the southern part of Halmahera Island, the Regency includes a number of archipelagoes and islands. Among them:
The regency is divided into thirty districts, tabulated below with their areas and their 2010 Census populations.
NameEnglish nameArea in
km2
Population
Census 2010
Island
or Group
Obi TimurEast Obi586.233,389Obi Islands
Obi SelatanSouth Obi1,020,0212,128Obi Islands
Obi985.6914,125Obi Islands
Obi BaratWest Obi88.983,586Obi Islands
Obi UtaraNorth Obi142,518,227Obi Islands
Bacan Timur SelatanSoutheast Bacan329.426,460Bacan Islands
Bacan Timur TengahEast Central Bacan236.295,229Bacan Islands
Bacan TimurEast Bacan424.339,051Bacan Islands
Bacan SelatanSouth Bacan141.6013,265Bacan Islands
Bacan288.7519,092Bacan Islands
Bacan Barat UtaraNorthwest Bacan239.954,096Bacan Islands
Bacan BaratWest Bacan173.973,549Bacan Islands
Batan Lomang50.386,177Batan Lomang Island
Mandioli SelatanSouth Mandioli130.975,798Mandioli
Mandioli UtaraNorth Mandioli85.362,990Mandioli
Kasiruta TimurEast Kasiruta217.713,847Kasiruta
Kasiruta BaratWest Kasiruta261.334,521Kasiruta
Kayoa BaratWest Kayoa24.743,469Kayoa Islands
Kayoa77.548,180Kayoa Islands
Kayoa SelatanSouth Kayoa23.295,856Kayoa Islands
Kayoa UtaraNorth Kayoa34,122,671Kayoa Islands
Makian BaratWest Makian33.473,417Makian
Pulau MakianMakian Island50.898,977Makian
Gane Barat UtaraNorthwest Gane441.866,027Halmahera
Gane BaratWest Gane532.537,972Halmahera
Gane Barat SelatanSouthwest Gane203.195,545Halmahera
Kepulauan JorongaJoronga Islands127.125,264Joronga Islands
Gane Timur SelatanSoutheast Gane289.833,478Halmahera
Gane Timur TengahEast Central Gane302.473,796Halmahera
Gane TimurEast Gane602.428,729Halmahera

Economy

South Halmahera has been designated by provincial governor Abdul Ghani Kasuba as a region for tourism development. The Widi International Fishing Tournament was founded for this purpose. Kasuba also successfully negotiated for the China-based Jinchun Group to build a nine-trillion rupiah nickel smelter in the Obi Islands.