Tanimbar Islands Regency


Tanimbar Islands Regency is a regency of Maluku province, Indonesia, consisting primarily of the Tanimbar Islands. The Regency covers a land area of 10,102 km2, and it had a population of 105,341 at the 2010 Census and 110,425 at the 2015 Census; the latest official estimate was 122,337. The principal town and administrative centre lies at Saumlaki.

History

The regency was formerly named Western Southeast Maluku Regency, until it was renamed as Tanimbar Islands Regency on ; the legislation for this was passed on 28 January 2019.

Administration

As at 2010 the regency was divided into nine districts, tabulated below with their areas in km2 and their 2010 Census populations: Subsequently, a tenth district - Molu Maru - was by 2017 created from part of the existing Wuor Labobar District. The districts' populations at the 2015 Census are also shown.
NameArea in
km2		Population
Census 2010		Population
Census 2015
Wuar Labobar1,045.49,9077,476
Molu Maru2,908
Wer Makatian954.110,90511,431
Selaru
349.212,24912,841
Tanimbar Selatan
358.231,57133,094
Wer Tambrian518.09,70810,177
Kormomolin304.05,9216,207
Nirunmas377.77,0447,384
Tanimbar Utara
456.913,22613,865
Fordata
31.64,8105,042

Note: the area and 2010 population of Molu Maru district are included in the figures for Wuar Labobar district, from which it was split off. Yaru District was change name to Fordata District