Buton Regency
Kabupaten Buton | |
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 Coat of arms | |
 Location within Southeast Sulawesi | |
| Coordinates: 5°09′31″S 121°55′51″E / 5.15861°S 121.93083°E | |
| Country | Indonesia |
| Province | Southeast Sulawesi |
| Capital | Pasarwajo |
| Government | |
| • Regent | La Bakry |
| • Vice Regent | vacant |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,647.87 km2 (636.25 sq mi) |
| Population (mid 2023 estimate)[1] | |
| • Total | 120,873 |
| • Density | 73/km2 (190/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (ICST) |
| Area code | (+62) 402 |
| Website | butonkab |
Buton Regency (Kabupaten Buton) is a regency of Indonesia's Southeast Sulawesi Province, lying entirely on Buton Island. Until 2014 it had an area of 2,681.22 km2, and a population estimated at 276,944 (for January 2014). However, in 2014 it was divided into three regencies, with two new regencies being cut out of it; the residual area now is 1,647.87 km2, and the districts in that area contained a population of 94,388 at the 2010 Census[2] while the 2020 Census produced a total of 115,207;[3] the official estimate as at mid 2023 was 120,873[1] The capital is nominally at Pasarwajo, but the regency's administration is actually undertaken in the city of Baubau on the south-west of the island, although that city is administratively separate from the Regency.