Belu Regency
Kabupaten Belu Rai Belu | |
|---|---|
 Coat of arms | |
| Nickname: Belu | |
 Location within East Nusa Tenggara | |
  Belu Regency  Belu Regency Belu Regency (Lesser Sunda Islands)  Belu Regency Belu Regency (Indonesia) | |
| Coordinates: 9°20′45″S 124°57′2″E / 9.34583°S 124.95056°E | |
| Country |  Indonesia |
| Region | Lesser Sunda Islands |
| Province |  East Nusa Tenggara |
| Settled | 20 December 1956 |
| Capital | Atambua |
| Government | |
| • Regent | Willy Lay |
| • Vice Regent | J. T. Ose Luan |
| Area | |
• Total | 493.35 sq mi (1,277.77 km2) |
| Elevation | 1,230 ft (375 m) |
| Population (mid 2023 estimate)[1] | |
• Total | 215,518 |
| • Density | 440/sq mi (170/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (ICST) |
| Postcodes | 856xx, 857xx |
| Area code | (+62) 389 |
| Religion | Christianity 95.45% — Catholic 88.39% — Protestant 7.10% Islam 4.30% Hindu 0.19% Buddhism 0.02%[2] |
| Website | belukab |
Belu Regency is a regency in East Nusa Tenggara province of Indonesia. Situated on the north side of Timor island, it originally stretched to the south coast, but in December 2012 its southern half was detached to form the new Malaka Regency. It now adjoins the North Central Timor Regency to the west, the new Malaka Regency to the south, and the separate nation of East Timor to the east, while to the north lies the Sawu Sea. Established on 20 December 1958,[3] Belu Regency has its seat (capital) in the large town of Atambua, which lies inland from the coastal port of Atapupu (in Kakuluk Mesak District).
- ^ Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kabupaten Belu Dalam Angka 2024 (sum of returns from district Katalogs as referenced below)
- ^ "Kabupaten Belu Dalam Angka 2019". www.belukab.bps.go.id (in Indonesian). Retrieved 13 February 2020.
- ^ Government of Indonesia (9 August 1958), Establishment of the Second-level Administrative Regions under the First-level Administrative Region of Bali, West Nusa Tenggara and East Nusa Tenggara (in Indonesian ed.), Indonesia Ministry of Law and Justice, UU No. 69/1958, retrieved 24 August 2007[permanent dead link]