Buton Regency

Buton Regency
Kabupaten Buton
Coat of arms of Buton Regency
Location within Southeast Sulawesi
Location within Southeast Sulawesi
Buton Regency is located in Sulawesi
Buton Regency
Buton Regency
Location in Sulawesi and Indonesia
Buton Regency is located in Indonesia
Buton Regency
Buton Regency
Buton Regency (Indonesia)
Coordinates: 5°09′31″S 121°55′51″E / 5.15861°S 121.93083°E / -5.15861; 121.93083
CountryIndonesia
ProvinceSoutheast Sulawesi
CapitalPasarwajo
Government
 • RegentLa Bakry
 • Vice Regentvacant
Area
 • Total1,647.87 km2 (636.25 sq mi)
Population
 (mid 2023 estimate)[1]
 • Total120,873
 • Density73/km2 (190/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (ICST)
Area code(+62) 402
Websitebutonkab.go.id

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.

  1. ^ a b Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2024, Kabupaten Buton Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.7404)
  2. ^ Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.
  3. ^ Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.