Central Maluku Regency

Central Maluku Regency
Kabupaten Maluku Tengah
Regency
Coat of arms of Central Maluku Regency
Coat of arms
Motto(s): 
Pamahanunusa
(Building the Homeland and the Nation)
Location within Maluku
Location within Maluku
Central Maluku Regency is located in Seram Island
Central Maluku Regency
Central Maluku Regency
Location in Seram, Maluku and Indonesia
Central Maluku Regency is located in Maluku
Central Maluku Regency
Central Maluku Regency
Central Maluku Regency (Maluku)
Central Maluku Regency is located in Indonesia
Central Maluku Regency
Central Maluku Regency
Central Maluku Regency (Indonesia)
Coordinates: 3°17′30″S 128°58′03″E / 3.29167°S 128.96750°E / -3.29167; 128.96750
CountryIndonesia
ProvinceMaluku
CapitalMasohi
Government
 • RegentTuasikal Abua
 • Vice RegentMarlatu L. Leleury
Area
 • Total
11,595.57 km2 (4,477.07 sq mi)
Population
 (mid 2023 estimate)[1]
 • Total
430,798
 • Density37/km2 (96/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+9 (IEST)
Area code(+62) 914
Websitemaltengkab.go.id

Central Maluku Regency (Indonesian: Kabupaten Maluku Tengah) is a regency of Maluku Province of Indonesia. The Regency covers an area of 11,595.57 km2, and had a population of 361,698 at the 2010 Census,[2] and 423,094 at the 2020 Census.[3] The official estimate as at mid 2023 was 430,798.[1] The principal town lies at Masohi, on Seram Island. The regency (kebupaten) is composed of the central part of the island of Seram, the Banda Islands, and the Lease Islands (Saparua, Haruku, and Nusa Laut), together with those parts of Ambon Island which are outside the City of Ambon.

This regency is the largest in area among Malukan regencies.

  1. ^ a b Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2024, Kabupaten Maluku Tengah Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.8101)
  2. ^ Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.
  3. ^ Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.