Central Sumba Regency

Central Sumba Regency
Kabupaten Sumba Tengah
Coat of arms of Central Sumba Regency
Location within East Nusa Tenggara
Location within East Nusa Tenggara
Central Sumba Regency is located in Sumba
Central Sumba Regency
Central Sumba Regency
Central Sumba Regency is located in Lesser Sunda Islands
Central Sumba Regency
Central Sumba Regency
Central Sumba Regency (Lesser Sunda Islands)
Central Sumba Regency is located in Indonesia
Central Sumba Regency
Central Sumba Regency
Central Sumba Regency (Indonesia)
Coordinates: 9°37′46″S 119°37′09″E / 9.6294°S 119.6191°E / -9.6294; 119.6191
Country Indonesia
RegionLesser Sunda Islands
Province East Nusa Tenggara
CapitalWaibakul
Government
 • RegentUmbu Sappi Pateduk
 • Vice RegentUmbu Dondu
Area
 • Total795.58 sq mi (2,060.54 km2)
Population
 (mid 2023 estimate)[1]
 • Total90,521
 • Density110/sq mi (44/km2)
Area code(+62) 386
Websitesumbatengahkab.go.id

Central Sumba Regency (Indonesian: Kabupaten Sumba Tengah) is a regency in East Nusa Tenggara of Indonesia. The new Central Sumba Regency was established on the island of Sumba when West Sumba Regency was split into two regencies on 22 May 2007 and a further Regency was created in Central Sumba from parts of both West Sumba and East Sumba Regencies.[2] The new Regency covers 2,060.54 km2 and had a population of 62,485 at the 2010 Census[3] and 85,482 at the 2020 Census;[4] the official estimate as at mid 2023 was 90,521 (comprising 46,420 males and 44,101 females).[1] The seat (capital) of its government is located at Waibakul.

  1. ^ a b Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2024, Kabupaten Sumba Tengah Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.5317)
  2. ^ Government of Indonesia (2 January 2007), Establishment of Central Sumba Regency in the East Nusa Tenggara province (PDF) (in Indonesian), Indonesia Ministry of Law and Justice, UU No. 3/2007, retrieved 2007-08-24[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.
  4. ^ Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.