Natuna Regency

Natuna Regency
Kabupaten Natuna
Regency
Other transcription(s)
 • Jawiكڤولاوان ناتونا‎
From top, left to right:
Natuna Sea, Mount Ranai, Ranai Airport, Endangered bird, Serasan Island harbour, Sekatung Island
Coat of arms of Natuna Regency
Coat of arms
Motto(s): 
Malay: Laut Sakti Rantau Bertuah
(Sacred Ocean, Fortune Land)
Map
Interactive map
Natuna Regency is located in Riau Islands
Natuna Regency
Natuna Regency
Location of Natuna Regency
Natuna Regency is located in Sumatra
Natuna Regency
Natuna Regency
Natuna Regency (Sumatra)
Natuna Regency is located in Indonesia
Natuna Regency
Natuna Regency
Natuna Regency (Indonesia)
Natuna Regency is located in South China Sea
Natuna Regency
Natuna Regency
Natuna Regency (South China Sea)
Coordinates: 4°0′0″N 108°15′0″E / 4.00000°N 108.25000°E / 4.00000; 108.25000
CountryIndonesia
Province Riau Islands
Discovery by I-Tsing671 A.D.[1]
Condominium of Johor Sultanate and Pattani Kingdom1597[1]
Afdeeling van Pulau Tudjuh1913
Regency established12 October 1999[2]
Incorporation of Tambelan Archipelago into Bintan Regency18 December 2003[3][4]
Creation of Anambas Islands Regency31 July 2008[5]
Regency seatRanai
Administrative division15 districts[6]
77 villages
Government
 • BodyRegency's Government of Natuna Islands
 • LeaderWahyu Dwi Sugianto
 • Regent (Bupati)Wan Siswandi Wan Abdulatif[7]
 • Vice Regent (Wakil Bupati)Rodhial Huda (Hanura)
 • CouncilRegency Council of Natuna
 • Member of Provincial Parliament
List of MPPs
Area
[6]
 • Total28,200.37 km2 (10,888.22 sq mi)
 • Land1,978.49 km2 (763.90 sq mi)
 • Water26,222.06 km2 (10,124.39 sq mi)  99.25%
Population
 (mid 2023 estimate[8])
 • Total83,668
 • Density3.0/km2 (7.7/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+07:00 (Western Indonesia Time/W.I.B)
Postcodes
Area code(+62) 773
Registration platesBP 1234 N×[9]
HDI (2020)Increase 0.7275 High[10]
Websitenatunakab.go.id

Natuna Regency is an islands regency located in the northernmost part of the Province of Riau Islands, Indonesia. It contains at least 154 islands, of which 127 of them are reported as uninhabited. This archipelago, with a land area of 1,978.49 km2 out of a total area of 264,198.37 km2 area,[6] contains 17 administrative districts (kecamatan).

With 69,003 inhabitants at the 2010 Census[11] and 81,495 at the 2020 Census,[12] most of the population are Malays with 11% of Javanese migrants, Chinese, Minang, Batak, Banjar people, Dayak people, Buginese people, Sundanese people, and tiny percentage of migrants who come from Sulawesi, Bali, and other provinces across Indonesia.[13] The official estimate as at mid 2023 was 83,668.[8]

Some 80% of its inhabitants are of Malay origin, numerous being descended from Terengganuan, Johorean, and Pattanian descent as results of contact established since 1597. The consequence of this is the usage of Terengganuan Malay beside the Indonesian language as the official language and the Malay language as a lingua franca across the Province of Riau Islands.[14]

Indonesia's exclusive economic zone (EEZ) off the coast of Natuna is slightly overlapped by China's widely disputed South China Sea claim.[15]

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference chinese-notes was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Diana (12 October 2020). "Official Ceremony of 21st years of Regency of Natuna Islands' Anniversary on 2020". Regency of Natuna (in Indonesian). Government of Regency of Natuna Islands. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
  3. ^ "History of Regency of Bintan". Regency of Bintan (in Indonesian). Government of Bintan Regency. 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
  4. ^ "UU No. 31 Tahun 2003 tentang Pembentukan Kabupaten Lingga di Provinsi Kepulauan Riau [JDIH BPK RI]".
  5. ^ Setiawan, Budiana (2020). "Nationalism: The Case of People in Natuna" (pdf). Jurnal Masyarakat & Budaya (in Indonesian). 22 (1): 44–45. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
  6. ^ a b c "SKPT NATUNA". Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries (in Indonesian). Sentra Kelautan dan Perikanan Terpadu. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  7. ^ "Home Page". Natuna Regency. Government of Natuna Islands. 2021. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  8. ^ a b Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kabupaten Natuna Dalam Angka 2024 (sum of figures in the Katalog reports for the 13 districts, as referenced below)
  9. ^ "Ini Plat Nomor Kendaaraan Kepulauan Riau Dan Daftar Kode Belakangnya". Auto Bild (in Indonesian). Auto Bild Indonesia. 10 September 2020. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  10. ^ "Human Development Index". Statistics Indonesia (in Indonesian). Natuna Islands Regency Census Department. 11 May 2021. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
  11. ^ Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.
  12. ^ Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.
  13. ^ Arman, Dedi; Swastiwi, Anastasia Wiwik (November 2018). Natuna: Potret Masyarakat dan Budayanya (PDF) (in Indonesian). Tanjungpinang: Balai Pelestarian Nilai Budaya Kepulauan Riau in Ministry of Education and Culture. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  14. ^ Mohd Rusli, Mohd Hazmi; Talaat, Izatul Asma (15 February 2016). "The Natuna Islands: 'Malaysian in geography', Indonesian in sovereignty". Astro Awani. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  15. ^ The sleepy island Indonesia is guarding from China, BBC News, Karishma Vaswani, 19 October 2014