{{Short description|Regency in East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia}} {{Infobox settlement <!--See the Table at Infobox Settlement for all fields and descriptions of usage--> <!-- Basic info ----------------> | official_name = Kupang Regency | other_name = | native_name = ''Kabupaten Kupang'' | nickname = | settlement_type = Regency | motto = <!-- images and maps -----------> | image_skyline = Kantor Bupati Kupang, Naibonat, Kupang, Nusa Tenggara Timur, Indonesia - panoramio.jpg | imagesize = | image_caption = Kupang Regent's office | image_flag = | flag_size = | image_seal = Lambang Kabupaten Kupang.png | seal_size = | image_map = Lokasi Nusa Tenggara Timur Kabupaten Kupang.svg | mapsize = | map_caption = Location within East Nusa Tenggara | pushpin_map = Timor#Indonesia_Lesser Sunda_Islands#Indonesia | pushpin_map_size = | pushpin_label_position = top | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Timor, Lesser Sunda Islands and Indonesia | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flag|Indonesia}} | subdivision_type1 = Region | subdivision_name1 = Lesser Sunda Islands | subdivision_type2 = Province | subdivision_name2 = {{flag|East Nusa Tenggara}} | seat_type = Capital | seat = {{ill|Oelamasi|id|Kota Oelamasi, Kupang}} <!-- Politics -----------------> | government_footnotes = | government_type = | leader_title = Regent | leader_name = {{Ill|Yosef Lede|lt=Yosef Lede|id}} | leader_title1 = Vice Regent | leader_name1 = {{Ill|Aurum Obe Titu Eki|lt=Aurum Obe Titu Eki|id}} | established_title = <!-- Settled --> | established_date = <!-- Area ---------------------> | area_magnitude = | unit_pref = metric <!--Enter: Imperial, if Imperial (metric) is desired--> | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 5298.13 | area_land_km2 = <!--See table @ Template:Infobox Settlement for details on automatic unit conversion--> <!-- Population -----------------------> | population_as_of = mid 2024 estimate | population_footnotes = | population_note = <ref name="Badan Pusat Statistik 2025">Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2025, ''Kabupaten Kupang Dalam Angka 2025'' (Katalog 1102001.5303)</ref> | population_total = 390210 | population_density_km2 =auto <!-- General information ---------------> | timezone = ICST | utc_offset = +8 | timezone_DST = | utc_offset_DST = | coordinates = {{coord|10|18|S|123|43|E|region:ID-NT_type:adm2nd_source:kolossus-dewiki|display=title,inline}} | elevation_footnotes = <!--for references: use <ref> tags--> | elevation_m = | elevation_ft = <!-- accord. to Google Earth--> <!-- Area/postal codes & others --------> | postal_code_type = <!-- enter ZIP code, Postcode, Post code, Postal code... --> | postal_code = |area_code_type = Area code | area_code = (+62) 380 | blank_name = | blank_info = | website = *{{URL|kab-kupang.go.id}} *{{URL|kupangkab.go.id}} | footnotes = }} '''Kupang Regency''' is a regency in East Nusa Tenggara province of Indonesia. It occupies the far western end of Timor Island (apart from the area of Kupang city, which has been administratively separated from the Regency since 11 April 1996), together with the smaller island of Semau (off the southwestern tip of Timor) and other minor offshore islands (of which Kera is the only inhabited). Other islands further to the southwest and west which were formerly part of Kupang Regency have been separated administratively - the Rote Islands Group on 10 April 2002 (to form Rote Ndao Regency), and the Savu Islands Group on 29 October 2008 (to form Sabu Raijua Regency).
The residual regency covers an area of {{convert|5,298.13|km2}}. It had a population of 304,548 at the 2010 Census and 366,383 at the 2020 Census; the official estimate as at mid-2024 was 390,210 (comprising 197,900 males and 192,310 females).<ref name="Badan Pusat Statistik 2025">Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2025, ''Kabupaten Kupang Dalam Angka 2025'' (Katalog 1102001.5303)</ref>
The capital of Kupang Regency is at Oelamasi.<ref name="ID-Gov">{{Citation | author = Government of Indonesia | url = | title = Establishment of the Second-level Administrative Regions under the First-level Administrative Region of Bali, West Nusa Tenggara and East Nusa Tenggara | language = Indonesian | id = UU No. 69/1958 | date = 9 August 1958 | publisher = Indonesia Ministry of Law and Justice | author-link = Government of Indonesia }} </ref>
== Administration == The regency is divided into twenty-four districts (''kecamatan''), tabulated below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 Census<ref name="Biro Pusat Statistik 2011">Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.</ref> and the 2020 Census,<ref name="Badan Pusat Statistik 2021">Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.</ref> together with the official estimates as at mid 2024.<ref name="Badan Pusat Statistik 2025">Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2025, ''Kabupaten Kupang Dalam Angka 2025'' (Katalog 1102001.5303)</ref> The districts are grouped geographically, and these groups have no administrative significance. The table also includes the locations of the district administrative centres, the number of administrative villages in each district (totaling 160 rural ''desa'' and 17 urban ''kelurahan''), and its post code.
{| class="sortable wikitable" |- ! Kode <br>Wilayah || Name of<br>District<br>(''kecamatan'') || English name || Area <br>in <br>km<sup>2</sup> || Pop'n<br>Census<br>2010|| Pop'n<br>Census<br>2020|| Pop'n<br>Estimate<br>mid 2024||Admin<br> centre ||No.<br>of <br>''desa''||No.<br>of<br>''kelu-<br>rahan''||Post<br>code |- | 53.01.04 || Semau <ref>Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Semau Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.5303100)</ref> || Semau Island (North)||align="right"|143.42||align="right"|6,688||align="right"|7,614||align="right"|7,911||Uitao||align="center"|8 ||align="center"|-||85352 |- | 53.01.23 || Semau Selatan <ref>Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Semau Selatan Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.5303101)</ref> || Semau Island (South)||align="right"|153.00||align="right"|4,731||align="right"|5,396||align="right"|6,134||Akle||align="center"|6 ||align="center"| -||85353 |- | ''Totals'' || ''Semau Island'' || ''Semau Island''||align="right"|''296.42''||align="right"|''11,419''||align="right"|''13,010''||align="right"|''14,045''|| ||align="center"|''14'' ||align="center"| -|| |- | 53.01.05 || Kupang Barat <ref>Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Kupang Barat Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.5303110)</ref> || West Kupang ||align="right"|149.72||align="right"|15,417||align="right"|18,270||align="right"|19,849||Batakte||align="center"|10 ||align="center"|2||85351 |- | 53.01.16 || Nekamese <ref>Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Nekamese Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.5303111)</ref> || ||align="right"|128.40||align="right"|9,010||align="right"|11,524||align="right"|12,611||Oemasi||align="center"|11 ||align="center"|-||85390 |- | 53.01.08 || Kupang Tengah <ref>Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Kupang Tengah Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.5303120)</ref> || Central Kupang ||align="right"|88.64||align="right"|33,805||align="right"|45,709||align="right"|46,294||Tarus||align="center"|7 ||align="center"| 1||85361 |- | 53.01.24 || Taebenu <ref>Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Taebenu Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.5303121)</ref> || ||align="right"|106.42||align="right"|14,594||align="right"|18,166||align="right"|18,402||Baumata||align="center"|8 ||align="center"|-||85360 |- | 53.01.09 || Amarasi <ref>Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Amarasi Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.5303130)</ref> || ||align="right"|154.90||align="right"|15,279||align="right"|17,881||align="right"|19,370||Oekabiti||align="center"|8 ||align="center"|1||85367 |- | 53.01.17 || Amarasi Barat <ref>Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Amarasi Barat Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.5303131)</ref> || West Amarasi||align="right"|246.47||align="right"|14,375||align="right"|16,846||align="right"|17,711||Teunbaun||align="center"|7 ||align="center"|1||85376 |- | 53.01.18 || Amarasi Selatan <ref>Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Amarasi Selatan Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.5303132)</ref> || South Amarasi||align="right"|172.81||align="right"|10,276||align="right"|11,839||align="right"|12,896||Buraen||align="center"|3 ||align="center"|2||85377 |- | 53.01.19 || Amarasi Timur <ref>Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Amarasi Timur Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.5303133)</ref> ||East Amarasi||align="right"|162.92||align="right"|7,054||align="right"|8,935||align="right"|9,668||Pakubaun||align="center"|4 ||align="center"|-||85378 |- | 53.01.06 || Kupang Timur <ref>Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Kupang Timur Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.5303140)</ref> || East Kupang ||align="right"|338.60||align="right"|40,525||align="right"|51,032||align="right"|52,691||Babau||align="center"|8 ||align="center"|5||85362 |- | 53.01.20 || Amabi Oefeto Timur <ref>Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Semau Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.5303141)</ref> || East Amabi Oefeto ||align="right"|236.72||align="right"|13,059||align="right"|13,277||align="right"|15,969||Oemofa||align="center"|10 ||align="center"|-||85363 |- | 53.01.25 || Amabi Oefeto <ref>Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Amabi Oefeto Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.5303142)</ref> || Amabi Oefeto ||align="right"|123.90||align="right"|7,747||align="right"|8,611||align="right"|9,767||Fatuknutu||align="center"|7 ||align="center"|-||85362<br>& 85363 |- | 53.01.07 || Sulamu <ref>Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Sulamu Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.5303150)</ref> || ||align="right"|141.18||align="right"|14,280||align="right"|17,394||align="right"|18,880||Sulamu||align="center"|6 ||align="center"|1||85368 |- | ''Totals'' || ''Southern group'' || ||align="right"|''2,050.58''||align="right"|''195,421''||align="right"|''239,484''||align="right"|''254,108''|| ||align="center"|''89'' ||align="center"| ''13''|| |- | 53.01.10 || Fatuleu<ref>Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Fatuleu Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.5303160)</ref> || ||align="right"|351.52||align="right"|23,007||align="right"|26,849||align="right"|28,900||Camplong||align="center"|9 ||align="center"|1||85371 |- | 53.01.28 || Fatuleu Tengah <ref>Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Fatuleu Tengah Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.5303161)</ref> || Central Fatuleu ||align="right"|107.85||align="right"|4,885||align="right"|5,736||align="right"|6,300||Oelbiteno||align="center"|4 ||align="center"|-||85320 |- | 53.01.27 || Fatuleu Barat <ref>Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Fatuleu Barat Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.5303162)</ref> || West Fatuleu ||align="right"|496.47||align="right"|8,399||align="right"|9,070||align="right"|10,797||Poto||align="center"|5 ||align="center"|-||85323 |- | 53.01.11 || Takari <ref>Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Takari Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.5303170)</ref> || ||align="right"|508.13||align="right"|20,262||align="right"|24,566||align="right"|25,745||Takari||align="center"|9 ||align="center"|1||85369 |- | ''Totals'' || ''Fatuleu group'' || ||align="right"|''1,463.97''||align="right"|''56,553''||align="right"|''66,221''||align="right"|''71,742''|| ||align="center"|''27'' ||align="center"| ''2''|| |- | 53.01.12 || Amfoang Selatan <ref>Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Amfoang Selatan Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.5303180)</ref> || South Amfoang ||align="right"|305.09||align="right"|8,628||align="right"|10,003||align="right"|10,325||Lelogama||align="center"|6 ||align="center"|1||85373 |- | 53.01.21 || Amfoang Barat Daya <ref>Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Amfoang Barat Daya Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.5303181)</ref> || Southwest Amfoang ||align="right"|167.61||align="right"|4,263||align="right"|5,075||align="right"|5,592||Manubelon||align="center"|4 ||align="center"|-||85364 |- | 53.01.30 || Amfoang Tengah <ref>Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Amfoang Tengah Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.5303182)</ref> || Central Amfoang ||align="right"|174.21||align="right"|5,397||align="right"|6,410||align="right"|6,842||Naikliu||align="center"|4 ||align="center"| -||85374 |- | 53.01.13 || Amfoang Utara <ref>Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Amfoang Utara Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.5303190)</ref> || North Amfoang ||align="right"|278.42||align="right"|7,004||align="right"|8,091||align="right"|8,319||Soliu||align="center"|5 ||align="center"|1||85365 |- | 53.01.22 || Amfoang Barat Laut <ref>Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Amfoang Barat Laut Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.5303191)</ref> || Northwest Amfoang ||align="right"|428.59||align="right"|8,762||align="right"|10,376||align="right"|10,977||Nunuanah||align="center"|6 ||align="center"|-||85372 |- | 53.01.26 || Amfoang Timur<ref>Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Amfoang Timur Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.5303192)</ref> || East Amfoang ||align="right"|133.24||align="right"|7,101||align="right"|7,713||align="right"|8,260||Fatumonas||align="center"|5 ||align="center"|-||85375 |- | ''Totals'' || ''Amfoang group'' || ||align="right"|''1,487.16''||align="right"|''41,155''||align="right"|''47,668''||align="right"|''50,315''|| ||align="center"|''30'' ||align="center"| ''2''|| |- | || ''Totals'' || ||align="right"|''5,298.13''||align="right"|''304,548''||align="right"|''366,383''||align="right"|''390,210''|| ''Oelamasi''||align="center"|''160'' ||align="center"|''17'' |}
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == * {{Official website|http://www.kab-kupang.go.id/}}
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