Sinjai Regency

{{Short description|Regency in South Sulawesi, Indonesia}} {{Infobox settlement <!-- See Template:Infobox settlement for additional fields and descriptions --> | official_name = Sinjai Regency | native_name = ''Kabupaten Sinjai'' | native_name_lang = id<!-- Indonesian --> | image_skyline = Hamparan Persawahan Desa Baru.jpg | image_alt = | image_caption = Rice field in the village of Baru in Sinjai | type = Regency | image_shield = Lambang Kabupaten Sinjai.png | shield_alt = | motto = | image_map = {{#property:p242}} | map_alt = | map_caption = Location within South Sulawesi | coordinates = {{coord|5|7|S|120|09|E|type:adm2nd_region:ID|display=title,inline}} | coordinates_footnotes = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = Indonesia | subdivision_type1 = Province | subdivision_name1 = South Sulawesi | seat_type = Capital | seat = Sinjai | leader_title = Regent | leader_name = {{Ill|Ratnawati Arif|lt=Ratnawati Arif|id}} | leader_title1 = Vice Regent | leader_name1 = Andi Mahyanto Mazda | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 819.96 | elevation_min_m = | elevation_max_m = | elevation_m = | population_as_of = mid 2023 estimate | population_total = 273559 | population_density_km2 = auto | population_footnotes = <ref name="Badan Pusat Statistik 2024">Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2024, ''Kabupaten Sinjai Dalam Angka 2024'' (Katalog-BPS 1102001.7307)</ref> | timezone1 = Indonesia Central Time | utc_offset1 = +8 | website = {{url|www.sinjaikab.go.id}} | footnotes = | area_code_type = Area code | area_code = (+62) 482 | pushpin_map = Indonesia_Sulawesi#Indonesia | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Sulawesi and Indonesia }} '''Sinjai Regency''' is a regency of the South Sulawesi province of Indonesia. The regency, which is separated from the Bone Regency to its north by the River Tangka, covers an area of 819.96 km². It had a population of 228,936 at the 2010 census<ref name="Biro Pusat Statistik 2011">Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.</ref> and 259,478 at the 2020 census.<ref name="Badan Pusat Statistik 2021">Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.</ref> The official estimate of population as of mid-2024 was 273,559 (comprising 135,661 males and 137,898 females).<ref name="Badan Pusat Statistik 2024">Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2024, ''Kabupaten Sinjai Dalam Angka 2024'' (Katalog-BPS 1102001.7307)</ref> It includes the Nine Islands (''Kepulauan Sembilan'') in the Gulf of Bone off the east coast of the southern peninsula of Sulawesi; this archipelago forms an administrative district within the regency. The regency's principal town lies at Sinjai, a port situated on the east coast of that peninsula.

== Sembilan Islands (''Pulau Sembilan'')== The small group of mountainous, forest-covered islands known as the Sembilan Islands lies on the east coast of South Sulawesi province and is northeast of the port town of Sinjai. Notwithstanding the name, ten named islands are forming the group, as Pulau Kanalosatu and Pulau Kanalodua are structurally linked and normally classed as one island (Kanalo). There are four administrative ''desa'' within the district.

In the south, the desa of ''Pulau Buhung Pitue'' (with an area of 2.15 km²) covers the island of '''Pulau Burungloe'''. To the northeast, the desa of ''Pulau Harapan'' (1.75 km²) covers the islands of '''Pulau Liangliang''' and '''Pulau Kambuno'''. Further north is the desa of ''Pulau Padaelo'' (1.80 km²), which covers the island of '''Pulau Kodingare'''. Finally, north and west of Pulau Kodingare, the desa of ''Pulau Persetuan'' (1.85 km²) covers the islands of '''Pulau Batanglampe''', '''Pulau Kanalosatu''', '''Pulau Kanalodua''', '''Pulau Katindoang''', '''Pulau Lapoipoi''' and '''Pulau Larearea'''.

== Administrative districts == The regency is divided into nine 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 of mid-2023.<ref name="Badan Pusat Statistik 2024">Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2024, ''Kabupaten Sinjai Dalam Angka 2024'' (Katalog-BPS 1102001.7307)</ref> The table also includes the locations of the district administrative centers, the number of administrative villages in each district (totaling 67 rural ''desa'' and 13 urban ''kelurahan''), and their postcode (s).

{| class="sortable wikitable" |- ! Kode <br>Wilayah|| Name of<br>District<br>(''kecamatan'') || (English name) ||Area<br>in<br>kn²|| Pop'n<br>Census<br>2010|| Pop'n<br>Census<br>2020|| Pop'n<br>Estimate<br>mid 2023||Admin<br>centre||No.<br>of<br>villages||Post code |- | 73.07.01 || Sinjai Barat || (West Sinjai) ||align="right"|135.53||align="right"|22,985||align="right"|25,873||align="right"|27,193||Tassililu||align="center"|9 ^(a) ||92653 |- | 73.07.07 || Sinjai Borong || ||align="right"|66.97||align="right"|15,901||align="right"|17,718||align="right"|18,888||Pasir Putih||align="center"|8 ^(b) ||92662 |- | 73.07.02 || Sinjai Selatan || (South Sinjai) ||align="right"|131.99||align="right"|37,055||align="right"|40,473||align="right"|42,032||Bikeru||align="center"|11 ^(b) ||92661 |- | 73.07.08 || Tellu Limpoe || ||align="right"|147.30||align="right"|31,448||align="right"|37,724||align="right"|40,606||Mannanti||align="center"|11 ^(b) ||92681 |- | 73.07.03 || Sinjai Timur|| (East Sinjai) ||align="right"|71.88||align="right"|28,971||align="right"|33,765||align="right"|36,200||Samataring||align="center"|13 ^(b) ||92671 |- | 73.07.04 || Sinjai Tengah || (Central Sinjai) ||align="right"|129.70||align="right"|25,966||align="right"|28,337||align="right"|29,572||Samaenre||align="center"|11 ^(b) ||92652 |- | 73.07.05 || Sinjai Utara || (North Sinjai) ||align="right"|29.57||align="right"|43,467||align="right"|50,498||align="right"|52,552||Balingnipa||align="center"|6 ^(c) ||92611 <br>- 92616 |- | 73.07.06 || Bulupoddo || ||align="right"|99.47||align="right"|15,681||align="right"|17,522||align="right"|18,470||Lamatti Riattang||align="center"|7||92654 |- | 73.07.09 || Pulau Sembilan || (Nine Islands) ||align="right"|7.55||align="right"|7,405||align="right"|7,568||align="right"|8,046||Pulau Harapan||align="center"|4||92616 |- | || '''''Totals''''' || ||align="right"|''819.96''||align="right"|''228,879''||align="right"|''259,478''||align="right"|''273,559''||''Sinjai'' ||align="center"|''80''|| |}

Notes: (a) including 2 ''kelurahan''. (b) including one ''kelurahan''. (c) all 6 are ''kelurahan''.

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