{{Short description|Regency in Maluku, Indonesia}} {{Infobox settlement <!-- See Template:Infobox settlement for additional fields and descriptions --> | official_name = Tanimbar Islands Regency | native_name = ''Kabupaten Kepulauan Tanimbar'' | native_name_lang = id<!-- Indonesian --> | image_skyline = File:Jembatan Leta Oar Ralan Tanimbar.jpg | image_alt = | image_caption = Leta Oar Ralan bridge | type = Regency | image_shield = Lambang Kabupaten Maluku Tenggara Barat.jpg | shield_alt = | motto = ''Duan Lolat'' | image_map = Locator map of Tanimbar Islands Regency in Maluku.png | map_alt = | map_caption = Location within Maluku | coordinates = {{coord|7.9742|S|131.3049|E|source:wikidata|display=title,inline}} | coordinates_footnotes = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = Indonesia | subdivision_type1 = Province | subdivision_name1 = Maluku | seat_type = Capital | seat = Saumlaki | leader_title = Regent | leader_name = {{Ill|Ricky Jauwerissa|lt=Ricky Jauwerissa|id}} | leader_title1 = Vice Regent | leader_name1 = {{Ill|Juliana Chatarina Ratuanak|lt=Juliana Chatarina Ratuanak|id}} | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 10166.82 | elevation_min_m = | elevation_max_m = | elevation_m = | population_as_of = mid 2024 estimate | population_total = 132337 | population_density_km2 = auto | population_footnotes = <ref name="Badan Pusat Statistik 2024">Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2025, ''Kabupaten Kepulauan Tanimbar Dalam Angka 2025'' (Katalog-BPS 1102001.8101)</ref> | timezone1 = IEST | utc_offset1 = +9 | website = {{url|mtbkab.go.id}} | footnotes = | area_code_type = Area code | area_code = (+62) 918 | pushpin_map = Indonesia_Maluku#Indonesia | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Maluku and Indonesia | pushpin_label_position = top }} '''Tanimbar Islands Regency''' ({{langx|id|Kabupaten Kepulauan Tanimbar}}) is a regency of Maluku province, Indonesia, consisting primarily of the Tanimbar Islands. The Regency covers a land area of 10,166.82 km<sup>2</sup>, and it had a population of 105,341 at the 2010 Census<ref name="Biro Pusat Statistik 2011">Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.</ref> and 123,572 at the 2020 Census;<ref name="Badan Pusat Statistik 2021">Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.</ref> the official estimate as at mid 2024 was 132,337 (comprising 66,317 males and 66,020 females).<ref name="Badan Pusat Statistik 2024">Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2025, ''Kabupaten Kepulauan Tanimbar Dalam Angka 2025'' (Katalog-BPS 1102001.8101)</ref> The principal town and administrative centre lies at Saumlaki in Tanimbar Selatan District.
== History == The regency was originally created from the western districts of Southeast Maluku Regency on 4 October 1999 as the "West Southeast Maluku Regency" (''Kabupaten Maluku Tenggara Barat''). On 24 June 2008 the western districts of this Regency were split off to create the Southwest Maluku Regency (''Kabupaten Maluku Barat Daya''), leaving only the archipelago of the Tanimbar Islands in the West Southeast Maluku Regency, which was later renamed as Tanimbar Islands Regency (''Kabupaten Kepulauan Tanimbar'') on {{startdate|2019|01|23|df=y}}; the legislation for this was passed on 28 January 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtbkab.go.id/post/berita/pp-nomor-2-tahun-2019-mtb-kep-tanimbar|title=PP NOMOR 2 TAHUN 2019, MTB MENJADI KEPULAUAN TANIMBAR|language=id|accessdate=1 February 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://tirto.id/maluku-tenggara-barat-resmi-ganti-nama-jadi-kepulauan-tanimbar-dfKL|title=Maluku Tenggara Barat Resmi Ganti Nama Jadi Kepulauan Tanimbar|language=id|accessdate=2 February 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://sipuu.setkab.go.id/puu/buka_puu/175741/PP_Nomor_2_Tahun_2019.pdf|title=Peraturan Pemerintah Nomor 2 Tahun 2019|publisher=The Government of Indonesia|language=id}}</ref>
== Administration == As at 2010 the regency was divided into nine districts (''kecamatan''). Subsequently, a tenth district - Molu Maru (consisting of the two northernmost islands in the Tanimbars - Molu and Maru - with a combined land area of 63.8 km<sup>2</sup>) - was by 2017 created from part of the existing Wuorlabobar District. The districts are tabulated below with their areas in km<sup>2</sup> 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 2024">Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2025, ''Kabupaten Kepulauan Tanimbar Dalam Angka 2025'' (Katalog-BPS 1102001.8101)</ref> The table also includes the locations of the district administrative centres, the number of administrative villages in each district (totaling 80 rural ''desa'' and 2 urban ''kelurahan''), and its postal code. Altogether the archipelago contains 99 islands, of which the principal island is Yamdena.
{| class="sortable wikitable" |- ! Kode <br>Wilayah || Name of<br>District<br>(''kecamatan'') || Area<br>in<br>km<sup>2</sup> || Pop'on<br>Census<br>2010|| Pop'n<br>Census<br>2020|| Pop'n<br>Estimate <br>mid 2024||Admin<br> centre ||No. of <br>villages||Post<br>code |- | 81.03.01 || Tanimbar Selatan <br>(South Tanimbar)||align="right"|825.69||align="right"|31,571||align="right"|39,085||align="right"|39,574||Saumlaki||align="center"| 12 <sup>(a)</sup> ||97471 |- | 81.03.03 || Wertambrian ||align="right"|1,298.45||align="right"|9,708||align="right"|11,629||align="right"|12,348||Lorulun||align="center"| 9||97473 |- | 81.03.04 || Wermaktian ||align="right"|2,941.16||align="right"|10,905||align="right"|12,937||align="right"|14,348||Kamatubun||align="center"| 9||97472 |- | 81.03.02 || Selaru <br> (Selaru Island)||align="right"|826.26||align="right"|12,249||align="right"|14,263||align="right"|15,662||Adaut||align="center"| 7||97481 |- | 81.03.05 || Tanimbar Utara <br>(North Tanimbar)||align="right"|1,075.74||align="right"|13,226||align="right"|13,860||align="right"|15,047||Ritabel||align="center"| 8||97464 |- | 81.03.06 || Fordata <sup>(b)</sup> <br> (Fordata Island) ||align="right"|79.42||align="right"|4,810||align="right"|4,770||align="right"|5,199||Romean||align="center"| 6||97466 |- | 81.03.07 || Wuar Labobar ||align="right"|654.74||align="right"|9,907||align="right"|8,348||align="right"|9,327||Wunlah||align="center"| 11||97465 |- | 81.03.18 || Molu Maru ||align="right"|63.10||align="right"|<sup>(c)</sup>||align="right"|3,692||align="right"|4,132||Adoda Molo||align="center"| 5||97462 |- | 81.03.09 || Nirunmas ||align="right"|1,468.30||align="right"|7,044||align="right"|7,991||align="right"|7,953||Tutukembong||align="center"| 50||97463 |- | 81.03.08 || Kormomolin ||align="right"|933.16||align="right"|5,921||align="right"|6,997||align="right"|8,747||Alusi Kelaan||align="center"| 10||97461 |- | || ''Totals'' ||align="right"|''10,166.82''||align="right"|''105,341''||align="right"|''123,572''||align="right"|''132,337''||''Saumlaki''||align="center"| ''82''|| |}
Notes: (a) including 2 ''kelurahan'' - the towns of Saumlaki (with 7,795 inhabitants as at mid 2023) and Saumlaki Utara (North Saumlaki, with 5,121 inhabitants as at 2023), while the most populated ''desa'' are Olilit (with 6,969 inhabitants in 2023) and Sifnana (4,168) with which Saumlaki and North Saumlaki share a peninsula in the southeast of Yamdena Island.<ref>Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, ''Kaecamatann Tanimbar Selatan Dalam Angka 2024'' (Katalog-BPS 1102001.8101040)</ref> <br>(b) Yaru District changed its name to Fordata District in 2019.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://www.lelemuku.com/2019/05/inilah-alasan-perubahan-nama-kecamatan.html|title=Inilah Alasan Perubahan Nama Kecamatan Yaru ke Fordata |publisher=Lelemuku.com|language=id}}</ref> <br>(c) the 2010 population of Molu Maru District is included in the figure for Wuar Labobar District, from which it was split off.
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