South Halmahera Regency
Kabupaten Halmahera Selatan
Regency
Coat of arms of South Halmahera Regency
Coat of arms
Motto(s): 
Saruma
(One House)
South Halmahera Regency is located in Bacan Islands
South Halmahera Regency
South Halmahera Regency
Location in Bacan, Maluku, Halmahera and Indonesia
South Halmahera Regency is located in Maluku
South Halmahera Regency
South Halmahera Regency
South Halmahera Regency (Maluku)
South Halmahera Regency is located in Halmahera
South Halmahera Regency
South Halmahera Regency
South Halmahera Regency (Halmahera)
South Halmahera Regency is located in Indonesia
South Halmahera Regency
South Halmahera Regency
South Halmahera Regency (Indonesia)
Coordinates: 0°23′44″S 127°54′30″E / 0.3955°S 127.9083°E / -0.3955; 127.9083
Country Indonesia
Province North Maluku
CapitalLabuha
Government
 • RegentBahrain Kasuba
 • Vice RegentIswan Hasjim
Area
 • Total8,779.32 km2 (3,389.71 sq mi)
Population
 (mid 2022 Estimate)
 • Total253,331
 • Density29/km2 (75/sq mi)
 [1]
Time zoneUTC+9 (IEST)
Area code(+62) 927
Websitehalselkab.go.id

South Halmahera Regency (Indonesian: Kabupaten Halmahera Selatan) is a regency of North Maluku Province, Indonesia. It lies partly on Halmahera Island and partly on smaller islands to the west and south of Halmahera. It covers a land area of 8,779.32 km2, and at the 2010 Census it had a population of 198,911 people,[2] while the 2020 Census showed that this had risen to 248,395[3] and the official estimate in mid 2022 was 253,331.[1] The capital lies at the town of Labuha on Bacan Island.

Islands

Besides the southern part of Halmahera Island, the regency includes a number of archipelagoes and islands. These comprise:

  • Obi Islands, including Obira (main), Bisa, Obilatu and other small islands, comprising in all five kecamatan with 52,588 people in mid 2022.[1]
  • Bacan Islands, including:
    • Bacan Island itself, comprising 7 kecamatan with 85,419 people (in mid 2022)
    • Bacan Lomang Island, comprising 1 kecamatan with 7,929 people
    • Mandioli, comprising 2 kecamatan with 11,179 people
    • Kasiruta, comprising 2 kecamatan with 11,085 people
  • Kayoa Group, comprising 4 kecamatan with 22,864 people
  • Makian, comprising 2 kecamatan with 13,833 people
  • Joronga Islands, comprising 1 kecamatan with 7,285 people, including the southern tip of Halmahera Island
  • the southern peninsula of Halmahera Island (the area is known as Gane), comprising 6 kecamatan with 42,149 people.[4]

Administration

The regency is divided into thirty districts (kecamatan), tabulated below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 Census[2] and 2020 Census,[3] together with the official estimates for mid 2022.[1] The table also includes the name of the administrative centre and the number of administrative villages (all classed as rural desa) and of named islands in each district and its post code.

Kode
Wilayah		Name of
District
(kecamatan)		English nameArea
in
km2		Pop'n
Census
2010		Pop'n
Census
2020'		Pop'n
Estimate
mid 2022		Admin
centre		No.
of
villages		No.
of
islands		Post
code		Island
or Group
82.04.05Obi SelatanSouth Obi1,083.4812,12812,17815,940Wayaloar8497792Obi Islands
82.04.06Obi1,073.1514,12520,53817,561Laiwui91297792Obi Islands
82.04.28Obi BaratWest Obi94.533,5865,2115,608Jikohai6697792Obi Islands
82.04.29Obi TimurEast Obi636.233,3893,7053,924Sum41497792Obi Islands
82.04.30Obi UtaraNorth Obi160.698,2279,1289,555Madapolo7697792Obi Islands
82.04.21Bacan Timur SelatanSoutheast Bacan321.136,4607,4938,009Wayaua7197791Bacan Islands
82.04.22Bacan Timur TengahEast Central Bacan276.285,2296,1586,495Bibinoi7297791Bacan Islands
82.04.07Bacan TimurEast Bacan463.509,05112,79413,267Babang10897791Bacan Islands
82.04.17Bacan SelatanSouth Bacan169.2113,26519,56020,006Mandaong10-97791Bacan Islands
82.04.08Bacan304.6919,09227,04527,885Labuha14397791Bacan Islands
82.04.14Bacan Barat UtaraNorthwest Bacan264.944,0965,0105,137Yaba8197791Bacan Islands
82.04.09Bacan BaratWest Bacan180.783,5494,3274,620Indari74997791Bacan Islands
82.04.18Batang Lomang (a)Batang Lomang Islands55.816,1777,6557,929Bajo81397790Batang Lomang Islands
82.04.19Mandioli SelatanSouth Mandioli138.815,7986,9367,230Jiko6-97791Mandioli
82.04.20Mandioli UtaraNorth Mandioli96.792,9903,8093,949Indong6797791
-97792		Mandioli
82.04.16Kasiruta TimurEast Kasiruta247.933,8474,8655,189Loleojaya8697790Kasiruta
82.04.15Kasiruta Barat (b)West Kasiruta272.984,5215,8655,896Palamea102597790Kasiruta
82.04.11Kayoa Barat (c)West Kayoa27.073,4694,3364,225Busua4597781Kayoa Islands
82.04.02Kayoa87.628,1809,0578,959Guruapin144997780Kayoa Islands
82.04.12Kayoa SelatanSouth Kayoa26.065,8566,8226,825Laluin6997780Kayoa Islands
82.04.13Kayoa UtaraNorth Kayoa39.222,6712,8962,855Laromabati6397781Kayoa Islands
82.04.10Makian BaratWest Makian35.543,4173,9683,828Mateketen7-97784Makian
82.04.01Pulau MakianMakian Island55.508,97710,0329,005Kota15197785Makian
82.04.24Gane Barat UtaraNorthwest Gane501.696,0277,3367,257Dolik12-97789Halmahera
82.04.04Gane BaratWest Gane493.677,97210,0199,966Saketa10797782Halmahera
82.04.23Gane Barat SelatanSouthwest Gane252.555,5456,7967,153Gane Dalam81997782Halmahera
82.04.25Kepulauan JorongaJoronga Islands148.935,2647,2037,285Kukupang73097786Joronga Islands
82.04.26Gane Timur Selatan (d)Southeast Gane304.153,4784,1044,119Gane Luar58597787Halmahera
82.04.27Gane Timur TengahEast Central Gane309.673,7964,3544,349Bisui8297788Halmahera
82.04.03Gane TimurEast Gane656.728,7299,2539,305Maffa12197783Halmahera

Notes: (a) formally called Kepulauan Batanglomang; situated between Bacan and Mandioli Islands.
(b) includes Lata Lata Island (27.9 km2, with 1,201 inhabitants in 2020), located to the northwest of Kasiruta Island, and comprising two desa - Lata Lata and Sidanga.
(c) Kayoa Barat (essentially Pulau Muari, but also includes the four small offshore islets of Pulau Guaigo, Pulau Guaigo Kecil, Pulau Intan and Pulau Tamotamo) actually lies closer to Kasiruta Island than to the rest of the Kayoa group; it is geographically adjacent to Lata Lata Island, part of Kasiruta Barat District.
(d) includes the Widi Islands off the east coast of the Gane Peninsula.

Languages

The various South Halmahera languages are a branch of Austronesian languages.

Economy

South Halmahera has been designated by provincial governor Abdul Ghani Kasuba as a region for tourism development.[5] The Widi International Fishing Tournament was founded for this purpose.[6] Kasuba also successfully negotiated for the China-based Jinchun Group to build a nine-trillion rupiah nickel smelter in the Obi Islands.[7]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2023, Kabupaten Halmahera Selatan Dalam Angka 2023 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.8204)
  2. 1 2 Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.
  3. 1 2 Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.
  4. ↑ "Kabupaten Halmahra Selatan".
  5. ↑ Widi Islands to be the Future of North Maluku Tourism. Tempo, 21 May 2017. Accessed 18 September 2017.
  6. ↑ Aria Cindyara, N Maluku to boost maritime sector through fishing tourism. Antara, 24 August 2017. Accessed 30 August 2017.
  7. ↑ China`s Jinchun to in vest Rp9 trillion in North Maluku. Antara, 16 July 2016. Accessed 18 September 2017.
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