Southwest Moluccas

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Kabupaten Maluku Barat Daya
Administrative region of Southwest Moluccas
location
Symbols
coat of arms
coat of arms
Basic data
Country Indonesia
province Maluku
Seat Tiakur
surface 8648 km²
Residents 70,372 (2010)
density 8.1 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2 ID-MA
politics
Bupati Barnabas Orno

Coordinates: 8 ° 13 '  S , 128 ° 11'  E

The Southwest Moluccas ( Maluku Barat Daya, MBD for short ) are a government district ( Kabupaten ) in the Indonesian province of Maluku .

70,372 people live in the southwestern Moluccas (2010 census).

geography

The southwest Moluccas have an area of ​​8,648 km². The Kabupaten consists of 48 islands of the Banda Arch , which is the eastern extension of the Lesser Sunda Islands . These include the Barat Daya Islands with Wetar , Liran , Romang and the Damar Islands , the Leti Islands with Leti , Moa and Lakor , the Sermata Islands with Sermata , the Babar Islands with Babar , Wetan and Masela and the island of Kisar .

To the north is the Banda Sea , to the south, across the Wetar Strait , the islands of Timor and the Timor Sea , to the east the Tanimbar Islands and to the west the islands of Alor and Atauro .

The capital has been Tiakur on Moa since November 26, 2012 . Before that, Wonreli on Kisar was the de facto capital of the Kabupaten founded on September 16, 2008.

The Kabupaten is divided into the Kecamatans (districts) Pulau-Pulau Wetar , Pulau-Pulau Terselatan , Leti Moa Lakor , Pulau Lakor , Pulau Moa , Damar ( Damer ), Mdona Hiera ( Mdona Hyera ), Pulau-Pulau Babar and Babar Timur ( East Babar ).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Badan Pusat Statistics Maluku Tenggara Barat, Hasil Sensus Penduduk 2010 Agregat Data per Kecamatan Kabupaten Maluku Barat Daya ( Memento from November 13, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ^ A b Antara news, September 17, 2009, News feature: harmonious relations among Kisar, Timor Leste people
  3. ↑ Undang Undang Republic of Indonesia nomor 31 tahun 2008 tentang Pembentukan Kabupaten Maluku Barat Daya Di Provinsi Maluku ( Memento of the original from July 21, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ( Law of the Republic of Indonesia No. 31 of 2008 on the establishment of Southwest Maluku District in Maluku Province ) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.djpp.kemenkumham.go.id
  4. ↑ Penduduk Indonesia menurut desa 2010 ( Memento from March 27, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (Indonesian; PDF; 6.0 MB), accessed on March 23, 2013
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