Kolaka Regency

Kolaka Regency Kabupaten Kolaka
Regency
Seal
Motto:  Sanggae Olutomu Pekiki Inesamba
Location within Southeast Sulawesi
Kolaka Regency Location in Sulawesi and Indonesia Kolaka Regency Kolaka Regency (Indonesia)
Coordinates: 4°02′57″S 121°36′59″E
Country	Indonesia
Province	Southeast Sulawesi
Capital	Kolaka
Government
• Regent	Ahmad Safei
• Vice Regent	Muhammad Jayadin
Population  (2010)
• Total	314,812
Time zone	UTC+8 (ICST)
Area code	(+62) 405
Website	kolakakab.go.id

Kolaka Regency (Kabupaten Kolaka) is a regency of Southeast Sulawesi Province, Indonesia. The principal town lies at Kolaka.

On 14 December 2012, the Indonesian Parliament approved the establishment of a new East Kolaka Regency (Kabupaten Kolaka Timur), to be split off from the existing Kolaka Regency; the new regency - which came into effect in 2013 under Law No. 8 of 2013 - comprises nine districts.

Administration

The Kolaka Regency was until 2013 divided into twenty districts (kecamatan), tabulated below with their 2010 Census population. In 2013, the nine eastern kecamatan were removed to form the new Kolaka Timur (East Kolaka) Regency, leaving the eleven western kecamatan in Kolaka Regency.

Name	Population Census 2010
Watubangga	14,169
Tanggetada	13,310
Toari	8,925
Polinggona	6,497
Pomalaa	28,199
Wundulako	18,588
Baula	10,126
Kolaka	36,147
Latambaga	27,558
Wolo	24,253
Samaturu	21,045
Total for (reduced) Kolaka Regency	208,817