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Central Maluku Regency

Coordinates: 3°17′30″S 128°58′03″E / 3.29167°S 128.96750°E / -3.29167; 128.96750
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Central Maluku Regency
Kabupaten Maluku Tengah
Coat of arms of Central Maluku Regency
Motto(s): 
Pamahanunusa
(Building the Homeland and the Nation)
Location within Maluku
Location within Maluku
Central Maluku Regency is located in Seram Island
Central Maluku Regency
Central Maluku Regency
Location in Seram, Maluku and Indonesia
Central Maluku Regency is located in Maluku
Central Maluku Regency
Central Maluku Regency
Central Maluku Regency (Maluku)
Central Maluku Regency is located in Indonesia
Central Maluku Regency
Central Maluku Regency
Central Maluku Regency (Indonesia)
Coordinates: 3°17′30″S 128°58′03″E / 3.29167°S 128.96750°E / -3.29167; 128.96750
CountryIndonesia
ProvinceMaluku
CapitalMasohi
Government
 • RegentTuasikal Abua
 • Vice RegentMarlatu L. Leleury
Area
 • Total11,595.57 km2 (4,477.07 sq mi)
Population
 (mid 2023 estimate)[1]
 • Total430,798
 • Density37/km2 (96/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+9 (IEST)
Area code(+62) 914
Websitemaltengkab.go.id

Central Maluku Regency (Indonesian: Kabupaten Maluku Tengah) is a regency of Maluku Province of Indonesia. The Regency covers an area of 11,595.57 km2, and had a population of 361,698 at the 2010 Census,[2] and 423,094 at the 2020 Census.[3] The official estimate as at mid 2023 was 430,798.[1] The principal town lies at Masohi, on Seram Island. The regency (kebupaten) is composed of the central part of the island of Seram, the Banda Islands, and the Lease Islands (Saparua, Haruku, and Nusa Laut), together with those parts of Ambon Island which are outside the City of Ambon.

This regency is the largest in area among Malukan regencies.

Geography

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Central Maluku Regency is one of the regencies in Maluku Province. It is mainly located in the central part of Seram Island (between West Seram Regency in the west and East Seram Regency in the east, both of which were separated from Central Maluku Regency on 18 December 2003), but it also includes a number of islands to the south, chiefly Ambon Island (site of the provincial capital of the same name, but excluding the City of Ambon itself), the Lease Islands to the east of Ambon, and the Banda Islands much further to the south. The total area of Central Maluku Regency is approx 275,907 km2, which consists of a sea area of 264,311.43 km2 and a land area of 11,595.57 km2.

Climate

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The Central Maluku region experiences a tropical marine climate and a monsoon climate. This is because Central Maluku is surrounded by vast seas, so that the tropical marine climate in this area is in rhythm with the existing seasonal climate. The following climatological conditions can describe the climatic conditions in Central Maluku Regency in general: The average temperature recorded in 2009 in Amahai District was 26.30C, where the maximum average temperature was 30.40C and the minimum average was 23.30C. The average amount of rainfall in 2009 was 185.1 mm with an average number of rainy days of 18.1 days. The average sun irradiation in 2009 was 65.9% with an average air pressure of 1,011.2 millibars and an average relative humidity of 84.9%.

Administration

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The regency is divided into eighteen districts (kecamatan), tabulated below with their areas (in km2) and their populations at the 2010 Census[2] and the 2020 Census,[3] together with the official estimates as at mid 2023.[1] The table also includes the locations of the district administrative centres, the number of administrative villages in each district (a total of 186 rural desa and 6 urban kelurahan), and its post code.

Kode
Wilayah
Name of
District
(kecamatan)
English
name
Admin
Centre
Area
in
km2
Pop'n
Census
2010
Pop'n
Census
2020
Pop'n
Estimate
mid 2023
No.
of
villages
Post
code
81.01.15 Leihitu (a) Hila 147.63 46,978 53,728 54,864 11 97580
81.01.22 Leihitu Barat West Leihitu Larike 84.47 16,678 19,543 19,724 5 97581
81.01.14 Salahutu Tulehu 151.82 46,703 54,798 54,166 6 97582
(totals on Ambon Island) 383.92 110,359 128,069 128,754 22
81.01.13 Pulau Haruku Haruku Island Pelauw 150.00 24,207 27,390 26,551 11 97583
81.01.12 Saparua Kota Saparua 79.90 32,475 18,402 17,548 7 97584
81.01.26 Saparua Timur East Saparua Tuhaha 96.60 (b) 17,620 16,912 10 97585
81.01.16 Nusa Laut Nusa Laut
Island
Ameth 32.50 5,322 5,780 5,437 7 97518
(totals on
Lease Islands
)
359.00 62,004 69,192 66,448 35
81.01.01 Amahai Amahai 1,619.07 38,932 50,028 50,478 (c) 15 97516
81.01.17 Kota Masohi Masohi Town Masohi 37.30 31,480 36,433 36,533 (d) 5 97511
-97515
81.01.06 Seram Utara North Seram Wahai 7,173.46 39,249 19,681 21,697 (e) 20 97531
81.01.20 Seram Utara
Barat (f)
Northwest
Seram
Pasanea 705.48 9,260 12,024 12,752 13 97532
81.01.25 Seram Utara
Timur Kobi
Northeast
Seram Kobi
Kobi 280.65 (g) 12,682 13,558 12 97533
81.01.24 Seram Utara
Timur Seti
Northeast
Seram Seti
Kobisonta 186.19 (g) 14,975 16,279 12 97534
81.01.11 Tehoru Tehoru 405.72 28,191 22,486 24,276 10 97519
81.01.21 Teluk Elpaputih Elpaputih Bay Sahulau 120.00 10,822 9,166 10,069 4 97517
81.01.23 Telutih Laimu 128.50 (h) 12,838 13,630 10 97510
81.01.02 Teon Nila Serua Waipia 24.28 12,857 14,594 14,422 16 97535
(totals on Seram Island) 10,680.65 170,791 204,907 213,694 117
81.01.09 Banda Banda Islands Nusantara 172.00 18,544 20,924 21,902 18 97586

Notes: (a) including the small offshore islands of Ela, Hatala and Lain off the northwest corner of Ambon Island.
(b) 2010 population figure for Saparua Timur is included in that for Saparua.
(c) comprises the kelurahan of Hollo (with 1,745 inhabitants in mid 2022) and 14 desa including Haruru (9,456), Sepa (8,544), Tamilouw (7,917), Soahuku (4,791), Makariki (4,128) and Amahai (3,664).
(d) comprises the five kelurahan (with 2020 Census populations) of Ampera (6,385), Lesane (4,493), Letwaru (6,412), Namaelo (15,280) and Namasina (3,863).[3]
(e) the major desa (with mid 2022 populations) are Wahai, the admin centre (5,988), Sawai (3,792), Manusela (2,196), Pasahari (1,586) and Malaku (1,426).
(f) includes Pulau Besar (on which the admin centre Pasanea is located) and smaller islands (a total of 4.6 km2 with 1,040 inhabitants in mid 2022) off the north coast of Seram.
(g) 2010 population figures for Seram Utara Timur Kobi and Seram Utara Timur Seti are included in that for Seram Utara. (h) 2010 population figure for Telutih is included in that for Tehoru.

Villages

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References

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  1. ^ a b c Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2024, Kabupaten Maluku Tengah Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.8101)
  2. ^ a b Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.
  3. ^ a b c Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.
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