Kupang Regency is a regency in East Nusa Tenggara province of Indonesia. It occupies the far western end of Timor Island (apart from the area of Kupang city, which has been administratively separated from the Regency since 11 April 1996), together with the smaller island of Semau (off the southwestern tip of Timor) and other minor offshore islands (of which Kera is the only inhabited). Other islands further to the southwest and west which were formerly part of Kupang Regency have been separated administratively - the Rote Islands Group on 10 April 2002 (to form Rote Ndao Regency), and the Savu Islands on 29 October 2008 (to form Sabu Raijua Regency).

Kupang Regency
Kabupaten Kupang
Official seal of Kupang Regency
Location within East Nusa Tenggara
Location within East Nusa Tenggara
Kupang Regency is located in Timor
Kupang Regency
Kupang Regency
Kupang Regency is located in Lesser Sunda Islands
Kupang Regency
Kupang Regency
Kupang Regency (Lesser Sunda Islands)
Kupang Regency is located in Indonesia
Kupang Regency
Kupang Regency
Kupang Regency (Indonesia)
Coordinates: 10°18′S 123°43′E / 10.300°S 123.717°E / -10.300; 123.717
Country Indonesia
RegionLesser Sunda Islands
Province East Nusa Tenggara
CapitalOelamasi [id]
Government
 • RegentKorinus Masneno
 • Vice RegentJerry Manafe
Area
 • Total2,045.62 sq mi (5,298.13 km2)
Population
 (mid 2023 estimate)
 • Total379,464
 • Density190/sq mi (72/km2)
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Time zoneUTC+8 (ICST)
Area code(+62) 380
Website

The residual regency covers an area of 5,298.13 km2 (2,045.62 sq. miles); it had a population of 304,548 at the 2010 Census and 366,383 at the 2020 Census; the official estimate as at mid 2023 was 376,837 (comprising 190,886 males and 185,951 females).[1] The capital of Kupang Regency is at Oelamasi.[2]

Administration

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The regency is divided into twenty-four districts (kecamatan), tabulated below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 Census[3] and the 2020 Census,[4] 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 (totaling 160 rural desa and 17 urban kelurahan), and its post code.

Kode
Wilayah
Name of
District
(kecamatan)
English name Area
in
km2
Pop'n
Census
2010
Pop'n
Census
2020
Pop'n
Estimate
mid 2023
Admin
centre
No.
of
desa
No.
of
kelurahan
Post
code
53.01.04 Semau Semau Island (North) 143.42 6,688 7,614 7,697 Uitao 8 - 85352
53.01.23 Semau Selatan Semau Island (South) 153.00 4,731 5,396 5,458 Akle 6 - 85353
Totals Semau Island Semau Island 296.42 11,419 13,010 13,155 14 -
53.01.05 Kupang Barat West Kupang 149.72 15,417 18,270 18,692 Batakte 10 2 85351
53.01.16 Nekamese 128.40 9,010 11,524 12,061 Oemasi 11 - 85390
53.01.08 Kupang Tengah Central Kupang 88.64 33,805 45,709 48,635 Tarus 7 1 85361
53.01.24 Taebenu 106.42 14,594 18,166 18,859 Baumata 8 - 85360
53.01.09 Amarasi 154.90 15,279 17,881 18,226 Oekabiti 8 1 85367
53.01.17 Amarasi Barat West Amarasi 246.47 14,375 16,846 17,178 Teunbaun 7 1 85376
53.01.18 Amarasi Selatan South Amarasi 172.71 10,276 11,839 12,011 Buraen 3 2 85377
53.01.19 Amarasi Timur East Amarasi 162.92 7,054 8,935 9,324 Pakubaun 4 - 85378
53.01.06 Kupang Timur East Kupang 338.60 40,525 51,032 53,164 Babau 8 5 85362
53.01.20 Amabi Oefeto Timur East Amabi Oefeto 236.72 13,059 13,277 12,978 Oemofa 10 - 85363
53.01.25 Amabi Oefeto Amabi Oefeto 123.90 7,747 8,611 8,643 Fatuknutu 7 - 85362
& 85363
53.01.07 Sulamu 141.18 14,280 17,394 17,941 Sulamu 6 1 85368
53.01.10 Fatuleu 351.52 23,007 26,849 27,343 Camplong 9 1 85371
53.01.27 Fatuleu Barat West Fatuleu 496.47 8,399 9,070 9,026 Poto 5 - 85323
53.01.28 Fatuleu Tengah Central Fatuleu 107.85 4,885 5,736 5,852 Oelbiteno 4 - 85320
53.01.11 Takari 508.13 20,262 24,566 25,304 Takari 9 1 85369
53.01.12 Amfoang Selatan South Amfoang 305.09 8,628 10,003 10,167 Lelogama 6 1 85373
53.01.21 Amfoang Barat Daya Southwest A167mfoang 167.61 4,263 5,075 5,199 Manubelon 4 - 85364
53.01.13 Amfoang Utara North Amfoang 428.59 7,004 8,091 8,215 Soliu 5 1 85365
53.01.22 Amfoang Barat Laut Northwest Amfoang 133.24 8,762 10,376 10,613 Nunuanah 6 - 85372
53.01.26 Amfoang Timur East Amfoang 174.21 7,101 7,713 7,689 Fatumonas 5 - 85375
53.01.30 Amfoang Tengah Central Amfoang 278,42 5,397 6,410 6,562 Naikliu 4 - 85374
Totals 5,298.13 304,548 366,383 376,837 Oelamasi 160 17

References

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  1. ^ a b c Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2024, Kabupaten Kupang Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.5301)
  2. ^ Government of Indonesia (9 August 1958), Establishment of the Second-level Administrative Regions under the First-level Administrative Region of Bali, West Nusa Tenggara and East Nusa Tenggara (in Indonesian), Indonesia Ministry of Law and Justice, UU No. 69/1958
  3. ^ Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.
  4. ^ Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.
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