North Kolaka Regency
Kabupaten Kolaka Utara
Regency
Official seal of North Kolaka Regency
Seal
Location within Southeast Sulawesi
Location within Southeast Sulawesi
North Kolaka Regency is located in Sulawesi
North Kolaka Regency
North Kolaka Regency
Location in Sulawesi and Indonesia
North Kolaka Regency is located in Indonesia
North Kolaka Regency
North Kolaka Regency
North Kolaka Regency (Indonesia)
Coordinates: 3°20′14″S 121°02′38″E / 3.33722°S 121.04389°E / -3.33722; 121.04389
CountryIndonesia
ProvinceSoutheast Sulawesi
Anniversary7 January 2004
CapitalLasusua
Government
 • RegentNur Rahman Umar
 • Vice RegentAbass
Area
 • Total2,924.46 km2 (1,129.14 sq mi)
Population
 (mid 2022 estimate)[1]
 • Total141,151
 • Density48/km2 (130/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (ICST)
Area code(+62) 405
Websitekolutkab.go.id

North Kolaka Regency is a regency in the northwest part of Southeast Sulawesi province of Indonesia. It covers an area of 2,924.46 km2,[2] and had a population of 121,476 at the 2010 Census,[3] and 137,700 at the 2020 Census;[4] the official estimate as at mid 2022 was 141,151 - comprising 72,089 males and 69,062 females.[1] The principal town lies at Lasusua.

Administration

The North Kolaka Regency is divided into fifteen districts (kecamatan), tabulated below from south to north, with their areas (as given by the regency BPS) and their populations at the 2010 Census[3] and the 2020 Census,[4] together with the official estimates as at mid 2022.[1] The table also includes the location of the district administrative centres and the number of villages in each district (totalling 133 - comprising 127 rural desa and 6 urban kelurahan).

Kode
Wilayah		Name of
District
(kecamatan)		Area
in
km2		Pop'n
Census
2010		Pop'n
Census
2020		Pop'n
Estimate
mid 2022		Admin
centre		No.
of
villages
74.08.07Wawo260.965,6156,8057,052Wawo7
74.08.08Lambai97.975,3086,3706,589Lambai7
74.08.04Rante Angin83.355,3015,9516,077Rante Angin7 *
74.08.01Lasusua269.3221,75627,24928,418Lasusua12 *
74.08.13Katoi144.495,7636,9307,171Katoi6
74.08.05Kodeoha137.2610,64411,25911,385Mala-Mala12 *
74.08.14Tiwu35.474,0424,5534,652Tiwu7
74.08.06Ngapa222.7117,35517,28417,341Lapai12 *
74.08.09Watunohu33.406,2126,7136,804Watunohu8
74.08.02Pakue150.689,34510,30110,481Olo-Oloho11 *
74.08.10Pakue Tengah
(Central Pakue)		174.476,1327,4897,773Latali10
74.08.11Pakue Utara
(North Pakue)		223.806,9668,0488,264Pakue9
74.08.03Batu Putih236.567,3728,5128,739Batu Putih11 *
74.08.12Porehu571.606,9366,7046,733Porehu8
74.08.15Tolala282.422,5933,4913,692Tolala6
Totals2,924.46121,476137,659141,151Lasusua133

Note that an asterisk in the final column indicates the number includes one kelurahan (in each case with the same name as the district administrative centre).

Climate

Lasusua, the seat of the regency has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) with moderate rainfall in October and November and heavy to very heavy rainfall in the remaining months.

Climate data for Lasusua
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 30.6
(87.1)		 30.7
(87.3)		 30.9
(87.6)		 31.1
(88.0)		 30.9
(87.6)		 30.2
(86.4)		 30.0
(86.0)		 30.8
(87.4)		 31.5
(88.7)		 32.3
(90.1)		 31.9
(89.4)		 31.1
(88.0)		 31.0
(87.8)
Daily mean °C (°F) 26.8
(80.2)		 27.0
(80.6)		 27.1
(80.8)		 27.2
(81.0)		 27.2
(81.0)		 26.4
(79.5)		 26.0
(78.8)		 26.3
(79.3)		 26.8
(80.2)		 27.4
(81.3)		 27.6
(81.7)		 27.2
(81.0)		 26.9
(80.5)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 23.1
(73.6)		 23.3
(73.9)		 23.3
(73.9)		 23.3
(73.9)		 23.5
(74.3)		 22.7
(72.9)		 22.0
(71.6)		 21.9
(71.4)		 22.1
(71.8)		 22.6
(72.7)		 23.3
(73.9)		 23.3
(73.9)		 22.9
(73.1)
Average rainfall mm (inches) 158
(6.2)		 169
(6.7)		 191
(7.5)		 238
(9.4)		 361
(14.2)		 298
(11.7)		 228
(9.0)		 192
(7.6)		 177
(7.0)		 123
(4.8)		 118
(4.6)		 137
(5.4)		 2,390
(94.1)
Source: Climate-Data.org[5]

Villages

References

  1. 1 2 3 Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2023, Kabupaten Kolaka Utara Dalam Angka 2023 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.7408)
  2. ↑ This is the figure recorded by the regency BPS; the figure quoted by the province BPS is 3,391.67 km2.
  3. 1 2 Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.
  4. 1 2 Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.
  5. ↑ "Climate: Lasusua". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 22 November 2020.

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