Central Buton Regency

Central Buton Regency (Kabupaten Buton Tengah) is a new regency of Southeast Sulawesi established by separation from Buton Regency under Act No.15 of 2014, dated 23 July 2014. It covers an area of 837.16 km2 comprising the southern parts of Muna Island and Kabaena Island, together with several small offshore islands adjacent to these two main islands, but with no territory located on Buton Island (the title is thus a misnomer). It had a population of 86,112 at the 2010 Census and 114,773 at the 2020 Census; the official estimate as at mid 2023 was 121,369. The administrative centre lies at Labungkari in Lakudo District.

Administrative districts
The Central Buton Regency is divided into seven districts (kecamatan), tabulated below with their areas and 2010 and 2020 Census populations, together with the official estimates as at mid 2023. The table also includes the location of the administrative centre of each district, the number of administrative villages in each district (totaling 67 rural desa and 10 urban kelurahan), the number of small offshore islands in each district, and its post code.

The new Regency thus comprises six districts in the southern part of Muna Island together with one district (Talaga Raya) in the southern part of Kabaena Island. It notably does not contain any portion of Buton Island.

Note: (a) includes 2 kelurahan (Mawasangka and Watolo). (b) includes one kelurahan (Lakorua). (c) includes 3 kelurahan (Boneoge, Gu Timur and Lakudo). (d) includes 2 kelurahan (Bombonawulu and Watulea). (e) includes one kelurahan (Tolandona). (f) Talaga Raya District comprises the southern part of Kabaena Island together with two smaller islands off its south-east coast - Talaga Besar (Great Talaga) and Talaga Kecil (Little Talaga); over 60% of the district's population inhabit Talaga Kecil, which contained 7,836 inhabitants (at the 2020 Census) in its area of 3.29 km2. (g) includes one kelurahan (Talaga I).