Melawi Regency is a regency of West Kalimantan province of Indonesia. It was created on 18 December 2003 from what was previously part of Sintang Regency. It covers an area of 10,640.8 km2, and had a population of 178,645 at the 2010 CensusBiro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011. and 234,541 at the 2020 Census;Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021. the official estimate as at mid 2025 was 220,511 (comprising 113,811 males and 106,700 females);Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 27 February 2026, Kabupaten Sintang Dalam Angka 2026 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.6107) however this would represent a significant drop since the 2020 Census that is not evidenced elsewhere, and in fact the same document elsewhere states that "the population of Melawi Regency in 2025 is 246,920 people, with the distribution of the population still concentrated in Nanga Pinoh District, which is 24.67% or 60,927 people". The principal town lies at Nanga Pinoh.
Administrative districts When Melawi Regency was established, it originally composed into seven administrative districts (kecamatan). In 2007, four new districts were created (Tanah Pinoh Barat was split off from the western part of Tanah Pinoh, Pinoh Utara and Pinoh Selatan were split off from the northern and southern parts of Nanga Pinoh, respectively, and Belimbing Hulu was split off from the southern part of Belimbing).
Melawi Regency consists of eleven districts (kecamatan), tabulated below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 CensusBiro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011. and the 2020 Census,Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021. together with the official estimates as at mid 2025.Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 27 February 2026, Kabupaten Sintang Dalam Angka 2026 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.6107) The table also includes the locations of the district administrative centres, the number of administrative villages (all classed as rural desa) in each district, and its post code.
Kode Wilayah Name ofDistrict(kecamatan) Area inkm2 Pop'nCensus2010 Pop'nCensus2020 Pop'nEstimatemid 2025 Admincentre No. ofvillages Postcode 61.10.07 Sokan 1,577.214,77318,71016,852Nanga Sokan1879675 61.10.06 Tanah Pinoh 739.314,17818,65717,812Kota Baru1279674 61.10.11 Tanah Pinoh Barat (West Tanah Pinoh) 829.011,43314,86713,510Ulak Muid1079676 61.10.05 Sayan1,166.315,63919,31118,537Nanga Sayan1879673 61.10.01 Belimbing 1,238.020,19124,38625,088Pemuar1779671 61.10.10 Belimbing Hulu (Upper Belimbing) 454.08,68710,81810,843Tiong Keranjik879670 61.10.02 Nanga Pinoh 617.239,60454,42453,301Nanga Pinoh1779672 61.10.09 Pinoh Selatan (South Pinoh) 931.09,97412,02811,604Manggala1279677 61.10.08 Pinoh Utara (North Pinoh) 890.011,50115,23014,489Tekelak1979678 61.10.03 Ella Hilir (Lower Ella) 1,136.715,28018,84818,888Nanga Ella Hilir1979681 61.10.04 Menukung 1,062.117,38520,99119,587Menukung Kota1979682 Totals 10,640.8178,645234,541220,511Nanga Pinoh169
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