Central Buton Regency () is a regency of Southeast Sulawesi established by separation of Buton Regency in 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 CensusBiro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011. and 114,773 at the 2020 Census;Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021. the official estimate as at mid 2025 was 123,759 (comprising 60,480 males and 63,279 females).Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 27 February 2026, Kabupaten Buton Tengah Dalam Angka 2026 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.7414) 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 2010Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011. and 2020 CensusBadan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021. populations, together with the official estimates as at mid 2025.Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 27 February 2026, Kabupaten Buton Tengah Dalam Angka 2026 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.7414) 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.
Kode Wilayah Name ofDistrict(kecamatan) Area in km2 Pop'nCensus2010 Pop'nCensus2020 Pop'nEstimatemid 2025 AdmincentreNo.ofvillagesNo.ofislandsPostcode 74.14.04 Mawasangka 229.0222,05428,98532,728Mawasangka19 (a) 193762 74.14.03 Mawasangka Tengah (Central Mawasangka) 121.999,14712,71714,879Lanto10 (b) 693764 74.14.02 Mawasangka Timur (East Mawasangka) 93.354,8396,1306,709Lasori8693765 74.14.01 Lakudo 204.3020,21026,55627,898Lakudo15 (c) 393763 74.14.06 Gu 93.1015,83621,54021,656Watulea12 (d) -93761 74.14.07 Sangia Wambulu 5.915,0035,9035,894Tolandona6 (e) -93760 74.14.05 Talaga Raya (f) 89.499,02312,94213,995Talaga Satu7 (g) 593766 Totals 837.1686,112114,773123,759 7721
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).
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