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Belu Regency
Kabupaten Belu Rai Belu | |
|---|---|
 Coat of arms | |
| Nickname: Belu | |
 Location within East Nusa Tenggara | |
  Belu Regency  Belu Regency Belu Regency (Lesser Sunda Islands)  Belu Regency Belu Regency (Indonesia) | |
| Coordinates: 9°20′45″S 124°57′2″E / 9.34583°S 124.95056°E | |
| Country |  Indonesia |
| Region | Lesser Sunda Islands |
| Province |  East Nusa Tenggara |
| Settled | 20 December 1956 |
| Capital | Atambua |
| Government | |
| • Regent | Willy Lay |
| • Vice Regent | J. T. Ose Luan |
| Area | |
| • Total | 496.12 sq mi (1,284.94 km2) |
| Elevation | 1,230 ft (375 m) |
| Population (mid 2023 estimate)[1] | |
| • Total | 231,008 |
| • Density | 470/sq mi (180/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (ICST) |
| Postcodes | 856xx, 857xx |
| Area code | (+62) 389 |
| Religion | Christianity 95.45% — Catholic 88.39% — Protestant 7.10% Islam 4.30% Hindu 0.19% Buddhism 0.02%[2] |
| Website | belukab |
Belu Regency is a regency in East Nusa Tenggara province of Indonesia. Situated on the north side of Timor island, it adjoins the North Central Timor Regency to the west and the separate nation of East Timor to the east. Established on 20 December 1958,[3] Belu Regency has its seat (capital) in the large town of Atambua.
In December 2012 a separate Regency - Malaka Regency - was created from the twelve districts that formerly comprised the southern half of Belu Regency. "Belu" means "friend" in the indigenous language of Tetum. The residual part of Belu Regency had a population of 188,163 at the 2010 Census,[4] which rose to 206,476 at the 2015 Intermediate Census[5] and to 217,973 at the 2020 Census.[6] The official estimate as at mid 2023 was 231,008 (comprising 115,654 males and 115,354 females).[1]
- ^ a b Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2024, Kabupaten Belu Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.5304)
- ^ "Kabupaten Belu Dalam Angka 2019". www.belukab.bps.go.id (in Indonesian). Retrieved 13 February 2020.
- ^ 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 ed.), Indonesia Ministry of Law and Justice, UU No. 69/1958, retrieved 24 August 2007[permanent dead link]
- ^ Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.
- ^ Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2018.
- ^ Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.
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