Buton Regency

Buton Regency Kabupaten Buton
Regency
Coat of arms
Location within Southeast Sulawesi
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Coordinates: 5°09′31″S 121°55′51″E / 5.15861°S 121.93083°E / -5.15861; 121.93083
Country	Indonesia
Province	Southeast Sulawesi
Capital	Pasarwajo
Government
• Regent	La Bakry
• Vice Regent	vacant
Area
• Total	1,647.87 km2 (636.25 sq mi)
Population  (mid 2023 estimate)[1]
• Total	120,873
• Density	73/km2 (190/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (ICST)
Area code	(+62) 402
Website	butonkab.go.id

Buton Regency (Kabupaten Buton) is a regency of Indonesia's Southeast Sulawesi Province, lying entirely on Buton Island. Until 2014 it had an area of 2,681.22 km², and a population estimated at 276,944 (for January 2014). However, in 2014 it was divided into three regencies, with two new regencies being cut out of it; the residual area now is 1,647.87 km², and the districts in that area contained a population of 94,388 at the 2010 Census^[2] while the 2020 Census produced a total of 115,207;^[3] the official estimate as at mid 2023 was 120,873^[1] The capital is nominally at Pasarwajo, but the regency's administration is actually undertaken in the city of Baubau on the south-west of the island, although that city is administratively separate from the Regency.