Badung Regency

Badung Regency Kabupaten Badung ᬓᬩᬸᬧᬢᬾᬦ᭄ᬩᬤᬸᬂ
Regency
Seal
Motto:  Çura Dharma Raksaka
Location within Bali
Coordinates: 8°35′0″S 115°11′0″E / 8.58333°S 115.18333°E / -8.58333; 115.18333
Country	Indonesia
Province	Bali
Capital	Mangupura
Government
• Regent	I Nyoman Giri Prasta
Area
• Total	418.52 km2 (161.59 sq mi)
Population  (mid 2022 estimate)[1]
• Total	549,527
• Density	1,300/km2 (3,400/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (ICST)
Area code	(+62) 361
Website	badungkab.go.id

Badung is a regency of Bali, Indonesia. Its regency seat is in the upland town of Mangupura. It covers districts to the west of the provincial capital of Denpasar, and it has a land area of 418.52 km².

The regency had a population of 543,332 at the 2010 Census^[2] and 548,191 at the 2020 Census.;^[3] the official estimate as at mid 2022 was 549,527 (comprising 275,168 males and 274,359 females).^[1] It had undergone a population boom in recent decades (although not subsequent to 2010), and had grown into the largest of the suburban regions of Greater Denpasar (Sarbagita). It covers Bali's most heavily populated tourist regions, including Kuta, Legian, Seminyak, Jimbaran, Nusa Dua, Canggu, Uluwatu, Badung, and Mengwi. The northern part of the regency is relatively unpopulated, but the part near the coast and west of Denpasar from Jimbaran and up to Canggu is heavily populated. Ngurah Rai International Airport is located within the Regency.