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	1,648.04 km2 (636.31 sq mi)
Population  (mid 2022 estimate)[1]
• Total	119,353
• Density	72/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 1,648.04 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 2022 was 119,353 (comprising 60,252 males and 59,101 females).^[1]

The capital is nominally at Pasarwajo, but the administrative centre is in the city of Baubau on the south-west of the island, although that city is administratively separate from the Regency.

Administration

At the time of the 2010 Census, the Buton Regency was divided into 21 districts (kecamatan), but in 2012 it was announced that the regency was to be split, with the southern seven districts split off to form a new Buton Selatan Regency, and seven other districts split off to form a new Buton Tengah Regency (although the latter does not contain any part of Buton Island and is situated entirely on Muna Island). This division was made effective in 2014.

The remaining seven districts are tabulated below with their areas, their populations at the 2010 Census^[2] and the 2020 Census,^[3] together with the official estimates as at mid 2022.^[1] The table also includes the locations of the district administrative centres, the number of villages in each district (totaling 83 rural desa and 12 urban kelurahan), and its post code.

Notes: (a) includes 6 small offshore islands. (b) including 1 kelurahan. (c) comprising 9 kelurahan and 13 desa.
(d) includes 5 small offshore islands. (e) including 2 kelurahan.

Climate

Buton regency has a tropical monsoon climate (Am) with moderate rainfall from July to October and heavy rainfall from November to June. The following climate data is for the town of Pasarwajo, the seat of the regency.