Lembata Regency
Lembata Regency
Kabupaten Lembata | |
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the peak of Mount Ile Lewotolok | |
Location within East Nusa Tenggara | |
Location in Lesser Sunda Islands and Indonesia | |
| Coordinates: 8°25′59″S 123°28′01″E / 8.4330°S 123.4670°E | |
| Country | Indonesia |
| Province | East Nusa Tenggara |
| Capital | Lewoleba |
| Government | |
| • Regent | Petrus Kanisius Tuaq |
| • Vice Regent | Muhamad Nasir |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,266.39 km2 (488.96 sq mi) |
| Population (mid 2024 estimate) | |
• Total | 143,345 |
| • Density | 110/km2 (290/sq mi) |
| Area code | (+62) 383 |
| Website | lembatakab |
Lembata Regency is a regency in East Nusa Tenggara province of Indonesia. Established on 4 October 1999 (under administrative Law UU 52/1999) from the most easterly part of East Flores Regency, the regency covers the island of Lembata (formerly known as Lomblen), together with three small offshore islands together forming the eastern part of the Solor Archipelago, and has its administrative seat (capital) in Lewoleba. The population of the Regency was 117,829 at the 2010 decennial census and at the 2020 census was 135,930; the official estimate as at mid 2024 was 143,345 (comprising 69,432 males and 73,913 females).