Sinjai Regency
Sinjai Regency
Kabupaten Sinjai | |
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Rice field in the village of Baru in Sinjai | |
Location within South Sulawesi | |
| Coordinates: 5°7′S 120°09′E / 5.117°S 120.150°E | |
| Country | Indonesia |
| Province | South Sulawesi |
| Capital | Sinjai |
| Government | |
| • Regent | Ratnawati Arif |
| • Vice Regent | Andi Mahyanto Mazda |
| Area | |
• Total | 819.96 km2 (316.59 sq mi) |
| Population (mid 2023 estimate) | |
• Total | 273,559 |
| • Density | 330/km2 (860/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (Indonesia Central Time) |
| Area code | (+62) 482 |
| Website | www |
Sinjai Regency is a regency of the South Sulawesi province of Indonesia. The regency, which is separated from the Bone Regency to its north by the River Tangka, covers an area of 819.96 km2. It had a population of 228,936 at the 2010 census and 259,478 at the 2020 census. The official estimate of population as of mid-2024 was 273,559 (comprising 135,661 males and 137,898 females). It includes the Nine Islands (Kepulauan Sembilan) in the Gulf of Bone off the east coast of the southern peninsula of Sulawesi; this archipelago forms an administrative district within the regency. The regency's principal town lies at Sinjai, a port situated on the east coast of that peninsula.