Central Halmahera Regency

Central Halmahera Regency (Indonesian: Kabupaten Halmahera Tengah; Indonesian pronunciation: [kabuˌpat̪ɛn halmaˌhera t̪əˈŋah]) is a regency of North Maluku Province, Indonesia. The regency was originally formed on 15 August 1990 from part of the former North Maluku Regency, but on 25 February 2003 more than three-quarters of the land area of the regency were split off to form a separate East Halmahera Regency and the city of Kota Tidore Kepulauan. The residual Central Halmahera Regency now comprises just the southern half of the southeastern peninsula of Halmahera Island, together with part (the northeastern corner) of the southern peninsula of that island. It is bordered to the north by the East Halmahera Regency, to the west by the city of Kota Tidore Kepulauan, and to the south by South Halmahera Regency and Wedu Bay (the latter being a vast inlet of the Halmahera Sea between the southeastern and southern peninsulas of Halmahera island. To the east it includes islands in the Halmahera Sea (notably the Gebe Islands), and has a maritime border with the Raja Ampat Regency of Southwest Papua Province. The regency can be divided geographically into a western sector (the five "Weda" districts) and an eastern sector (the four "Patani" districts plus the outlying island group - Pulau Gebe - to the southeast). These two sectors have no official status. The western sector covers a land area of 1,630.78 km2 with a population of 81,386 in mid 2025. The eastern sector covers a land area of 565.38 km2 with a population of 33,697 in mid 2025. The regency altogether covers a land area of 2,196.16 km2, together with a related sea area of 6,104.65 km2, to give a total of 8,300.81 km2; thus about 73% of the regency's area is sea. It had a population of 42,815 at the 2010...