Karimun Regency


The Karimun Regency is located in the Riau Islands Province, Indonesia. Besides the main island of Great Karimun, the regency also includes the island of Kundur and a number of smaller islands. The district covers a land area of 912.7 km2, and its population was 212,561 at the 2010 Census; the latest official estimate is 227,277.

Administration

As at 2010, the Regency is divided into nine districts – tabulated below with their areas and 2010 Census populations, together with the number of administrative villages in each:
NameArea
km2		Population
Census 2010		No. of
Villages		Post
Code
Moro235.817,5121229663
Durai36.95,821429665
Kundur130.433,8781629662
Kundur Utara
176.817,066529662
Kundur Barat
110.816,1461529662
Karimun36.042,591929661
Buru65.18,967429664
Meral67.544,6271629666
Tebing62.325,943629668

Note: 1 number remaining after splitting of that district.
Since 2010, three new districts have been created - Belat, Meral Barat and Ungar.

Demografics

Religion

Islam is the dominant religion in the regency, with 84.09% of the total population identify themselves as Muslim. Other religions are Buddhism, which forms 10.68% of the total population, Christianity, which forms 4.85% of the total population, Hinduism, which forms 0.01% of the total population and Confucianism, which forms 0.37% of the total population.