Muna Island

Muna
Native name:
Wuna (Witeno Wuna)
Muna is located in Sulawesi
Muna
Muna
Geography
LocationSouth East Asia
Coordinates5°00′S 122°30′E / 5.0°S 122.5°E / -5.0; 122.5
Area3,219.84 km2 (1,243.19 sq mi)
Highest elevation250 m (820 ft)
Highest pointUnnamed
Administration
Province Southeast Sulawesi
Largest settlementRaha (pop. 55,730)
Demographics
Population368,654 (2020)
Pop. density114.5/km2 (296.6/sq mi)
Ethnic groupsMuna people, Butonese people, Bugis, Javanese
Additional information
Time zone
Muna within the Buton Archipelago

Muna (Pulau Muna) is an island in the Southeast Sulawesi province of Indonesia with an area of 3,219.84 km2 (1,243.19 sq mi) and had a population of 316,293 at the 2010 Census[1] and 368,654 at the 2020 Census.[2] It is just southeast of the island of Sulawesi and west of Buton Island. It currently comprises most of three administrative regencies within the province: Muna Regency (Kabupaten Muna), West Muna Regency (Kabupaten Muna Barat), and Central Buton Regency (Kabupaten Buton Tengah).

Kabupaten Area
in
km2		 Pop'n
Census
2010 [3]		 Pop'n
Census
2020 [4]		 comprising
Muna Regency (part) 1,627.89 172,435 187,917 all districts except Towea (a group of islands north of Muna),
and Pasih Putih, Pasi Kolaga, Wakorumba Selatan, Batukara
and Maligano (five districts which lie on Buton Island)
West Muna
Regency (part)		 844.23 66,769 78,906 all districts except Tiworo Utara
(a group of islands northwest of Muna)
Central Buton
Regency (part)		 747.72 77,089 101,831 all districts except Talaga Raya
(which lies on Kabaena Island to the west)
Three men from the Island of Muna, on the left stands a nobleman and in the centre and to the right is a man from the Reha people

References

  1. ^ Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.
  2. ^ Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.
  3. ^ Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.
  4. ^ Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.