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Rote Ndao Regency

Coordinates: 10°28′00″S 123°23′00″E / 10.4667°S 123.3833°E / -10.4667; 123.3833
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Rote Ndao Regency
Kabupaten Rote Ndao
Regency
Ba'a, regency seat of Rote Ndao from above
Ba'a, regency seat of Rote Ndao from above
Coat of arms of Rote Ndao Regency
Coat of arms
Location within East Nusa Tenggara
Location within East Nusa Tenggara
Rote Ndao Regency is located in Lesser Sunda Islands
Rote Ndao Regency
Rote Ndao Regency
Rote Ndao Regency is located in Indonesia
Rote Ndao Regency
Rote Ndao Regency
Rote Ndao Regency (Indonesia)
Coordinates: 10°28′00″S 123°23′00″E / 10.4667°S 123.3833°E / -10.4667; 123.3833
Country Indonesia
RegionLesser Sunda Islands
Province East Nusa Tenggara
CapitalBaa
Government
 • RegentLeonard Haning
 • Vice RegentJonas. C. Lun
Area
 • Land482.38 sq mi (1,249.35 km2)
Population
 (mid 2023 estimate)[1]
 • Total
150,647
Area code(+62) 380
HDI (2020)Increase 0.627 (Medium)[2]
Websiterotendaokab.go.id

Rote Ndao Regency is a regency in East Nusa Tenggara province of Indonesia, consisting primarily of the island of Rote, situated south-west of the western tip of West Timor with an area of 978.54 km2, together with minor offshore islands including Usu (19.4 km2), Ndana (13.83 km2), Ndao, Landu and Nuse; the total area including the minor offshore islands is 1,249.35 km2. The regency seat is in the village of Ba'a (or Baadale), which is situated in Lobalain District. The population of the Regency was 119,908 as of the 2010 census[3] and 143,764 at the 2020 Census;[4] the official estimate as at mid 2023 was 150,647.[1]

History

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Created under Law (Undang-Undang) RI No.9 of 2002, Rote Ndao Regency was established with effect from 10 April 2002; it was previously a part of Kupang Regency.[5]

In 1962, it was divided into 4 districts; West, East, South, and Central Rote. Later, in 1967 it was split into 8 districts to fulfill requirements to become an independent regency. This goal was finally realized in 2002 after central government was pressurised by around 300 cultural figures from 19 traditional regions in the area.[5]

Infrastructure

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There are 542.5 kilometres of road in the regency, from which 314.7 kilometres have been paved with asphalt as of 2020.[6] The regency is served by David Constantijn Saudale Airport with 1,200 metres of a single runway, located around 7 kilometres from the regency seat.[7]

There are four ports in the regency, the biggest and busiest being Ba'a Port, which handled 55% of the region's ship traffic in 2019.[6] Ba'a Port is also connected to president Joko Widodo's sea toll program route TL13 which aimed to reduce development and economic gap between isolated regions.[8][9] Government of Indonesia also constructed a laboratorium and quarantine facility in the port in 2019 as part of massive expansions of the port.[9]

The regency has one regional hospital owned by government of the regency, in addition to 12 puskesmas, 381 healthcare centers, 14 maternity cottages, and four pharmacies.[7] The regional hospital, Ba'a Regional Hospital is located on regency seat. It is classified as D class hospital by Indonesian Ministry of Health.[10] Education facilities in the regency consist of 65 kindergartens, 145 elementary schools, 53 junior highschools, 10 senior highschools, 5 vocational highschools, and one special education school. There's also one higher education institution, Nusa Lontar Rote University.[7][11]

There are exactly 456 Protestant churches, 13 Catholic churches, 11 mosques, and one Hindu temple.[6][7] As of 2020, most of the regency has access to 4G internet services and other telecommunication services.[12] The only fiber optic service provider in the regency is IndiHome, which is state-owned under Telkomsel.[13]

Economy

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Main economic activities in the region as of 2019 was agriculture.[6] There are 22,684 ha of paddy fields in the regency. 50.36% of the regency's workforce work on agriculture sector and contributes to 47.12% of regency's economy. Another important commodity is red onion, which the regency produced 34,257 quintals of it in 2019. Other commodities such as coconut and guava also exist, which the regency's produced 3,445 tons and 45 tons in order.[6] Mining and energy sector contributes around 12% to regency's economy as of 2019. Food processing industry also have established presence in the region and employed around 5,000 workers as of 2019.[6]

Tourism is a small but growing sector in the regency.[6] There were 21 homestays and 33 hotels in varying quality of service on the regency as of 2019.[6] In the same year, the regency was visited by exactly 4,988 tourists, whom more than half of it came from abroad. This was an increase from 2018, which the regency saw 3,861 tourists visiting the region.[6]

Economic growth was 5.23% in 2019, a slight decrease from previous year with 5.42%. The fastest growing sector was natural gas and energy with increase of 18% on the same year.[6][14] At the same time, unemployment rate was 2.03%.[14]

Geography

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The regency is surrounded by water, bordering the Savu Sea to the north, the Indian Ocean to the south and west, and the Pukuafu Strait to the east. It is composed of 107 islands, 8 of which are inhabited and 99 are uninhabited.[5] The topography varies from flat make up 35% of its territory to hills around 25%, from 0 to 1,500 metres above sea level. Around 60% of its territory are 200 metres above sea level.[5]

Administration

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This Regency was originally composed of six districts (kecamatan), but it later underwent re-organisation into eight districts, and in 2012 into ten districts; an eleventh district (Loaholu) has subsequently been added from the western part of Rote Barat Laut District. Their areas (in km2) and their 2010[3] and 2020 Census populations are listed below,[4] together with the official estimates as at mid 2023.[1] The table also includes the locations of the district administrative centres, the number of administrative villages in each district (in total, 112 rural desa and 7 urban kelurahan), and its postal codes.

Kode
Wilayah		 Name of
District
(kecamatan)		 English
name		 Area
in
km2		 Pop'n
Census
2010		 Pop'n
Census
2020		 Pop'n
Estimate
mid 2023		 Admin
centre		 No.
of
villages		 Post
codes
53.14.01 Rote Barat Daya (a) [15] Southwest
Rote Island		 114.57 19,737 24,309 25,647 Batutua 19 85982
53.14.02 Rote Barat Laut (b) [16] Northwest
Rote Island		 79.45 22,608 26,916 16,263 Busalangga 12 (c) 85981
53.14.11 Loaholu [17] 89.83 (d) (d) 11,856 Oelaba 10 85981
53.14.03 Lobalain [18] (Busalangga) 104.82 24,789 30,669 32,400 Ba'a 18 (e) 85912
- 85918
53.14.04 Rote Tengah [19] Middle Rote 176.10 8,058 8,984 9,208 Feapopi 8 (f) 85971
53.14.08 Rote Selatan [20] South Rote 73.03 5,173 6,015 6,241 Daleholu 7 85972
53.14.05 Pantai Baru [21] Baru Beach 176.18 12,397 14,476 15,038 Olafulihaa 15 (g) 85973
53.14.06 Rote Timur (h) [22] East Rote 110.84 12,093 14,343 14,937 Eahun 11 (i) 85975
53.14.10 Landu Leko [23] 194.06 4,540 5,247 5,464 Landu Leko 7 85974
53.14.07 Rote Barat [24] West Rote 116.28 7,426 9,113 9,710 Delha 7 85981
& 85982
53.14.09 Ndao Nuse (j) [25] 14.19 3,087 3,692 3,883 Ndao Nuse 5 85983
Totals 1,249.35 119,908 143,764 150,647 Ba'a 119

Notes: (a) including 36 offshore islands, the largest being Ndana, Landu and Nusa Manuk. (b) including 7 offshore islands. (c) including one kelurahan - Busalangga.
(d) the 2010 and 2020 Census populations of the new Loaholu District are included in the figures for Rote Barat Laut District, from which it was cut out.
(e) comprises 3 kelurahan (Metina, Mokdale and Namodale) and 15 desa. (f) including one kelurahan - Onatali.
(g) including one kelurahan - Olafulihaa. (h) including 45 offshore islands. (i) including one kelurahan - Serubeba.
(j) Ndao Nuse District comprises the offshore Ndao Island (with an area of 8.63 km2), Nuse Island (5.66 km2) and Do'o Island.

References

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  1. ^ a b c Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kabupaten Rote Ndao Dalam Angka 2024 (sum of returns from District Katalogs as referenced below)
  2. ^ "Ekonomi". Rote Ndao. Retrieved 2021-04-12.
  3. ^ a b Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.
  4. ^ a b Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.
  5. ^ a b c d "Profil Daerah | Rote Ndao". Retrieved 2021-04-12.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Kabupaten Rote Ndao Dalam Angka 2020" [Rote Ndao Regency Figures 2020] (PDF). rotendaokab.bps.go.id (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2021-04-12.
  7. ^ a b c d "Fasilitas | Rote Ndao". Retrieved 2021-04-12.
  8. ^ "Pengadaan.id | Pelabuhan Ba'a Rote Sebagai Bagian Tol Laut Masih Perlu Ditingkatkan Lagi". www.pengadaan.id. Retrieved 2021-04-12.
  9. ^ a b "Pelabuhan Ba'a Terus Berbenah | RoteOnline News • Media" (in Indonesian). 2019-11-19. Retrieved 2021-04-12.
  10. ^ "Informasi SDM Kesehatan Nasional". bppsdmk.kemkes.go.id. Retrieved 2021-04-12.
  11. ^ "Universitas Nusa Lontar Rote". www.unstarrote.ac.id. Retrieved 2021-04-12.
  12. ^ "Tak Perlu ke Pesisir Pantai, Kini Warga Desa Ndao Dapat Menikmati Jaringan Kuat Telkomsel Dari Rumah". Bali Tribune. 2020-11-14. Retrieved 2021-04-12.
  13. ^ "IndiHome Kini Hadir di Pulau Rote". Republika Online (in Indonesian). 2019-09-19. Retrieved 2021-04-12.
  14. ^ a b "Ekonomi | Rote Ndao". Retrieved 2021-04-12.
  15. ^ Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Rote Barat Daya Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.5314010).
  16. ^ Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Rote Barat Laut Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.5314020).
  17. ^ Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Loaholu Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.5314021).
  18. ^ Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Lobalain Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.5314030).
  19. ^ Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Rote Tengah Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.5314040).
  20. ^ Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Rote Selatan Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.5314041).
  21. ^ Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Pantai Baru Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.5314050).
  22. ^ Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Rote Timur Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.5314060).
  23. ^ Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Landu Leko Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.5314061).
  24. ^ Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Rote Barat Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.5314070).
  25. ^ Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, Kecamatan Ndao Nuse Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.5314071).

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