Sikka is a regency within East Nusa Tenggara province, Indonesia, on the island of Flores.[2] It is bordered to the west by Ende Regency and to the east by East Flores Regency. It covers an area of 1,675.36 km2 and had a population of 300,301 at the 2010 census[3] and 321,953 at the 2020 Census;[4] the official estimate as at mid 2023 was 335,360 - comprising 163,060 males and 172,300 females).[1] The capital is the town of Maumere, which comprises the districts of Alok Barat, Alok and Alok Timur (although the last two also include a number of notable islands to the north of Flores).
Administrative divisions
The regency is divided into twenty-one districts (kecamatan), tabulated below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 census[3] and the 2020 census,[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 (totaling 147 rural desa and 13 urban kelurahan - the latter all in the three "Alok" districts which compose Maumere town), and its post code.
Notes: (a) Palu'e is an island district, situated off the north coast of Flores.
(b) includes the offshore islands of Pulau Pemana Besar and Pulau Pemana Kecil (with a combined population of 4,268 in mid 2021) and, further north, Pulau Sukun or Samparong (with a population of 1,532 in mid 2021).
(c) comprises 4 kelurahan and 3 desa.
(d) all kelurahan.
(e) includes the offshore islands of Pulau Koja or Pulau Besar (with 2,960 inhabitants in mid 2021), Pulau Parumaan (with 1,816 inhabitants in mid 2021 - including Pulau Pangabatan, Pulau Mermaan and Pulau Damhila), and nearby Pulau Babi.
(f) comprising 5 kelurahan and 5 desa.
A small Sikka region (non administrative) called Iwangeté or Iwang Geté encompasses the villages of
Watublapi (Hewokloang district),[5]
Héwokloang,
Kloangpopot (Doreng district),[6][7]
Hale (Mapitara district), and
Hebingare (and quite a few others in between). Krowe is another name for this area, although neither names are quite accurate. People of this area produce a very distinctive ikat cloth: the widest bands (called ina geté) bear such motifs as lizard (teké), a circular motif seen on some antique plates (pigan uben), spinning wheel (jata selér) and pineapple flower (petan puhun).[8]
Politics
Paulus Moa was Regent of Sikka for a few years between 2002 and 2006.
