Administration
After the declaration of Indonesian independence in 1945, the eastern part of Indonesia declared the State of East Indonesia. The state was further included in the United States of Indonesia as part of the agreement with the Dutch contained in the transfer its sovereignty to Indonesia in 1949.
In 1950, United States of Indonesia dissolved itself into a unitary state and began to divide its region into provinces. In 1958, by Indonesian law (Undang-Undang) No. 64/1958, three provinces were established in the Lesser Sunda Islands, namely Bali, West Nusa Tenggara and East Nusa Tenggara. The area of East Nusa Tenggara province included the western part of Timor island, Flores, Sumba and other several small islands in the region. The province was further divided into twelve regencies.
Following the fall of Suharto regime in 1998 and the passage of a new regional autonomy law, there was a dramatic proliferation ( known as pemekaran in Indonesia) of regional governments across Indonesia (at both provincial and regency level). Several new regions were created in East Nusa Tenggara. In 1999, the new Lembata Regency was formed after the division of the East Flores Regency. In 2002, Rote and Ndao Islands were split off from Kupang Regency, to form a new Rote Ndao Regency. The following year, Manggarai Regency was split into two and a new West Manggarai Regency established. In 2007, the administration of East Nusa Tenggara province was expanded more by the establishment of four new regencies - Central Sumba, Southwest Sumba, Nagekeo and East Manggarai. Therefore, as of 2008, there were nineteen regencies and only one autonomous city (Kupang) in the province; a further regency - Sabu Raijua (comprising the Savu Islands group) - was formed in 2010 from part of the remaining Kupang Regency.
| Name | Est. | Statute | Area (km²) |
Population 2008 estimate |
Population 2010 Census |
Capital |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Manggarai Regency (Manggarai Barat) (includes Komodo and Rinca) |
2003 | UU 8/2003 | 2,947 | 206,367 | 221,430 | Labuan Bajo |
| Manggarai Regency | 1958 | UU 69/1958 | 1,687 | 512,065 | 292,037 | Ruteng |
| East Manggarai Regency (Manggarai Timur) |
2007 | UU 36/2007 | 2,502 | included with Manggarai |
252,754 | Borong |
| Ngada Regency | 1958 | UU 69/1958 | 1,621 | 133,406 | 142,254 | Bajawa |
| Nagekeo Regency | 2007 | UU 2/2007 | 1,417 | 124,992 | 129,956 | Mbay |
| Ende Regency | 1958 | UU 69/1958 | 2,047 | 238,127 | 260,428 | Ende |
| Sikka Regency | 1958 | UU 69/1958 | 1,732 | 278,628 | 300,301 | Maumere |
| East Flores Regency (Flores Timur, including Adonara and Solor) |
1958 | UU 69/1958 | 1,813 | 234,076 | 232,312 | Larantuka |
| Lembata Regency (Lomblen) |
1999 | UU 52/1999 | 1,267 | 106,312 | 117,638 | Lewoleba |
| Alor Regency (Alor Archipelago) |
1958 | UU 69/1958 | 2,865 | 180,487 | 190,253 | Kalabahi |
| Northern (Flores) group | 19,897 | 2,014,460 | 2,138,363 | |||
| West Sumba Regency (Sumba Barat) |
1958 | UU 69/1958 | 737 | 106,524 | 111,023 | Waikabubak |
| East Sumba Regency (Sumba Timur) |
1958 | UU 69/1958 | 7,000 | 228,351 | 227,835 | Waingapu |
| Central Sumba Regency (Sumba Tengah) |
2007 | UU 3/2007 | 1,869 | 60,173 | 62,510 | Waibakul |
| Southwest Sumba Regency (Sumba Barat Daya) |
2007 | UU 16/2007 | 1,445 | 261,211 | 283,818 | Tambolaka |
| Southwestern (Sumba) group | 11,052 | 656,259 | 685,186 | |||
| Sabu Raijua Regency | 2010 | 461 | included with Kupang Regency |
73,000 | West Savu | |
| Rote Ndao Regency | 2002 | UU 9/2002 | 1,280 | 114,236 | 119,711 | Baa |
| Kupang City | 160 | 292,922 | 335,585 | Kupang | ||
| Kupang Regency | 1958 | UU 69/1958 | 5,437 | 383,896 | 303,998 | Oelmasi |
| South Central Timor Regency | 1958 | UU 69/1958 | 3,947 | 417,942 | 440,470 | Soe |
| North Central Timor Regency | 1958 | UU 69/1958 | 2,670 | 213,153 | 229,603 | Kefamenanu |
| Belu Regency | 1958 | UU 69/1958 | 2,446 | 441,451 | 352,400 | Atambua |
| Southeastern (Timor) group | 16,401 | 1,863,600 | 1,854,767 |
Maps of regencies (kabupaten)
Further details of each regency (kabupaten) are provided by the NTT provincial government in a useful set of maps.
Governors of the Province
- Brigjen J. Lala Mentik (1960–1965)
- El Tari (1966–1978)
- Brigjen Ben Mboi (1978–1988)
- Hendrik Fernandez (1988–1993)
- Brigjen Herman Musakabe (1993–1998)
- Piet Alexander Tallo (1998–2008)
- Frans Lebu Raya (2008–present)
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