Sampang Regency (Madurese: Kabhupatèn Sâmpang) is a regency (Indonesian: kabupaten) of East Java province, Indonesia. It is situated on Madura Island, bordering on Pamekasan Regency to the east, the Java Sea to the north, Bangkalan Regency to the west, and Madura Strait to the south. It covers an area of 1,228.25 km2, and had a population of at the 2010 census 877,772 and at the 2020 census 969,694; the official estimate as of mid-2023 was 988,360 - comprising 488,900 males and 499,460 females. The administrative centre is the port of Sampang, on the south coast of Madura.
Administrative Districts
Sampang Regency consists of fourteen districts (Indonesian: kecamatan), tabulated below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 census and the 2020 census, together with the official estimates as at mid-2023. The table also includes the locations of the district administrative centres, the number of administrative villages in each district (totaling 180 rural desa and 6 urban kelurahan - the latter all in Sampang District), and its postcode.
Note: (a) Sampang District includes the small island of Pulau Mandangin, off the south coast of Madura.
(b) comprises 6 kelurahan (Banyuanyar, Dalpenang, Gunung Sekar, Karang Dalem, Polagan and Rong Tengah) and 12 desa.
References
External links
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