Alor Regency

{{Short description|Regency in East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia}}

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| native_name = Kabupaten Alor

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| seat_type = Capital

| seat = Kalabahi

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| leader_title = Regent

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| leader_title1 = Vice Regent

| leader_name1 = {{Ill|Rocky Winaryo|lt=Rocky Winaryo|id}}

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| area_total_km2 = 2928.88

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| population_as_of = mid 2024 estimate

| population_footnotes = Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2025, Kabupaten Alor Dalam Angka 2025 (Katalog 1102001.5307)

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| area_code = (+62) 386

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Alor Regency ({{langx|id|Kabupaten Alor}}) is a regency ({{lang|id|kabupaten}}) in East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) province of Indonesia. Established in 1958,{{Citation |author=Government of Indonesia |url=http://www.djpp.depkumham.go.id/incl-php/buka.php?d=1900+58&f=uu69-1958.htm |title=Establishment of the Second-level Administrative Regions under the First-level Administrative Region of Bali, West Nusa Tenggara and East Nusa Tenggara |edition=in Indonesian |id=UU No. 69/1958 |date=9 August 1958 |access-date=2007-08-24 |publisher=Indonesia Ministry of Law and Justice }}{{Dead link|date=May 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Alor Regency administers the Alor Archipelago with its seat (capital) in Kalabahi on Alor Island.

Alor Regency occupies 2,928.88 km² land area and 10,973.62 km² water area. There are seventeen islands in the archipelago, of which the largest by far are Alor itself and Pantar; there are another six inhabited islands (including Pura, Treweng, Kepa, Buaya, Kangge and Kura); the remaining nine islands (Sika, Nub, Kapas, Batang, Lapang, Ternate, Rusa, Tikus and Kambing) are uninhabited. To the east lies the island of (Atauro), part of the Republic of East Timor. Pantar and Alor Islands are separated by a wide strait with Pulau Buaya and Pulau Kambing at its northern point, Pulau Pura in the middle, and Pulau Treweng at its southern point. The regency had 190,026 inhabitants at the 2010 decennial census;Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011. at the 2020 census this had risen to 211,872;Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021. the official estimate as at mid 2024 was 225,020.Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2025, Kabupaten Alor Dalam Angka 2025 (Katalog 1102001.5307)

The main transportation access in the regency is by means of sea. The state-owned PELNI sea liners operate in the archipelago for major transport to the main port hub in Kalabahi beside small boats operating between small islands. The Alor Island Airport is located 18 km east of Kalabahi, and is used to be accessed by CASA airplanes, operated by Merpati Nusantara Airlines. In 2018, the airport undergo massive overhaul, and due to Merpati's bankruptcy, the flight routes were currently operated by Wings Air.

As is the case in other parts of NTT province, the provision of education is often a major problem, especially in remote areas. In recent years, the district (regency) government has been trying to make it easier for children to attend school by, amongst other things, increasing the number of one-roof junior high schools. The standard of teaching is often also a major problem because many teachers lack proper qualifications.Yennis Fointuna, '[http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2012/06/16/alor-govt-strives-improve-education.html Schooling: Alor govt strives to improve education'], The Jakarta Post, 16 June 2012.