South Halmahera Regency

Besides the southern part of Halmahera Island, the regency includes a number of archipelagoes and islands. These comprise:

• Obi Islands, including Obira (main), Bisa, Obilatu and other small islands, comprising in all five kecamatan with 55,010 people in mid 2024.Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2025, Kabupaten Halmahera Selatan Dalam Angka 2025 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.8204)
• Bacan Islands, including:
• Bacan Island itself, comprising 7 kecamatan with 89,816 people (in mid 2024)
• Bacan Lomang Island, comprising 1 kecamatan with 7,808 people
• Mandioli, comprising 2 kecamatan with 10,912 people
• Kasiruta, comprising 2 kecamatan with 11,024 people
• Kayoa Group, comprising 4 kecamatan with 21,996 people
• Makian, comprising 2 kecamatan with 12,323 people
• the southern peninsula of Halmahera Island (the area is known as Gane), comprising 6 kecamatan with 49,674 people in 2024 (including the Joronga Islands off the southern tip of Halmahera Island).{{Cite web|url=http://www.halmaheraselatankab.go.id/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=152:penduduk-halsel&catid=62:penduduk&Itemid=41|title=Kabupaten Halmahera Selatan}}

The regency is divided into thirty districts (kecamatan), tabulated below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 Census and 2020 Census, together with the official estimates for mid 2024.Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2025, Kabupaten Halmahera Selatan Dalam Angka 2025 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.8204) The table also includes the name of the administrative centre and the number of administrative villages (all classed as rural desa) and of named islands in each district and its post code.

Notes: (a) except for Bobo desa, which has a postcode of 97792. (b) formally called Kepulauan Batanglomang; situated between Bacan and Mandioli Islands.
(c) includes Lata Lata Island (27.9 km², with 1,201 inhabitants in 2020), located to the northwest of Kasiruta Island, and comprising two desa - Lata Lata and Sidanga.
(d) Kayoa Barat (essentially Pulau Muari, but also includes the four small offshore islets of Pulau Guaigo, Pulau Guaigo Kecil, Pulau Intan and Pulau Tamotamo) actually lies closer to Kasiruta Island than to the rest of the Kayoa group; it is geographically adjacent to Lata Lata Island, part of Kasiruta Barat District.
(e) Makian Island is a stratovolcano, like the islands to the north of it (such as Moti, Mare, Tidore, Ternate and Hiri), and unlike those to the south (like Kayoa and the Bacan Islands).
(f) comprising the villages (desa) of Gonone, Kukupang, Kurunga, Liboba Hijrah, Pulau Gala, Tawabi and Yomen; the largest islands are Pulau Damar (or Kukupang) and Pulau Yoruga (or Joronga Island).
(g) includes the Widi Islands off the east coast of the Gane Peninsula.

The various South Halmahera languages are a branch of Austronesian languages.

South Halmahera has been designated by provincial governor Abdul Ghani Kasuba as a region for tourism development.[https://en.tempo.co/read/news/2017/05/21/199877340/Widi-Islands-to-be-the-Future-of-North-Maluku-Tourism Widi Islands to be the Future of North Maluku Tourism]. Tempo, 21 May 2017. Accessed 18 September 2017. The Widi International Fishing Tournament was founded for this purpose.Aria Cindyara, [http://www.antaranews.com/en/news/112373/n-maluku-to-boost-maritime-sector-through-fishing-tourism N Maluku to boost maritime sector through fishing tourism]. Antara, 24 August 2017. Accessed 30 August 2017. Kasuba also successfully negotiated for the China-based Jinchun Group to build a nine-trillion rupiah nickel smelter in the Obi Islands.[http://www.antaranews.com/en/news/105701/chinas-jinchun-to-in-vest-rp9-trillion-in-north-maluku China`s Jinchun to in vest Rp9 trillion in North Maluku]. Antara, 16 July 2016. Accessed 18 September 2017.

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• {{Cite web|title=Profil Kabupaten Halmahera Selatan [Profile South Halmahera Regency]|url=http://sippa.ciptakarya.pu.go.id/sippa_online/ws_file/dokumen/rpi2jm/DOCRPIJM_1505367317BAB_IV_PROFIL_KAB__HALSEL.pdf|work=RPI2-JMI Kabupaten Halmahera Selatan, Bantuan Teknis RPI2JM Dalam Implementasi Kebijakan Keterpaduan Program Bidang Cipta Karya – Provinsi Maluku Utara|date=2014|language=id|access-date=2021-01-11|archive-date=2020-07-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200721232843/http://sippa.ciptakarya.pu.go.id/sippa_online/ws_file/dokumen/rpi2jm/DOCRPIJM_1505367317BAB_IV_PROFIL_KAB__HALSEL.pdf|url-status=dead}}

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