Regencies of West Sulawesi

When created in 2004, the Indonesian province of West Sulawesi (Provinsie Sulawesi Barat) was divided into five regencies (kabupaten), including the recently created regencies of Mamasa, which had been cut out of Polewali Mamasa Regency on 10 April 2002, and North Mamaju (Mamuju Utara), which had been cut out of Mamuju Regency on 25 February 2003. A sixth regency - Central Mamuju (Mamuju Tengah) - was cut out of the existing Mamuju Regency on 14 December 2012. North Mamuju Regency was renamed as Pasangkayu Regency in March 2018. These regencies are listed below with their areas and their populations at the 2010^[1] and 2020^[2] censuses, together with the official estimates as at mid 2024.^[3] The table also includes the locations of the regency administrative capitals and the Human Development Index for each regency as at 2014.

Kode Wilayah	Name of Regency	Area in km2	Pop'n Census 2010	Pop'n Census 2020'	Pop'n Estimate mid 2024	Capital	HDI[4] 2014 estimate
76.05	Majene Regency	947.84	151,107	174,407	188,780	Majene	0.637 (Medium)
76.04	Polewali Mandar Regency	2,075.27	396,120	478,534	492,339	Polewali	0.600 (Medium)
76.03	Mamasa Regency	3,005.88	140,082	163,383	167,066	Mamasa	0.628 (Medium)
76.02	Mamuju Regency	4,936.02	231,324	278,764	288,382	Karema, Mamuju	0.647 (Medium)
76.01	Pasangkayu Regency	3,043.75	134,369	188,861	183,376	Pasangkayu	0.640 (Medium)
76.06	Central Mamuju Regency (Mamuju Tengah)	3,100.87	105,649	135,280	143,274	Tobadak	0.614 (Medium)
	Total Province	17,109.63	1,158,651	1,419,229	1,463,217	Mamuju	0.622 (Medium)