Editing Lingga Regency (section)

==Administrative districts==
At the time of the 2010 census, the regency was divided into five [[Districts of Indonesia|districts]] (''kecamatan'') - '''Singkep''', '''Lingga''', '''Senayang''', '''Singkep Barat''' and '''Lingga Utara''' - but four additional districts were created in 2012 ('''Singkep Selatan''' and '''Singkep Pesisir''' from parts of Singkep District, and '''Selayar''' and '''Lingga Timur''' from parts of Lingga District), another in 2018 ('''Kepulauan Posek''' - from part of Singkep Selatan District) and three more in 2019 ('''Bakung Serumpun''', '''Temiang Pesisir''' and '''Katang Bidare''' - all out of Senayang District).

The thirteen districts are tabulated below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 census<ref name="Biro Pusat Statistik 2011">Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.</ref> and the 2020 census,<ref name="Badan Pusat Statistik 2021">Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.</ref> together with the official estimates as at mid 2023.<ref name="Badan Pusat Statistik 2024">Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, ''Kabupaten Lingga Dalam Angka 2024'' (summation of Katalog reports on individual districts as specified in the references to each below)</ref> The table also includes the location of the district administrative centres, the number of villages in each district (totaling 75 rural ''desa'' and 9 urban ''kelurahan''), and their post codes. Altogether the archipelago contains 509some 600 islands.
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! Kode <br>Wilayah|| Name of<br>District<br>(''kecamatan'') || Area <br>in<br>km<sup>2</sup>|| Pop'n<br>census<br>2010|| Pop'n<br>census<br>2020|| Pop'n<br>estimate<br>mid 2023||Admin<br>centre||No. <br>of<br>villages||Post<br>code
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| 24.04.04 || Singkep Barat <sup>(a)</sup> <ref>Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, ''Kecamatan Singkep Barat Dalam Angka 2024'' (Katalog-BPS 1102001.2104010)</ref><br> (West Singkep) ||align="right"| 406.25||align="right"|14,552||align="right"|13,802||align="right"|14,216||Raya||align="center"|12 <sup>(b)</sup>||29875
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| 24.04.10 || Kepulauan Posek <ref>Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, ''Kecamatan Kepulauan Posek Dalam Angka 2024'' (Katalog-BPS 1102001.2104011)</ref><br> (Posek Islands) ||align="right"| 43.13||align="right"|<sup>(c)</sup>||align="right"|3,046||align="right"|3,308||Posek||align="center"|3||29876
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| 24.04.01 || Singkep <sup>(d)</sup> <ref>Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, ''Kecamatan Singkep Dalam Angka 2024'' (Katalog-BPS 1102001.2104020)</ref>||align="right"|130.80||align="right"|26,647||align="right"|23,201||align="right"|23,493||Dabo||align="center"|6 <sup>(e)</sup> ||29871
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| 24.04.09 || Singkep Selatan <ref>Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, ''Kecamatan Singkep Selatan Dalam Angka 2024'' (Katalog-BPS 1102001.2104021)</ref><br> (South Singkep) ||align="right"|199.75||align="right"|<sup>(f)</sup>||align="right"|2,447||align="right"|2,872||Resang ||align="center"|4 <sup>(g)</sup>||29878
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| 24.04.06 || Singkep Pesisir <ref>Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, ''Kecamatan Singkep Pesisir Dalam Angka 2024'' (Katalog-BPS 1102001.2104022)</ref><br> (Coastal Singkep) ||align="right"|110.29||align="right"|<sup>(f)</sup>||align="right"|4,785||align="right"|4,869||Lanjut||align="center"|6||29870
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| 24.04.02 || Lingga <sup>(h)</sup> <ref>Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, ''Kecamatan Lingga Dalam Angka 2024'' (Katalog-BPS 1102001.2104030)</ref>||align="right"|363.67||align="right"|16,651||align="right"|12,171||align="right"|12,546||Daik||align="center"|11 <sup>(i)</sup> ||29872
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| 24.04.08 || Selayar (island) <ref>Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, ''Kecamatan Selayar Dalam Angka 2024'' (Katalog-BPS 1102001.210401031)</ref>||align="right"|41.85||align="right"|<sup>(j)</sup>||align="right"|3,422||align="right"|3,544||Penuba||align="center"|4||29877
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| 24.04.07 || Lingga Timur <ref>Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, ''Kecamatan Lingga Timur Dalam Angka 2024'' (Katalog-BPS 1102001.2104032)</ref><br> (East Lingga) ||align="right"|184.90||align="right"|<sup>(j)</sup>||align="right"|3,819||align="right"|5,217||Sungai Pinang||align="center"|6||29872
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| 24.04.05 || Lingga Utara <sup>(k)</sup> <ref>Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, ''Kecamatan Lingga Utara Dalam Angka 2024'' (Katalog-BPS 1102001.2104040)</ref><br> (North Lingga) ||align="right"|305.25||align="right"|9,701||align="right"|10,843||align="right"|10,370||Pancur||align="center"|12 <sup>(b)</sup>||29874
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| 24.04.03 || Senayang <sup>(l)</sup> <ref>Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, ''Kecamatan Senayang Dalam Angka 2024'' (Katalog-BPS 1102001.2104050)</ref>||align="right"|179.86||align="right"|18,693||align="right"|6,034||align="right"|6,411||Senayang||align="center"|5 <sup>(b)</sup>||29873
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| 24.04.13 || Bakung Serumpun <ref>Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, ''Kecamatan Bakung Serumpun Dalam Angka 2024'' (Katalog-BPS 1102001.2104051)</ref>||align="right"|140.91||align="right"|<sup>(m)</sup>||align="right"|7,466||align="right"|7,736||Rejai||align="center"|6||29873
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| 24.04.12 || Temiang Pesisir <ref>Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, ''Kecamatan Temiang Pesisir Dalam Angka 2024'' (Katalog-BPS 1102001.2104052)</ref><br> (Temiang Coastal) ||align="right"|104.21||align="right"|<sup>(m)</sup>||align="right"|3,594||align="right"|3,717||Tajur Biru||align="center"|3||29873
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| 24.04.11 || Katang Bidare <ref>Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, ''Kecamatan Katang Bidare Dalam Angka 2024'' (Katalog-BPS 1102001.2104053)</ref>||align="right"|39.58||align="right"|<sup>(m)</sup>||align="right"|4,003||align="right"|4,175||Benan||align="center"|5||29873
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| 24.04 || '''Totals''' ||align="right"| ''2,250.45''||align="right"| ''86,244''||align="right"| ''98,633''||align="right"| ''102,474''||Lingga||align="center"| ''84'' || 
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Notes: (a) Singkep Barat District comprises 47 islands. (b) including one ''kelurahan'' (the district centre). <br>
(c) The 2010 population of the new Kepulauan Posek District is included with the figure for Singkep Barat District, from which it was cut out in 2018. <br>(d) Singkep District comprises 32 islands. (e) comprising 3 ''kelurahan'' (Dabo, Dabo Lama and Sungailumpur) and 3 ''desa''. <br>(f) The 2010 populations of the new Singkep Selatan District and Singkep Pesisir District are included with the figure for Singkep District, from which they were cut out in 2012. <br>(g) including one ''kelurahan'' (Berlian). (h) Lingga District comprises 71 islands. (i) including 2 ''kelurahan'' - Daik and Daik Sepincan. <br>(j) The 2010 populations of the new Selayar District and Lingga Timur District are included with the figure for Lingga District, from which they were cut out in 2012. <br>(k) Lingga Utara District comprises 12 islands. (l) Senayang District (including the three new districts cut from it in 2019) comprises 324 islands.
<br>(m) The 2010 populations of the new Bakung Serumpun District, Tamiang Pesisir District and Katang Bidare District are included with the figure for Senayang District, from which they were cut out in 2019.