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West Nias

regency in North Sumatra Province, Indonesia
Administrative Area Regency Of Indonesia Q5909

Facts

20 properties

Identity

Instance of
regency of Indonesia
Inception
November 26, 2008[20]
Native label
Nias Barat

Location

Country
Indonesia[3]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 1.060°, 97.586°[21]
Located in the administrative territorial entity
North Sumatra[2]
Shares border with
South Nias, Nias, Gunungsitoli, North Nias[5][6][7][8]

Population and size

Area
+473.7
Elevation above sea level
+262
Population
+90395[23]
⚖ sources disagree Wikidata 90,395 GeoNames 89,308 edition 2026-09-26 · CC BY 4.0 ↗
More facts +10
Capital
Lahomi[4]
Contains the administrative territorial entity
Lahomi, Sirombu, West Mandrehe, Moro'o, Mandrehe, Lolofitu Moi, Ulu Moro'o, North Mandrehe[9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16]
Executive body
Wikidata item[18]
Highest judicial authority
District Court of Gunung Sitoli[19]
Legislative body
Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat Daerah Kabupaten Nias Barat[17]
Name
Nias Barat
Office held by the head of government
Regent of West Nias
On focus list of Wikimedia project
WikiProject Govdirectory
Separated from
Nias[22]
Statistics Indonesia area code
1225
🏷️ Also known as
en West Nias Regency en West Nias en West Nias, Indonesia de Nias Barat id Kab. Nias Barat id Kabupaten Nias Barat id Nias Barat, Indonesia it Nias Ovest nl Nias Barat nl West-Nias ru Западный Ниас uk Західний Ніас vi Tây Nias zh 西尼亚斯县
🔖 Identifiers · 6
Administrative code of Indonesia
12.25
Freebase ID
/m/051zpsf
GeoNames ID
9828978
OpenStreetMap relation ID
8484719
Related category
Category:District in West Nias Regency
Topic's main category
Category:West Nias Regency
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🔗 Connections
Contained subdivisions 8
Sirombu, Lolofitu Moi, Mandrehe, Lahomi, Moro'o, North Mandrehe, Ulu Moro'o, West Mandrehe
Contains the administrative territorial entity 8
Sirombu, Lolofitu Moi, Mandrehe, Lahomi, Moro'o, North Mandrehe, Ulu Moro'o, West Mandrehe
Shares border with 4
Gunungsitoli, South Nias, Nias, North Nias
← Shares border with 4
Gunungsitoli, South Nias, Nias, North Nias
Capital 1
Lahomi
Country 1
Indonesia
Instance of 1
regency of Indonesia
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
North Sumatra
On focus list of Wikimedia project 1
WikiProject Govdirectory
Separated from 1
Nias
← Capital of 1
Lahomi
← Contains the administrative territorial entity 1
North Sumatra
← SNARC ID 1
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Summary

West Nias is a regency of Indonesia[1].

Body

Physical Characteristics

West Nias covers an area of 473.7 km²[24]. It sits at an elevation of 262 m[25].

Related Entities

Huacho Indonesia WikiProject Govdirectory

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Indonesian Minister of Home Affairs Decree 100.1.1-6117 Of 2022. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 46 of 2008. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [2] ↑ . Indonesian Minister of Home Affairs Decree 100.1.1-6117 Of 2022. wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . Indonesian Minister of Home Affairs Decree 300.2.2-2138 of 2025. wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . Indonesian Minister of Home Affairs Decree 300.2.2-2138 of 2025. wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . Indonesian Minister of Home Affairs Decree 300.2.2-2138 of 2025. wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . Indonesian Minister of Home Affairs Decree 300.2.2-2138 of 2025. wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . Indonesian Minister of Home Affairs Decree 300.2.2-2138 of 2025. wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . Indonesian Minister of Home Affairs Decree 300.2.2-2138 of 2025. wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . Indonesian Minister of Home Affairs Decree 300.2.2-2138 of 2025. wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . Indonesian Minister of Home Affairs Decree 300.2.2-2138 of 2025. wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . archive.org. archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 46 of 2008. wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 46 of 2008. wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . The Master Book of Indonesian Territory Data 2015. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 29d ago · FenyMufyd · 2026-10-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Executive body → Wikidata item
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #59105: executive body"
  2. 6w ago · FenyMufyd · 2026-09-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Highest judicial authority → District Court of Gunung Sitoli
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #56462: kabupaten/kota highest judicial authority"
  3. 11w ago · FenyMufyd · 2026-08-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Legislative body → Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat Daerah Kabupaten Nias Barat
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #48356: add legislative branch to each kabkot"
  4. 27w ago · Danil Satria · 2026-05-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Elevation above sea level → 262 metre
    Area → 473.7 square kilometre
    Shares border with → South Nias, Nias, Gunungsitoli +1
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → North Sumatra
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #29483: name stated in Indonesian Minister of Home Affairs Decree Number 050-145 of 2022"
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