Mempawah Regency

Mempawah Regency (formerly the Pontianak Regency) is a regency of West Kalimantan Province of Indonesia. Since 2007 it covers 1,276.90 km2, and had a population of 234,021 at the 2010 Census and 251,548 at the 2015 Census; the latest estimate (for mid 2019) is 264,225. The principal town lies at Mempawah.
History.
Based on Government Regulation No. 58 of 2014 ("Peraturan Pemerintah Nomor 58 Tahun 2014"), Pontianak Regency formally became Mempawah Regency.
Administrative Districts.
Since the separation of the southern parts of the former Pontianak Regency in 2007 to form the new Kubu Raya Regency, the residual area - in 2014 renamed as Mempawah Regency - consists of nine districts ("kecamatan"), tabulated below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 Census, together with the latest official estimates (for mid 2018). The table also includes the number of administrative villages (rural "desa" and urban "keluraham") in each district, its post code and their administrative centres: