Sinjai Regency

Sinjai Regency Kabupaten Sinjai
Regency
Rice field in the village of Baru in Sinjai
Coat of arms
Location within South Sulawesi
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Coordinates: 5°7′S 120°09′E / 5.117°S 120.150°E / -5.117; 120.150
Country	Indonesia
Province	South Sulawesi
Capital	Sinjai
Government
• Regent	Sabirin Yahya
• Vice Regent	A Fajar Yanwar
Area
• Total	819.96 km2 (316.59 sq mi)
Population  (mid 2023 estimate)[1]
• Total	273,559
• Density	330/km2 (860/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (Indonesia Central Time)
Area code	(+62) 482
Website	www.sinjaikab.go.id

Sinjai Regency is a regency of the South Sulawesi province of Indonesia. The regency, which is separated from the Bone Regency to its north by the River Tangka, covers an area of 819.96 km². It had a population of 228,936 at the 2010 census^[2] and 259,478 at the 2020 census.^[3] The official estimate of population as of mid-2024 was 273,559 (comprising 135,661 males and 137,898 females).^[1] It includes the Nine Islands (Kepulauan Sembilan) in the Gulf of Bone off the east coast of the southern peninsula of Sulawesi; this archipelago forms an administrative district within the regency. The regency's principal town lies at Sinjai, a port situated on the east coast of that peninsula.