Trenggalek Regency
regency in East Java Province, Indonesia
Trenggalek Regency (Indonesian: Kabupaten Trenggalek; Javanese: ꦏꦧꦸꦥꦠꦺꦤ꧀ꦠꦽꦁꦒꦭꦺꦏ꧀) is a regency (kabupaten) in East Java Province of Indonesia.
The regency has an area of 1,246.59 km2 and had a population of 674,411 residents at the 2010 Census and 731,125 at the 2020 Census; the official estimate as of mid 2025 was 754,257 (comprising 378,848 males and 375,409 females). It is located on the southern shore of East Java and is surrounded by three regencies: Ponorogo Regency to the northwest; Pacitan Regency to the southwest; and Tulungagung Regency to the north and east. The administrative centre is located in the district (kecamatan) of Trenggalek.
Geography
Trenggalek is a regency that is located on the southern shore of Java island and has the following geographical boundaries:
To the northwest: Ponorogo Regency;
To the southwest: Pacitan Regency;
To the east: Tulungagung Regency;
To the south: Indian Ocean, and
To the north: Mount Wilis.
Administrative districts
The Regency is divided into fourteen districts (kecamatan), tabulated below with their areas and their population totals from the 2010 Census and the 2020 Census, together with the official estimates as of mid 2025. The table also includes the locations of the district headquarters, the number of administrative villages in each district (totaling 152 rural desa and 5 urban kelurahan - the latter all in Trenggalek (town) District), and its postal codes.
Notes: (a) including 11 small offshore islands. (b) including 23 small offshore islands. (c) including 23 small offshore islands.
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