page_title: Mentawai Islands Regency
section_title: Administration
hierarchical_section_title: Mentawai Islands Regency / Administration
caption_attribution_description: Nederlands: Repronegatief. Een echtpaar van de Pagai-eilanden
context_page_description: The Mentawai Islands Regency are a chain of about seventy islands and islets approximately 150 kilometres off the western coast of Sumatra in Indonesia. They cover 6,011.35 sq² and had a population of 76,173 at the 2010 Census and 85,156 at the 2015 Census; the latest official estimate is 93,070. Siberut at 4,030 square kilometres is the largest of the islands. The other major islands are Sipura, North Pagai and South Pagai. The islands lie off the Sumatran coast, across the Mentawai Strait. They cover The indigenous inhabitants of the islands are known as the Mentawai people. The Mentawai Islands have become a noted destination for surfing, with over 40 boats offering surf charters to international guests.
context_section_description: The Mentawai Islands have been administered as a regency within the West Sumatra (Sumatera Barat) province since 1999. The regency seat is Tua Pejat, on the island of Sipora. Padang, the capital of the province, lies on the Sumatran mainland opposite Siberut. The regency is divided into ten districts (kecamatan), tabulated below from south to north with their 2010 census populations and the 2013 estimates.
caption: Islanders in a photo by C.B. Niewenhuis
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