Manggarai (Indonesia)

Manggarai Regency is a regency in East Nusa Tenggara province of Indonesia, situated on the island of Flores. Established in 1958 to encompass the 6,924.18 km2 area of the lands of the indigenous Manggarai people (speaking the various dialects of the Rombo Manggarai language), the regency was reduced in area (by over 80%) and in population by the separation of the more western districts to form West Manggarai Regency on 25 February 2003 and of the more eastern districts to form East Manggarai Regency on 17 July 2007. The area of the residual Manggarai Regency is 1,343.83 km2 and its population was 292,037 at the 2010 census and 312,855 at the 2020 census; the official estimate as at mid 2025 was 340,153 (comprising 170,185 males and 169,968 females). The capital of the regency is the town of Ruteng (which equates to the urban Langke Rembong District, and NOT to the rural Ruteng District). The Liang Bua archeological site is in Manggarai regency, about 10 km to the north of Ruteng.