🇮🇩 South Bangka Regency

South Bangka Regency is a regency (kabupaten) of Bangka Belitung Islands Province, Indonesia. It is situated in the southern part of Bangka Island, and was created on 25 February 2003 from what had formerly been the southern districts of Bangka Regency. Its only land border is with Central Bangka Regency to the north. It also includes several small islands off the southeast coast of Bangka Island in the Gaspar Strait, such as Lepar and Pongok. The regency covers a land area of 3,607.08 km2 and had a population of 172,476 at the 2010 Census and 198,189 at the 2020 Census; the official estimate as of mid 2025 was 219,904. Its administrative headquarters are in the town of Toboali.