South Kuta Kuta Selatan | |
Settlement Type: | District |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Indonesia |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Lesser Sunda Islands |
Subdivision Type2: | Province |
Subdivision Name2: | Bali |
Subdivision Type3: | Regency |
Subdivision Name3: | Badung |
Area Total Km2: | 101.13 |
Population Total: | 131,139 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
South Kuta (Indonesian: Kuta Selatan) is a district (kecamatan) within Badung Regency of Bali. It consists of Nusa Dua, a large peninsula projecting south from Bali island.
It covers 101.13 km2 and had a population of 116,143 people as of the 2010 Census[1] and 131,139 at the 2020 Census.[2]
It includes six villages, listed below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 Census[3] and 2020 Census.[4]
Jimbaran lies at the southern end of the isthmus connecting the Nusa Dua (or Bukit Badung) peninsula - a harsh, scrubby limestone plateau off the south side of Bali - with Kuta and Tuban further north. Pecatu, Ungasan and Kutuh are villages high up on the plateau, while Benoa lies at the eastern end of the peninsula and contains the resort area of Nusa Dua, with Tanjung Benoa forming a narrow sandbar extending north towards Denpasar.