 The majority of the Regency (the western eleven districts, with over 76.6% of the regency's population) lies within the official metropolitan area of the city of Makassar, including the regency's administrative capital at Sungguminasa.The hill resort of Malino is within the eastern (non-metropolitan) part of the regency.The regency is divided into eighteen districts ("kecamatan"), tabulated below with their areas and their 2018 officially estimated populations.