It is located on the island of Sumbawa and the capital is Dompu.

[1] Dompu Regency consists of eight districts (kecamatan), tabulated below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 Census[2] and the 2020 Census,[3] together with the official estimates as at mid 2023.

[1] The table also includes the locations of the district administrative centres, the number of administrative villages (totaling 72 rural desa and 9 urban kelurahan) and the number of offshore islands in each district, and its postal codes.

Notes: (a) comprises 6 kelurahan (Bada, Bali, Karijawa, Potu, Dora Tangga and Kandai I) and 9 desa.

(b) includes 3 kelurahan (Simpasai, Kandai II and Montabaru), which are part of the Dompu town urban area.