Badung Regency is located in the middle-south of Bali, encompassing the central uplands up past but not including the municipality of Denpasar and extending south to the Nusa Dua Peninsula (Bukit Badung).

It covers approximately 418 square kilometers and is home to approximately 300,000 people. It consists of four districts (Mengwi, Kuta, Petang and Abiansemal) which are then divided into 7 subdistricts (kecamatan), 33 Administrative villages (desa dinas), 297 smaller administrative villages (dusun), 119 neighbourhoods, 118 traditional villages (desa adat), and 498 smaller traditional villages (banjar).

[source: Badung government web site]