Banggai Islands Regency
The Banggai Archipelago (Indonesian: Kepulauan Banggai) is a group of islands, which are located at the far eastern end of Central Sulawesi, Indonesia. It makes up a newly established regency (kabupaten) of Central Sulawesi Province of Indonesia, created by splitting the existing Banggai Regency into a new Banggai Regency situated on the mainland of Sulawesi (capital, Luwuk) and a Banggai Islands Regency comprising the offshore islands (capital, Banggai town). In December 2014 a further splitting of the Regency was the removal of seven districts (including Banggai Island itself) to form a new Banggai Laut Regency. The reduced Banggai Islands Regency thus comprises the main island of Peleng together with various small offshore islands. The archipelago is surrounded by the Banda Sea's Gulf of Tolo (Teluk Tolo), and the Molucca Sea. The Peleng Straits (Selat Peleng) separate it from mainland Sulawesi.
Banggai Islands Regency
Kabupaten Banggai Kepulauan | |
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 Coat of arms | |
 Location within Central Sulawesi | |
| Coordinates: 1.408619°S 123.206363°E | |
| Country | Indonesia |
| Region | Sulawesi |
| Province | Central Sulawesi |
| Capital | Salakan |
| Government | |
| • In Order Regent | Rais D. Adam |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2,265.4 km2 (874.7 sq mi) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 109,384 |
| • Density | 48/km2 (130/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (ICST) |
| Area code | (+62) 462 |
| Website | banggaikep |
Administration
The Banggai Islands Regency was divided at 2010 into twelve districts (kecamatan), tabulated below with their 2010 Census population.[2]
| Name | Area in km2 | Population Census 2010 |
|---|---|---|
| Buko | 188.2 | 9,376 |
| Buko Selatan (South Buko) | 142.2 | 7,881 |
| Bulagi Selatan (South Bulagi) | 332.5 | 9,716 |
| Bulagi | 318.2 | 9,529 |
| Bulagi Utara (North Bulagi) | 218.9 | 8,890 |
| Peling Tengah (Central Peling) | 154.5 | 9,244 |
| Liang | 124.7 | 8,768 |
| Tinangkung | 278.6 | 13,201 |
| Tinangkung Utara (North Tinangkung) | 122.6 | 7,670 |
| Tinangkung Selatan (South Tinangkum) | 123.5 | 7,204 |
| Totikum | 155.1 | 9,869 |
| Totikum Selatan (South Totikum) | 106.4 | 8,036 |
Transportation
Merpati Nusantara Airlines served the islands from Palu (the capital of Central Sulawesi Province). There is also a bus service via Luwuk and thence by boat or ship to Banggai.
Endangered Banggai cardinalfish
The Banggai Islands are home to the Banggai cardinalfish, a small endemic tropical cardinal fish with a big mouth which can be found at least in 10 locations.[3]
Climate
Salakan has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) with moderate rainfall from August to January and heavy rainfall from February to July.
| Climate data for Salakan | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 30.8 (87.4) |
30.8 (87.4) |
31.0 (87.8) |
31.3 (88.3) |
31.0 (87.8) |
30.5 (86.9) |
30.1 (86.2) |
30.7 (87.3) |
31.4 (88.5) |
31.9 (89.4) |
32.2 (90.0) |
31.3 (88.3) |
31.1 (87.9) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 26.9 (80.4) |
26.9 (80.4) |
27.0 (80.6) |
27.3 (81.1) |
27.2 (81.0) |
26.9 (80.4) |
26.4 (79.5) |
26.6 (79.9) |
26.8 (80.2) |
27.1 (80.8) |
27.8 (82.0) |
27.2 (81.0) |
27.0 (80.6) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 23.0 (73.4) |
23.0 (73.4) |
23.1 (73.6) |
23.3 (73.9) |
23.5 (74.3) |
23.3 (73.9) |
22.7 (72.9) |
22.5 (72.5) |
22.3 (72.1) |
22.4 (72.3) |
23.4 (74.1) |
23.2 (73.8) |
23.0 (73.4) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 114 (4.5) |
135 (5.3) |
172 (6.8) |
203 (8.0) |
219 (8.6) |
266 (10.5) |
192 (7.6) |
117 (4.6) |
79 (3.1) |
71 (2.8) |
88 (3.5) |
94 (3.7) |
1,750 (69) |
| Source: Climate-Data.org[4] | |||||||||||||
References
- http://bangkepkab.bps.go.id/index.php?70530054ea284675c8e9a1aea7776c5e767ef7b36141317e13e9ef34e27383c4 Badan Pusat Statistik Kabupaten Banggai Kepulauan
- Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.
- "Banggai Kepulauan". March 24, 2013.
- "Climate: Salakan". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
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Capital: Palu | ||
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