Pangkajene and Islands Regency

The Pangkajene and Islands Regency (Indonesian: Kabupaten Pangkajene Dan Kepulauan, usually shortened to Pangkep) is a regency of South Sulawesi Province of Indonesia. The regency lies primarily on the mainland of Sulawesi's southern peninsula, but also includes the Spermonde Islands (Kepulauan Spermonde) off the west coast of that peninsula, as well as other small islands further west and southwest. The principal town lies at Pangkajene on Sulawesi, but there are a series of further towns like Lejang, Labakkang, Bontobonto and Segeri proceeding northwards from Pangkajene along the Trans-Sulawesi Highway. The area was 814.95 km2, and the population was 305,737 at the 2010 Census and 323,304 at the 2015 Census.[2] The latest official estimate (as at 2019) is 361,636.[3]

Pangkajene & Islands Regency

Kabupaten Pangkajene dan Kepulauan
Regency
Coat of arms
Pangkajene & Islands Regency
Pangkajene & Islands Regency
Coordinates: 4°45′S 119°30′E
Country Indonesia
Province South Sulawesi
CapitalPangkajene
Area
 • Total814.95 km2 (314.65 sq mi)
Population
 • Total361,636
 • Density440/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (WITA)
Padang Lampe Waterfall
Barracks in Pangkajene (Pankajene)
River and bridge in Pangkajene

Administration

The Regency in 2010 comprised thirteen administrative Districts (Kecamatan), tabulated below with their 2010 Census population.[4]

NamePopulation
Census 2010
Liukang Tangaya18,318
Liukang Kalmas12,920
Liukang Tupabbiring16,895
Liukang Tupabbiring Utara12,343
Pangkajene district41,701
Minasatene32,970
Balocci15,450
Tondong Tallasa8,637
Bungoro38,851
Labakkang43,730
Ma'rang29,915
Segiri20,037
Mandalle13,870

The Regency includes four districts which cover 115 small islands off the west and south coasts of South Sulawesi Province. Liukang Tangaya comprises 55 islands off the south and southwest of Sulawesi; Liukang Tupabbiring and Liukang Tupabbiring Utara together comprise the 43 Spermonde Islands off the west coast of South Sulawesi; and Liukang Kalmas comprises 17 other islands more to the west of South Sulawesi.

Climate

Pangkajene has a tropical monsoon climate (Am) with moderate to little rainfall from June to October and heavy to very rainfall from November to May. The following climate data is for the town of Pangkajene.

Climate data for Pangkajene
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average high °C (°F) 29.6
(85.3)		 29.8
(85.6)		 30.3
(86.5)		 30.9
(87.6)		 31.2
(88.2)		 31.0
(87.8)		 31.1
(88.0)		 31.7
(89.1)		 32.1
(89.8)		 32.2
(90.0)		 31.2
(88.2)		 30.0
(86.0)		 30.9
(87.7)
Daily mean °C (°F) 26.3
(79.3)		 26.5
(79.7)		 26.7
(80.1)		 26.9
(80.4)		 27.0
(80.6)		 26.5
(79.7)		 26.1
(79.0)		 26.2
(79.2)		 26.7
(80.1)		 27.1
(80.8)		 27.0
(80.6)		 26.5
(79.7)		 26.6
(79.9)
Average low °C (°F) 23.0
(73.4)		 23.3
(73.9)		 23.1
(73.6)		 23.0
(73.4)		 22.9
(73.2)		 22.1
(71.8)		 21.1
(70.0)		 20.8
(69.4)		 21.3
(70.3)		 22.1
(71.8)		 22.9
(73.2)		 23.0
(73.4)		 22.4
(72.3)
Average rainfall mm (inches) 584
(23.0)		 511
(20.1)		 388
(15.3)		 234
(9.2)		 219
(8.6)		 100
(3.9)		 54
(2.1)		 32
(1.3)		 48
(1.9)		 109
(4.3)		 301
(11.9)		 588
(23.1)		 3,168
(124.7)
Source: Climate-Data.org[5]

References
  1. Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2019.
  2. Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2017.
  3. Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2019.
  4. Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.
  5. "Climate: Pangkajene". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 18 November 2020.


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