• Source: Parigi Moutong Regency

Parigi Moutong Regency is a regency of Central Sulawesi Province of Indonesia. The regency was created on 10 April 2002 by splitting off the eastern districts previously part of Donggala Regency. It covers an area of 5,877.47 km2 and had a population of 413,588 at the 2010 Census and 440,015 at the 2020 Census; the official estimate as at mid 2023 was 457,031 (comprising 233,529 males and 223,502 females). The principal town lies at Parigi in the south of the regency. The regency stretches from around Parigi district in its south all the way past Moutong district in the north, giving the name.




Geography


In terms of its geographic position, Parigi Moutong Regency is bounded to the north by Buol Regency, Toli-Toli Regency, and the province of Gorontalo, to the south by Poso Regency and Sigi Regency, to the west by Palu City and Donggala Regency, and to the east by the Gulf of Tomini.
The regency has a coastline along the shore in the Gulf of Tomini of 472 kms, stretching from
the Sausu District in the south as far as Moutong District (and Gorontalo Province) bordering on the north side.




Administrative Districts


Parigi Moutong Regency was divided at 2010 into twenty districts (kecamatan), but three additional districts were subsequently added. The districts are all tabulated below in geographical order, stretching clockwise around the Gulf of Tomini, with their areas and their populations at the 2010 Census and 2020 Census, together with the official estimates as at mid 2023. The districts are grouped for convenience into three geographical sectors, which have no administrative significance. The table also includes the locations of the district administrative centres, the number of villages in each district (a total of 278 rural desa and 5 urban kelurahan, the latter all being in Parigi District), and its post code.

Notes: (a) Parigi town district consists of the 5 kelurahan of Bantaya, Loji, Kampal, Maesa and Masigi, together with 6 desa. (b) The 2010 population of the new Sidoan District is included with the figure for Tinombo District. (c) The 2010 populations of the new Ongka Malino District and Bolano District are included with the figure for Bolano Lambunu District.




Tomini languages


The Tomini languages, spoken in the eight last-named districts in the table above, belong to the putative Tomini-Tolitoli languages group.




References

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Kabupaten Parigi Moutong
• Kabupaten Poso
• Labuan, Donggala
• Sindue Tobata, Donggala
• Sojol Utara, Donggala
• Balaesang, Donggala
• Kabupaten Seruyan
• Parigi Moutong Regency
• Operation Madago Raya
• Parigi
• Telephone numbers in Indonesia
• Donggala Regency
• Ali Kalora
• Central Sulawesi
• List of regencies and cities in Indonesia
• Palu
• Equator