Banggai Islands Regency
Kabupaten Banggai Kepulauan
Coat of arms of Banggai Islands Regency
Location within Central Sulawesi
Location within Central Sulawesi
Banggai Islands Regency is located in Banggai Islands
Banggai Islands Regency
Banggai Islands Regency
Location in Banggai Islands, Sulawesi and Indonesia
Banggai Islands Regency is located in Sulawesi
Banggai Islands Regency
Banggai Islands Regency
Banggai Islands Regency (Sulawesi)
Banggai Islands Regency is located in Indonesia
Banggai Islands Regency
Banggai Islands Regency
Banggai Islands Regency (Indonesia)
Coordinates: 1°24′31″S 123°12′23″E / 1.408619°S 123.206363°E / -1.408619; 123.206363
CountryIndonesia
RegionSulawesi
ProvinceCentral Sulawesi
CapitalSalakan
Government
  In Order RegentRais D. Adam
Area
  Total2,488.79 km2 (960.93 sq mi)
Population
 (mid 2022 estimate)[1]
  Total123,580
  Density50/km2 (130/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (ICST)
Area code(+62) 462
Websitebanggaikep.go.id

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 regency (kabupaten) of Central Sulawesi Province of Indonesia, created on 4 October 1999 by splitting the existing Banggai Regency into a new Banggai Regency situated on the mainland of Sulawesi (capital, Luwuk) and a Banggai Islands Regency then comprising the entire archipelago (with its capital at Banggai town). On 14 December 2012 a further splitting of the Regency was the removal of the more southerly seven districts (including Banggai Island itself, together with smaller islands to its southwest and southeast) to form a new Banggai Laut Regency.

The reduced Banggai Islands Regency thus consists of the main island of Peleng, together with various small offshore islands, of which the largest is Bangkalan Island off the north coast of Peleng. It covers an area of 2,488.79 km2 and had a population of 109,384 at the 2010 census[2] and 120,142 at the 2020 Census;[3] the official estimate as at mid 2022 was 123,580.[1] The archipelago is surrounded by the Banda Sea's Gulf of Tolo (Teluk Tolo), and the Molucca Sea. The Peleng Straits (Selat Peleng) separate Peleng from the mainland of Sulawesi.

Administrative Districts

The Banggai Islands Regency is divided into twelve 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 2021.[4] The table also includes the location of the district headquarters, the numbers of administrative villages (totalling 141 rural desa and 3 urban kelurahan) and of offshore islands in each district, and its postal codes.

Kode
Wilayah
Name of
District
(kecamatan)
Area
in
km2
Pop'n
Census
2010
Pop'n
Census
2020
Pop'n
Estimate
mid 2021
Admin
centre
No.
of
villages
No.
of
islands
Post
codes
72.07.03Totikum155.459,86910,47310,568Sambiut11494884
72.07.15Totikum Selatan
(South Totikum)
95.198,0368,4998,574Kalumbatan8-94887
72.07.04Tinangkung312.6013,20117,19417,699Salakan11 (a)5294885
72.07.11Tinangkung Selatan (South Tinangkum)187.897,2047,9898,096Mansamat9-94885 (a)
72.07.19Tinangkung Utara (North Tinangkung)136.657,6708,6948,829Batulombo6-94886
72.07.05Liang176.193,0768,5319,629Liang166594883
72.07.16Peling Tengah (Central Peling)140.009,24410,39710,551Patukuki11-94888
72.07.06Bulagi275.669,5299,4939,524Bulagi Satu16 (b)294882 (b)
72.07.09Bulagi Selatan (South Bulagi)319.009,7169,7139,745Lolantang20894882
72.07.17Bulagi Utara (North Bulagi)318.008,8909,6409,748Sambulangan12 (c)-94889
72.07.07Buko184.849,3769,8809,965Tabata132194881
72.07.18Buko Selatan (South Buko)187.327,8818,6498,756Lumbi-lumbia11-94880
Totals2,488.79109,384120,142121,684144224

Notes: (a) including kelurahan of Salakan. (b) including kelurahan of Bulagi (town). (c) including kelurahan of Sabang.

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 is home to the Banggai cardinalfish.[5] This species has an extremely limited geographic range (5,500 km2) and small total population size (estimated at 2.4 million). The Banggai cardinalfish is composed of isolated populations concentrated around the shallows of 17 large and 10 small islands within the Banggai Archipelago. It is threatened by extinction due to collection for the aquarium trade.[6]

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
Mean daily maximum °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)
Mean daily minimum °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[7]

References

  1. 1 2 Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2023, Kabupaten Banggai Kepulauan Dalam Angka 2023 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.7207)
  2. 1 2 Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.
  3. 1 2 Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.
  4. Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2022.
  5. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Pterapogon kauderni" in FishBase. August 2015 version.
  6. Allen, G.R. (2000). "Environmental Biology of Fishes". 57 (2): 142. doi:10.1023/A:1007639909422. S2CID 38435909. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  7. "Climate: Salakan". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
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