East Luwu Regency
East Luwu Regency
Kabupaten Luwu Timur | |
|---|---|
 Coat of arms | |
 Location within South Sulawesi | |
| Country | Indonesia |
| Province | South Sulawesi |
| Capital | Malili |
| Area | |
| • Total | 6,944.98 km2 (2,681.47 sq mi) |
| Population (2020 Census)[1] | |
| • Total | 296,741 |
| • Density | 43/km2 (110/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (WITA) |
| Area code | +62 474 & 475 |
East Luwu Regency is the most easterly of the twenty-one regencies in South Sulawesi Province of Indonesia. Malili is the capital of East Luwu Regency. The population of East Luwu Regency was 243,069 at the 2010 Census[2] and 296,741 at the 2020 Census.[3]
Geography
The eastern part of the regency contains the large natural fresh-water lakes of Danau Towuti (of 561 km2) and Danau Matana (of 164 km2), as well as the smaller Danau Mahalona between them. These (with the even smaller Danau Masapi and Danau Lontoa) form the Malili Lake system. Danau Towuti, which is 48 km wide, is the largest lake on Sulawesi, and contains the island of Pulau Luha within it. Danau Matana is the deepest lake in Indonesia (and the deepest lake on an island in the world), reaching a depth of 590 metres.
Administration
East Luwu Regency is divided into eleven administrative Districts (Kecamatan), tabulated below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 Census [4] and the 2020 Census.[5] The table also includes the locations of the district administrative centres, and the numbers of administrative villages (rural desa and urban kelurahan) in each district.
| Name | Area in km2 |
Population Census 2010 |
Population Census 2020 |
Number of villages |
Post code | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burau | 256.23 | 30,875 | 34,214 | Burau | 18 | 92975 |
| Wotu | 130.52 | 28,100 | 33,345 | Bawalipu | 17 | 92971 |
| Tomoni | 230.09 | 22,333 | 26,406 | Mandiri | 13 | 92972 |
| Tomoni Timur (East Tomoni) |
43.91 | 11,738 | 13,515 | Kertoraharjo | 8 | 92970 |
| Angkona | 147.24 | 21,681 | 25,075 | Solo | 10 | 92985 |
| Malili | 921.20 | 32,699 | 42,826 | Puncak Indah | 15 | 92981 |
| Towuti | 1,820.48 | 27,200 | 42,087 | Langkea Raya | 20 | 92982 |
| Nuha | 808.27 | 20,087 | 23,399 | Sopowako | 5 | 92983 |
| Wasuponda | 1,244.00 | 17,969 | 21,610 | Ledu-Ledu | 6 | 92984 |
| Mangkutana | 1,300.96 | 19,839 | 22,232 | Wonorejo | 11 | 92974 |
| Kalaena | 41.98 | 10,548 | 12,032 | Kalaena Kiri | 7 | 92973 |
| Totals | 6,944.88 | 243,069 | 296,741 | Malili | 130 |
Climate
Kanowit has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) with heavy rainfall year-round.
| Climate data for Malili | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 29.9 (85.8) |
29.8 (85.6) |
30.0 (86.0) |
30.1 (86.2) |
29.8 (85.6) |
29.0 (84.2) |
28.6 (83.5) |
29.5 (85.1) |
30.2 (86.4) |
31.2 (88.2) |
30.9 (87.6) |
30.3 (86.5) |
29.9 (85.9) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 26.0 (78.8) |
25.9 (78.6) |
26.1 (79.0) |
26.2 (79.2) |
26.1 (79.0) |
25.4 (77.7) |
24.8 (76.6) |
25.3 (77.5) |
25.7 (78.3) |
26.4 (79.5) |
26.5 (79.7) |
26.3 (79.3) |
25.9 (78.6) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 22.1 (71.8) |
22.1 (71.8) |
22.2 (72.0) |
22.3 (72.1) |
22.5 (72.5) |
21.9 (71.4) |
21.1 (70.0) |
21.2 (70.2) |
21.2 (70.2) |
21.7 (71.1) |
22.2 (72.0) |
22.3 (72.1) |
21.9 (71.4) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 230 (9.1) |
226 (8.9) |
288 (11.3) |
319 (12.6) |
279 (11.0) |
220 (8.7) |
176 (6.9) |
141 (5.6) |
126 (5.0) |
109 (4.3) |
171 (6.7) |
208 (8.2) |
2,493 (98.3) |
| Source: Climate-Data.org[6] | |||||||||||||
References
External links
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