Bolaang Mongondow Regency is a regency of North Sulawesi Province, Indonesia, situated on the island of Sulawesi. The principal town lies at Kotamobagu, which since 2007 has been administratively separated from the regency, the administrative centre of which is now at the town of Lolak. The regency covers a land area of 2,933.6km2, and had a population of 213,484 at the 2010 Census[2] and 248,751 at the 2020 Census;[3] the official estimate as at mid 2023 was 254,945 (comprising 132,717 males and 122,228 females).[1]
Until 2007 the Regency included a much larger share of the territory off North Sulawesi Province, but on 2 January 2007 the town of Kotamobagu was split away to become an independent city, while northern districts of the regency were similarly split off on the same day to create a new North Bolaang Mongondow Regency. On 24 June 2008 two further regencies were created from other parts of the regency - South Bolaang Mongondow and East Bolaang Mongondow. At the time of the 2010 Census the residual Regency was divided into twelve districts (kecamatan), but three additional districts have subsequently been created by splitting of existing districts.
Under consideration by the Indonesian government since 2013 has been a proposal to re-unite the pre-2007 territories into a new province covering the same area as the original Bolaang Mongondow Regency, and separated from North Sulawesi, but all such proposals have been held in abeyance since 2013.
The fifteen districts are 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 2023.[1] The table also includes the location of the district administrative centres, the number of villages in each district, totaling 200 rural desa and 2 urban kelurahan - the latter being Inobonto (in Bolaang District) and Imandi (in Dumoga Timur District) - together with its postal codes.
Kode Wilayah
Name of District (kecamatan)
Area in km2
Pop'n Census 2010
Pop'n Census 2020
Pop'n Estimate mid 2023
Admin centre
No. of villages
Post codes
71.01.09
Dumoga Barat (West Dumoga)
380.5
26,520
18,514
18,207
Doloduo
12
95731
71.01.11
Dumoga Utara (North Dumoga)
190.4
21,410
15,085
15,089
Mopuya Utara (North Mopuya)
16
95734
71.01.10
Dumoga Timur (East Dumoga)
173.0
32,131
21,622
21,657
Modomang
16
95736
71.01.35
Dumoga Tengah (Central Dumoga)
48.4
(a)
11,694
11,866
Ibolian
10
95732
71.01.34
Dumoga Tenggara (Southeast Dumoga)
146.3
(a)
8,834
9,252
Konarom
10
95735
71.01.33
Dumoga
159.8
(a)
15,219
15,639
Pusian
12
95733
71.01.14
Lolayan
260.4
23,074
26,243
27,295
Tungoi
14
95737
71.01.19
Passi Barat (West Passi)
117.9
14,951
17,029
17,437
Passi
13
95751
71.01.22
Passi Timur (East Passi)
93.3
11,261
12,687
13,130
Pangian
13
95750
71.01.32
Bilalang
64.3
6,057
6,551
6,966
Bilalang IV
8
95755
71.01.20
Poigar
251.0
17,033
18,754
19,566
Poigar
20
95753
71.01.13
Bolaang
204.7
17,143
20,692
21,063
Inobonto
11
95752
71.01.31
Bolaang Timur (East Bolaang)
96.8
9,608
11,829
12,501
Tadoy
9
95754
71.01.12
Lolak (b)
469.2
24,740
32,342
33,753
Lolak
26
95741
71.01.05
Sangtompolang (c)
277.6
9,556
11,656
11,524
Maelang
12
95744
Totals
2,933.6
213,484
248,751
254,945
202
Notes: (a) the populations at the 2010 Census of the communities now forming these three new districts are included in the figures for the existing districts from which they were cut out. (b) Lolak District includes the offshore islands of Pulau Molosing and Pulau Tikus, situated off the north coast. (c) Sangtompolang District includes the offshore islands of Pulau Gogobola, Pulau Paniki, Pulau Tengah and Pulau Tudunya, all situated off the north coast.
Airport
A new airport was proposed in 2015 as a construction project located in Lolak town. The government allocated IDR250 billion (USD17.2 million) for the project. Construction was scheduled to commence in 2018 and complete by 2021. The airport originally will feature a 1400m runway, later to be extended to 2800m. The detailed airport planning envisages a runway both direction 10-28.[4]
Climate
Lolak has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) with moderate rainfall from July to September and heavy rainfall in the remaining months.
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