Tana Toraja is a landlocked regency (kabupaten) of South Sulawesi Province of Indonesia,and home to the Toraja ethnic group. It covers an area of 2,054.30 km2 (793.17 sq mi) and had a population of 221,081 at the 2010 census and 280,794 at the 2020 census;the official estimate as at mid 2022 was 291,046,but the official figure for mid 2023 was a much reduced total of 257,901.
Rantepao is a town and the capital of North Toraja Regency,which is known for being the cultural center of the Toraja ethnic group. National and regional tourism offices have developed the city as the starting point for visiting Tana Toraja,since the area was opened for tourism in the 1970s.
North Toraja is a landlocked regency (kabupaten) of South Sulawesi Province of Indonesia,and the home of the Toraja ethnic group. The local government seat is in Rantepao which is also the center of Toraja culture. Formerly this regency was the northern part of Tana Toraja Regency,but on 24 June 2008 the northeastern 36% of the latter's area was split off to form this separate North Toraja Regency. It covers an area of 1,289.13 km2 and had a population of 216,762 at the 2010 census and 261,086 at the 2020 census;the official estimate as at mid 2023 was 261,652,comprising 133,529 males and 128,123 females.
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Aptripel Tumimomor was an Indonesian politician,businessman and engineer. He served as the Regent of North Morowali Regency,in Central Sulawesi,from February 17,2016,until his death in office on April 2,2020,from COVID-19.
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Rev. Ishak Pamumbu Lambe was an Indonesian Torajan Christian pastor and politician. He served as a senator in the national Regional Representative Council from 2004 to 2009. Lambe was also the former chairman of the Toraja Church Synod Worker's Agency,a Protestant denomination headquartered in the Tana Toraja Regency of South Sulawesi,from 1992 to 2001.
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Kalatiku Paembonan was an Indonesian politician,bureaucrat,and lecturer who served as the Regent of North Toraja from 2016 to 2021. Before entering politics,Kalatiku worked in the Department of Home Affairs and held several high-ranking positions in the Department. He then became a lecturer at the Institute of Public Governance before resigning to stand in the North Toraja regency election.
