Gorontalo Regency

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Gorontalo Regency
Kabupaten Gorontalo
Menara Keagungan Limboto.jpg
Limboto monument
Lambang Kabupaten Gorontalo.jpg
Lokasi Gorontalo Kabupaten Gorontalo.svg
Country Indonesia
Province Gorontalo
Capital Limboto
Area
  Total
2,189.08 km2 (845.21 sq mi)
Population
 (mid 2023 estimate)
  Total
418,244
  Density190/km2 (490/sq mi)
  [1]

Gorontalo is a regency of Gorontalo Province, Indonesia, on the island of Sulawesi. It was established in 1959 under Law No. 29/1959 from the remaining parts of North Sulawesi Regency (not to be confused with the current province), but has subsequently been reduced in area as additional regencies have been cut out of it. It now has an area of 2,189.08 km2 and had a population of 355,988 at the 2010 Census [2] and 393,107 at the 2020 Census; [3] the official estimate as at mid 2023 was 418,244 (comprising 210,454 males and 207,790 females). [1] The administrative headquarters of the regency is in the town of Limboto.

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Administrative Districts

At the time of the 2010 Census the Regency was divided into seventeen districts (kecamatan), but two additional districts (Dungaliyo and Bilato) have subsequently been created by splitting of existing districts. The districts are tabulated below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 Census [2] and 2020 Census, [3] together with the official estimates as at mid 2023. [1] The table also includes the locations of the district administrative centres, the number of administrative villages in each district (totaling 191 rural desa and 14 urban kelurahan - the latter being those comprising the district of Limboto town), 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 2023
Admin
centre
No.
of
villages
Post
codes
75.01.05Batudaa Pantai65.7610,88411,88612,520Kayu Bulan996244
75.01.20Biluhu80.797,6018,2678,693Lobuto Timur896245
75.01.03Batudaa40.4512,91414,33015,250Payunga896243
75.01.11Bongomeme139.8833,25319,08020,665Dulamayo1596246
75.01.19Tabongo51.8416,21418,28419,402Tabongo Timur996242
75.01.24Dungaliyo50.63(a)17,05417,965Dungaliyo1096241
75.01.04Tibawa151.2937,70740,79843,336Isimu Selatan1696231
75.01.16Pulubala232.3922,29024,75226,446Pulubala1196161 - 96172
75.01.09Boliyohuto59.9224,25716,83618,039Sidomulyo1396235
75.01.14Mootilango218.3317,60318,93220,176Paris1096150 - 96159
75.01.13Tolangohula181.0121,33922,72824,165Suka Makmur1596222
75.01.21Asparaga420.8112,30813,07013,964Karya Indah1096221
75.01.23Bilato119.15(b)9,73210,430Totopo1096234
75.01.01 Limboto 87.1145,62549,79653,157Kayu Bulan14 (c)96211 - 96219
75.01.17Limboto Barat
(West Limboto)
101.5023,47725,35326,587Huidu1096215 - 96217
75.01.02Telaga33.8720,70323,24024,208Hulawa996181
75.01.10Telaga Biru135.5726,53229,99933,026Tuladengi1596183
75.01.18Tilango (d)8.6212,86516,34516,724Tilote896182
75.01.22Talaga Jaya (d)10.1410,41612,62513,491Luwoo596184
Totals2,189.08355,988393,107418,244Limboto205

Notes: (a) the 2010 population of the new Dungaliyo District is included in the figure for the existing Bongomeme District, from which it was cut out.
(b) the 2010 population of the new Bilato District is included in the figure for the existing Boliyohuto District, from which it was cut out.
(c) all 14 are kelurahan. (d) Tilango and Talaga Jaya Districts are western suburbs of Gorontalo city.

Towns and villages

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