Central Sulawesi is a province of Indonesia located at the centre of the island of Sulawesi. The administrative capital and largest city is located in Palu. The 2010 census recorded a population of 2,635,009 for the province,and the 2020 Census recorded 2,985,734,of whom 1,534,706 were male and 1,451,028 were female. Central Sulawesi has an area of 61,841.29 km2 (23,877 sq mi),the largest area among all provinces on Sulawesi Island,and has the second-largest population on Sulawesi Island after the province of South Sulawesi. It is bordered by the provinces of Gorontalo to the north,West Sulawesi,South Sulawesi and South East Sulawesi to the south,by Maluku to the east,and by the Makassar Strait to the west. The province is inhabited by many ethnic groups,such as the Kaili,Tolitoli,etc. The official language of the province is Indonesian,which is used for official purposes and inter-ethnic communication,while there are several indigenous language spoken by the Indigenous peoples of Central Sulawesi. Islam is the dominant religion in the province,followed by Christianity which is mostly adhered to by the people in the eastern part of the province.
Mujahedeen KOMPAK or KOMPAC is a Darul Islam organisation based in Indonesia's Sulawesi province. Formed in 1988 with the stated aim of helping victims of conflict and disaster,it has been linked to providing funding for terrorist organisations such as Jemaah Islamiyah as well as carrying out attacks on local Christian groups. The organisation has been accused of diverting relief funds from mainstream Muslims in Australia and abroad to fund terrorist activities.
George Junus Aditjondro was an Indonesian sociologist.
Morowali Regency is a regency of Central Sulawesi Province of Indonesia. It covers an area of 5,472 km2 and the districts now within the regency had a combined population of 102,228 at the 2010 Census;the regency population at the 2020 Census was 161,727. The administrative centre is at the town of Bungku. The Regency includes the far-flung Menui Islands,lying to the southwest of the rest of the province.
Tojo Una-Una Regency is a regency of Central Sulawesi,Indonesia. The administrative centre is at Ampana town,on the Sulawesi 'mainland'. While the Regency includes a considerable area on the eastern peninsula of Sulawesi,it also includes the Togian Islands in the Gulf of Tomini. The total area covers 5,721.51 km2 and the population was 134,945 at the 2010 Census and 163,829 at the 2020 Census.
The Walisongo school massacre is the name given to a series of attacks by Christian militants on May 28,2000 upon several predominantly Muslim villages around Poso town,Central Sulawesi,Indonesia as part of a broader sectarian conflict in the Poso region. Officially,the total number killed in the attacks is 165,but there is no definite figure of how many died. The number of dead is believed to be more than the 39 calculated from bodies later discovered in three mass graves,and equal to or below the 191 quoted by Muslim sources.
The Harita Group is an Indonesian business conglomerate owned and controlled by the Lim family. The group's core businesses are in the natural resources sector,which operates throughout Indonesia. Today,the Harita Group has businesses in nickel mining,ferronickel smelters,bauxite mining,alumina refineries,palm oil plantations,shipping,timber,coal and property. After the 2014 government regulations to ban exports of raw minerals,Harita Group and its partners built a $400 million ferronickel smelter and Indonesia's first alumina refinery for $900 million,both of which have been completed and in full operation since 2016. In December 2019,Glencore International became a partner of Harita Group via its share sale and rights issue of Indonesian-listed Cita Mineral. In June 2021,Harita commissioned the first HPAL plant in Indonesia,which produces Mixed Hydroxide Precipitate,a raw material for electric vehicle batteries. The project had an estimated cost of $1 billion. The current CEO of Harita Group is Lim Gunawan Hariyanto.
Santoso,known as Abu Wardah,was an Indonesian Islamic militant and the leader of East Indonesia Mujahideen (MIT). He pledged allegiance to ISIL in July 2014. He was killed on 18 July 2016 by the Indonesian Army after two years of hiding in the jungles near Poso,Sulawesi.
Operation Madago Raya,previously known as Operation Tinombala,is a joint police–military operation conducted by the Indonesian National Police and the Indonesian Armed Forces to capture and/or eliminate members of Mujahidin Indonesia Timur (MIT),an Indonesian terrorist group which supports ISIL and was commanded by Santoso. In 2016,the Indonesian military and police succeeded in killing Santoso,but the then Chief of the National Police Tito Karnavian continued the operation to ensure the region's safety from the remaining members of the group. Central Sulawesi governor Longki Djanggola praised the operation for its relatively humane methods,since several leaders of the group were successfully captured alive. Only 19 militants were however captured alive,while more than 40 were killed.
The East Indonesia Mujahideen is a terrorist group operating out of Poso,Sulawesi in Indonesia. The group was led by Abu Wardah until he was killed by Indonesian police on 18 July 2016. After the death of Santoso,the group was led by Ali Kalora until he was killed on 18 September 2021. The group has pledged allegiance to the Islamic State.
Bungku is a town and the administrative centre of the Regency of Morowali,in Central Sulawesi Province of Indonesia.
Kolonodale is a town and the administrative centre of the North Morowali Regency,in Central Sulawesi Province of Indonesia. It is also the administrative centre of Petasia District,one of the districts within the regency,with a total district population of 17,997 inhabitants at the 2020 Census.
Nickel mining in Indonesia began with small-scale exploratory mining operations during the Dutch East Indies era and began to expand in the 1960s. Most of Indonesia's proven nickel reserves are located in the islands of Sulawesi and Halmahera,and the country has the largest annual production and reserves of nickel in the world.
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.
A growing population and abundant natural resources contribute to the wealth of the island of Sulawesi in Indonesia,while terrain and under-developed infrastructure limits economic growth.
The Morowali Industrial Park is an industrial park in Morowali Regency,Central Sulawesi,Indonesia. Operated by a China-Indonesia joint venture,the park is mostly occupied by nickel-related industries.
The Tsingshan Holdings Group is a Chinese private company active in the stainless steel and nickel industry.
