Togian Islands

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Togian Islands
Native name:
Kepulauan Togean
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Map showing the Togian Islands highlighted in red.
Geography
Location South-east Asia
Coordinates 0°23′30″S121°57′28″E / 0.39167°S 121.95778°E / -0.39167; 121.95778 Coordinates: 0°23′30″S121°57′28″E / 0.39167°S 121.95778°E / -0.39167; 121.95778
Total islands56
Major islandsBatudaka, Talatako, Togian
Administration
Province Central Sulawesi
Demographics
Ethnic groups Bajau
Additional information
Time zone
Togian babirusa Babyrousa togeanensis.jpg
Togian babirusa
Togian Village Togian village1.JPG
Togian Village
Togian Ferry Togian ferry1.JPG
Togian Ferry

The Togian (or Togean) Islands are an archipelago of 56 islands and many offshore islets, situated in the Gulf of Tomini, off the coast of Central Sulawesi, in Indonesia. The largest islands are Batudaka, Togean, Talatako and Una-Una. There are 59 villages on the islands, with one settled by the Bajau people, more commonly known as the sea gypsies.

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Administration

The islands are a part of the Tojo Una-Una Regency within Central Sulawesi Province. At the time of the 2010 Census, the Archipelago was divided into four districts (kecamatan). Subsequent to 2010, two additional districts have been created - Batudaka and Talatako. These are tabulated below with their areas and their 2010 and 2020 Census populations, [1] together with the official estimate as at mid 2021. [2] The table also includes the locations of the district administrative centres, the number of villages (rural desa and urban kelurahan) in each district, and its post code.

NameArea in
km2
Population
Census
2010
Population
Census
2020
Population
Estimate
mid 2021
Administrative
centre
No. of
villages
Post
code
Una-Una 146.1612,4558,2368,315Wakai1194690
Batudaka151.91(a)5,7965,858Molowagu994690
& 94691
Togean 229.519,16010,73410,889Lebitii1694686
Walea Kepulauan
(Walea Islands)
67.6010,0655,5685,608Popoliii994694
Walea Besar
(Great Walea)
84.513,8514,6294,705Pasokani894693
Talatako83.64(b)6,4716,597Kaliai694692
Total Togean Islands 763.3335,53141,43441,97259

Notes: (a) The 2010 Census population of Batudaka district is included in the figure for Una-Una district, from which it was cut out.
(b) The 2010 Census population of Talatako district is included in the figure for Walea Kepulauan district, from which it was cut out.

Geology and ecology

Formed by volcanic activity, the islands are covered by rainforest and surrounded by coral reef formations, which provide habitat and breeding areas for hawksbill turtle, green turtle and the dugong. The Tonkean macaque is found in the islands' forests. The animals endemic to the islands include the Togian babirusa and the Togian hawk-owl, which is discovered in 1999. The Togian white-eye, another endemic bird species, was described in 2008. Non-venomous jellyfish are also found in Togian Islands, the unique one is jellyfish with little red spots. [3]

National Park

On 2004, the government established a part of Togean Islands as a National Park consists of 292,000 hectares of sea water (includes 132,000 hectares of coral reef which is the largest in Indonesia), 70,000 hectares of land and 10,659 hectares reservation of forests and mangroves. [4]

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