Tojo Una-Una Regency

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Tojo Una-Una Regency
Kabupaten Tojo Una-Una
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Motto(s): 
Sivia Patuju
(One Purpose)
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Location within Central Sulawesi
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Tojo Una-Una Regency
Location in Sulawesi and Indonesia
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Tojo Una-Una Regency
Tojo Una-Una Regency (Indonesia)
Coordinates: 0°52′32″S121°37′47″E / 0.87556°S 121.62972°E / -0.87556; 121.62972
Country Indonesia
Province Central Sulawesi
Capital Ampana
Government
  RegentMuhammad Lahay
  Vice RegentAdmin A.S Lasimpala
Area
  Total5,721.51 km2 (2,209.09 sq mi)
Population
 (mid 2023 estimate) [1]
  Total169,002
  Density30/km2 (77/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+8 (ICST)
Area code (+62) 464
Website tojounaunakab.go.id

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 [2] and 163,829 at the 2020 Census; [3] the official estimate as at mid 2023 was 169,002 (comprising 86,970 males and 82,040 females). [1]

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History

On 18 December 2003, Tojo Una-Una Regency was created out of the former north-eastern districts of Poso Regency. [4]

Administration

At the time of the 2010 Census, the Tojo Una-Una Regency was divided into nine districts (kecamatan). Subsequent to 2010, three additional districts have been created - Batudaka, Ratolindo and Talatako. These 12 districts (6 on the 'mainland' of Sulawesi and 6 forming the archipelago of the Togian Islands) are tabulated below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 [2] and 2020 [3] Censuses, together with the official estimates as at mid 2023. [1] The table also includes the locations of the district administrative centres, the number of villages in each district (totaling 134 rural desa and 12 urban kelurahan), and its post code.

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
code
72.09.07Tojo Barat
(West Tojo)
1,092.2711,35812,99213,250Tombiano1394680
72.09.08Tojo1,065.4812,48813,92814,110Uekuli1694681
72.09.06Ulu Bongka1,767.1114,66918,27218,740Marowo1894682
72.09.04Ampana Tete796.0221,61027,61428,790Tete A2094684
72.09.05Ampana Kota
(Ampana Town)
175.4239,28920,85422,100Ampana10 (a)94683
72.09.10Ratolindo61.88(b)28,73529,570Sumoli10 (a)94683
- 94695
Total ofSulawesi mainland4,958.1899,414122,395126,56087
72.09.01Una-Una146.1612,4558,2368,350Wakai1194690
72.09.11Batudaka151.91(c)5,7965,900Molowagu994690
& 94691
72.09.02 Togean 229.519,16010,73411,040Lebitii1694686
72.09.03Walea Kepulauan
(Walea Islands)
67.6010,0655,5685,610Popoliii994694
72.09.09Walea Besar
(Great Walea)
84.513,8514,6294,790Pasokani894693
72.09.12Talatako83.64(d)6,4716,760Kaliai694692
Total of Togean Islands 763.3335,53141,43442,45059

Notes: (a) Ampana Town and Ratolindo Districts each comprises 6 kelurahan and 4 desa.
(b) The 2010 Census population of Ratolindo district is included in the figure for Ampana Kota district, from which it was cut out.
(c)The 2010 Census population of Batudaka district is included in the figure for Una-Una district, from which it was cut out.
(d) The 2010 Census population of Talatako district is included in the figure for Walea Kepulauan district, from which it was cut out.

Dive sites

The best place to do diving is Una Una volcano island.

Based on Badan Koordinasi Survei dan Pemetaan Nasional (Bakosurtanal) or Coordinating Agency for Surveys and Mapping, there are 33 dive sites disperses from north to south beaches of the Togian Islands with fringing reefs, barrier reefs, patch reefs and atolls. The area has the third most biodiversity in the world and is a series of Bunaken National Marine Park and Raja Ampat Islands. [5]

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