Tojo Una-Una Regency

Tojo Una-Una Regency
Kabupaten Tojo Una-Una
Regency

Seal
Motto(s): Sivia Patuju
Tojo Una-Una Regency
Location in Sulawesi and Indonesia
Tojo Una-Una Regency
Tojo Una-Una Regency (Indonesia)
Coordinates: 0°52′32″S 121°37′47″E / 0.87556°S 121.62972°E / -0.87556; 121.62972
Country Indonesia
Province Central Sulawesi
Capital Ampana
Government
 • Regent Muhammad Lahay
 • Vice Regent Admin A.S Lasimpala
Population (2010)
 • Total 137,810
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.

History

In 1999, Tojo Una-Una Regency was created out of a portion of Poso Regency.[1]

Administration

The Tojo Una-Una Regency was divided at 2010 into nine districts (kecamatan), tabulated below with their areas and their 2010 Census populations.[2]

NameArea in
sq.km		Population
Census 2010
Tojo Barat
(West Tojo)		441.9611,354
Tojo1,325.2512,460
Ulu Bongka1,486.6115,654
Ampana Tete1,206.4222,367
Ampana Kota
(Ampana Town)		221.0640,299
Total Sulawesi mainland4,681.30102,134
Una-Una352.7212,437
Togean161.889,099
Walea Kepulauan
(Walea Islands)		157.3410,293
Walea Besar
(Great Walea)		82.383,847
Total Togean Islands754.3235,676

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 amount of biodiversity in the world and is a series of Bunaken National Marine Park and Raja Ampat Islands.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Sangadji, Ruslan (21 February 2007). "Residents say a divided Poso could be a more peaceful place". The Jakarta Post.
  2. ↑ Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.
  3. ↑ "Surga Dasar Laut yang Memukau Perairan Togean". May 13, 2012.

Coordinates: 0°52′32″S 121°37′47″E / 0.87556°S 121.62972°E / -0.87556; 121.62972

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