Bungku is a town and the administrative centre of the Regency of Morowali, in

Central Sulawesi Central Sulawesi (Indonesian: ''Sulawesi Tengah'') 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 ...

Province of

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. Bungku was originally not the

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of Morowali Regency. In 1999, the capital of Morowali Regency was Kolonodale. In 2004, the plan to shift the Morowali capital southeast from Kolonodale to Bungku left non-Bungku residents, both

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and

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, feeling further disenfranchised. Accordingly in 2013 a separate

North Morowali Regency North Morowali Regency is a regency in the province of Central Sulawesi, Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17, ...

(with its capital at Kolonodale) was established by separating the northwesterly districts from Morowali Regency. The city is served by Maleo Airport, opened in March 2017.

Climate

Bungku has a

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(Af) with moderate rainfall from September to November and heavy rainfall from December to August.

References

Populated places in Central Sulawesi Regency seats of Central Sulawesi {{CSulawesi-geo-stub