Donggala Regency is a

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in the

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Province of

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. It lies between 0° 30" north and 2°20" south latitude, and between 119° 45°" and 121° 45" east longitude, and covers a land area of 5,126.59 km². It had a population of 277,236 at the 2010 CensusBiro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011. and 300,436 at the 2020 Census;Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021. the official estimate as at mid 2023 was 310,998 (comprising 159,670 males and 151,330 females).Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2025, ''Kabupaten Donggala Dalam Angka 2025'' (Katalog-BPS 1102001.7205) The administrative capital of Donggala Regency is the town of Banawa, located a 30-minute drive (34 km) northwest from the city of

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, the capital of the province.

History

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Before the

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assumed administration in 1904 under Governor-General J. B. van Heutsz, the Central Sulawesi area was the home of eight small kingdoms (''kerajaan''): Palu, Sigi Dolo, Kulawi, Biromaru, Banawa, Tawaili, Parigi, and Moutong. Since the Donggala Regency was established on 4 July 1959, then comprising almost the entire western portion of Central Sulawesi Province ( Buol Toti-Toli Regency, previously part of the regency, was split off from it at that date), it has been significantly reduced in area and population. The city of

was split off as a separate municipality on 22 July 1994, the

Parigi Moutong Regency Parigi Moutong Regency is a Regencies of Indonesia, regency of Central Sulawesi Province of Indonesia. The regency was created on 10 April 2002 by splitting off the eastern districts previously part of Donggala Regency. It covers an area of 5,877. ...

was split off on 10 April 2002, and the Sigi Regency was split off on 21 July 2008. In September 2018, Donggala and Palu City suffered heavy casualties due to the 2018 Sulawesi earthquake and tsunami.

Administrative Districts

The Dongala Regency is divided into sixteen

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(''kecamatan''). These are physically divided into two non-contiguous sections, lying to the west and to the east of the

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Valley respectively, and separated from each other by

city and the Sigi Regency. The first (southern) section comprises five districts, of which the northern Banawa and Banawa Tengah (together known as Donggala town) were the areas most grievously inundated by the 2018 earthquake and

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. The second (northern) section comprises eleven districts, stretching south to north along the west coast of Sulawesi's northern peninsula. These districts are tabulated below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 CensusBiro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011. and 2020 Census,Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021. together with the official estimates of population as at mid 2024.Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2025, ''Kabupaten Donggala Dalam Angka 2025'' (Katalog-BPS 1102001.7205) The table also includes the locations of the district administrative centres, the number of

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s in each district (totaling 158 rural ''desa'' and 9 urban ''kelurahan'' - the latter all in Banawa District), and its postal codes. Notes: (a) including 2 offshore islands. (b) including 2 offshore islands.
(c) comprising 9 ''kelurahan'' (Boneoge, Boya, Ganti, Gunung Bale, Kabonga Besar, Kabonga Kecil, Labuan Bajo, Maleni and Lalombi) and 5 ''desa''.
(d) including 17 offshore islands. (e) including 3 offshore islands. (f) including 6 offshore islands.

2013

Many of the districts of Donggala Regency, together with Palu City and some of the districts of Sigi Regency, were covered in the Rencana Pembangunan Jangka Panjang (Long-Term Development Plan) as of 2013. In all, the area of the Plan covered twenty-one districts.

Tourist attractions

* Tanjung Karang Beach, Donggala, Labuan Bajo, Banawa * Pusentasi (pusat Laut), Towale * Boneoge Beach, Banawa * Anjungan Gonenggati, Banawa * Kabonga Beach, Banawa * Art & Culture, Home Industry, Sarong Donggala, Salubomba village, Limboro,Watusampu, Kola-Kola, Ganti, Kabonga, Loli, WaniPidii.co.id * Gonenggati Mangrove Forest, Kabonga Besar, Banawa * Enu Beach, Enu * Bambarano Beach * Kalukku Beach, Limboro * Hayalan Beach, Salubomba * Lembasada Beach, Lembasada * Surumana Beach, Surumana * Tosale Beach, Tosale * Batusuya Beach, Batusuya * Salur Beach, Sioyong, Sabang * Taipa Beach, Taipa * Parimpi Indah Beach, Lende, Sirenja * Saget Beach and LendeNtovea, Sojol Utara * Majang Beach, Long Village, Damsol * Sivalenta Beach Sirenja * Salumbone Beach, Salumbone * Labuana Beach, Lende Ntovea, Sirenja * Lake Talaga * Lake Dampelas * Rano Lake * Lino Lake, Lino * Talaga Lake, Dampelas *

Kaledo (soup) Kaledo (or sop kaledo, abbreviated from kaki lembu donggala) is a traditional cow's trotters soup served in spicy broth, from Donggala regency, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia. Per its name, the meat used in this particular food is cow's feet and ...

* Bambahano, Sabang * Pasoso Island, Balaesang * Maputi Island, Pangalaseang * Taring Island, Lenju, Sojol Utara * Loli Tasiburi Waterfall * Powelua Waterfall, Banawa Tengah * Walandanu Waterfall, Balaesang * Bou Waterfall, Bou, Damsol * Nupabomba Waterfall, Nupabomba * Bale Waterfall, Bale, Tanantovea * Ogoamas Waterfall, Sojol Utara * Hotspring, Tambu Village * Camping Ground Nupabomba, Nupabomba * Pemandian Loli Indah, Loli Oge, Banawa * Nature Reserve Sojol Mountain, Sojol

References

{{Authority control Regencies of Central Sulawesi