Donggala

Donggala Regency is a regency in the Central Sulawesi Province of Indonesia. 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 5,275.69 km². It had a population of 277,236 at the 2010 Census and 300,436 at the 2020 Census; the official estimate as at mid 2021 was 302,965. The administrative capital of Donggala Regency is the town of Banawa, located a 30-minute drive (34 km) northwest from the city of Palu, the capital of the province.

History

Before the Dutch 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.

In September 2018, Donggala and Palu City suffered heavy casualties due to a tsunami.

Administrative Districts

The Dongala Regency is divided at 2010 into sixteen districts (''kecamatan''). These are physically divided into two sections, lying to the west and to the east of the Palu River Valley respectively, and separated from each other by Palu 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 grievously inundated by the 2018 earthquake and tsunami. The second (northern) section comprises eleven districts, stretching south to north along the west coast of Sulawesi's northern peninsula. The districts comprise 167 administrative villages (rural ''desa'' and urban ''kelurahan'').

These districts are tabulated below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 Census and 2020 Census, together with the official estimates of population as at mid 2021. The table also includes the number of administrative villages in each district, and its postal codes.

Notes: (a) including 2 offshore islands. (b) including 2 offshore islands. (c) including 17 offshore islands.
(d) including 3 offshore islands. (e) including 6 offshore islands.

2013

Most 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, Wani Pidii.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)
* 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

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Regencies of Central Sulawesi