East Luwu Regency is the most easterly of the twenty-one regencies in South Sulawesi Province of

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. Malili is the capital of East Luwu Regency. The population of East Luwu Regency was 243,069 at the 2010 Census and 296,741 at the 2020 Census.

Geography

The eastern part of the regency contains the large natural fresh-water lakes of Danau Towuti (of 561 km²) and Danau Matana (of 164 km²), as well as the smaller Danau Mahalona between them. These (with the even smaller Danau Masapi and Danau Lontoa) form the Malili Lake system. Danau Towuti, which is 48 km wide, is the largest lake on Sulawesi, and contains the island of Pulau Luha within it. Danau Matana is the deepest lake in Indonesia (and the deepest lake on an island in the world), reaching a depth of 590 metres.

Administration

East Luwu Regency is divided into eleven administrative Districts (''Kecamatan''), tabulated below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 Census and the 2020 Census.Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021. The table also includes the locations of the district administrative centres, and the numbers of administrative villages (rural ''desa'' and urban ''kelurahan'') in each district.

Climate

Kanowit has a

tropical rainforest climate A tropical rainforest climate, humid tropical climate or equatorial climate is a tropical climate sub-type usually found within 10 to 15 degrees latitude of the equator. There are some other areas at higher latitudes, such as the coast of southea ...

(Af) with heavy rainfall year-round.

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