Luwuk is the capital of

Banggai Regency The Banggai Regency ( id, Kabupaten Banggai) is a regency located at the eastern end of Central Sulawesi Province of Indonesia. It makes up a re-established regency ('' kabupaten''), created in 1999 by splitting the existing Banggai Regency into t ...

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 ...

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 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...

. Its area is 72.82 km² following boundary changes in 2012 and 2015. There used to be an

oil An oil is any nonpolar chemical substance that is composed primarily of hydrocarbons and is hydrophobic (does not mix with water) & lipophilic (mixes with other oils). Oils are usually flammable and surface active. Most oils are unsaturated ...

industry in the region. At the 2020 census it had a total population of 34,849 in the town.Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021. The

universities A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. In the United States, t ...

in Luwuk are UNTIKA and UNISMUH.

Syukuran Aminuddin Amir Airport Syukuran Aminuddin Amir Airport ( id, Bandara Syukuran Aminuddin Amir) is an airport near Luwuk, the capital city of Banggai Regency, in the province of Central Sulawesi on the island of Sulawesi in Indonesia. Facilities The airport resides at a ...

serves the area. Luwuk has 3 indigenous ethnic groups -

Saluan Saluan, or Loinang after one of its dialects, is the main language of the eastern peninsula of the island of Sulawesi Sulawesi (), also known as Celebes (), is an island in Indonesia. One of the four Greater Sunda Islands, and the world's ...

Balantak Balantak is an Austronesian language spoken at the head of the eastern peninsula of Sulawesi. It is classified as a member of the Saluan-Banggai branch of the Celebic subgroup. The Balantak language is the primary language of the Balantak peo ...

, and Banggai.

Climate

Luwuk has a

tropical savanna climate Tropical savanna climate or tropical wet and dry climate is a tropical climate sub-type that corresponds to the Köppen climate classification categories ''Aw'' (for a dry winter) and ''As'' (for a dry summer). The driest month has less than of p ...

(Aw) with little to moderate rainfall year-round. It is one of the driest places in Indonesia.

References

Banggai Regency Districts of Central Sulawesi Regency seats of Central Sulawesi {{CSulawesi-geo-stub