Mamuju Regency is a
regency
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( id, kabupaten Mamuju) of
West Sulawesi
West Sulawesi ( id, Sulawesi Barat) is a province of Indonesia. It is located on the western side of Sulawesi island. It covers an area of 16,787.18 km2, and its capital is Mamuju. The 2010 Census recorded a population of 1,158,651, while t ...
province,
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 ...
. The regency capital is at Karema, while
Mamuju town is the capital of West Sulawesi. The population of the regency was 336,879 at the 2010 Census, but it was substantially reduced by the creation of the new
Central Mamuju Regency
Central Mamuju Regency is a regency in the province of West Sulawesi, Indonesia. The regency was established on 14 December 2012, comprising five districts (''kecamatan'') which had formerly been part of Mamuju Regency. It covers an area of 3,015 ...
which was cut out of it in 2012. The reduced Mamuju Regency covers an area of 4,954.57 km
2 and had a population of 278,764 at the 2020 Census. The official estimate as at mid 2021 was 281,854.
Uranium sites
Mamuju Regency has high potential uranium sites with radioactivity of ~250 nsv per year as same as at
Pocos de Caldas,
Brazil
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. The highest potential uranium site at hill of Takandeang village about 40 kilometers from
Mamuju City has radioactivity 2,000-3,000 nsw per hour.
Administration
The regency is divided into eleven
districts (''kecamatan''), tabulated below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 Census and 2020 Census, together with the official estimates for mid 2021.
[Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2022.] The table also includes the locations of the district administrative centres, the number of administrative villages (rural ''desa'' and urban ''kelurahan'') in each district, and its post code.
Notes: (a) including offshore island of Pulau Karampuang to the north of the town. (b) the Balabalakang Islands are a small group lying between West Sulawesi and
East Kalimantan
East Kalimantan ( Indonesian: ) is a province of Indonesia. Its territory comprises the eastern portion of Borneo. It had a population of about 3.03 million at the 2010 census (within the current boundary), 3.42 million at the 2015 census, and 3 ...
, and closer to the latter.
(c) including 4 offshore islands. (d) excluding the 2010 population of those regencies split off in 2012 to form the new Central Mamuju Regency.
References
External links
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Regencies of West Sulawesi
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