Ngitung was the fifth

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Poso Regency Poso Regency is a Regencies of Indonesia, regency of Central Sulawesi Province of Indonesia. It covers an area of 7,112.25 km2, and had a population of 209,228 at the 2010 Census and 244,875 at the 2020 Census; the official estimate as at mid ...

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 ...

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, who ruled from 1960 to 1962. He succeeded

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, the

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regent during the vacancy. Alongside his

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background, he was notable for advancing Poso Regency beyond that of the

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of Palu, the

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of the

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