Sigi Regency is a

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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 fo ...

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. It lies upstream on the

Palu River The Palu River (Indonesian language, Indonesian: ''Sungai Palu'') is a river in Central Sulawesi, Sulawesi island, Indonesia, about 1600 km northeast of the capital Jakarta. Hydrology The river flows through the city of Palu, with 41% of th ...

, and immediately south of

Palu Palu, which is officially known as the City of Palu ( Indonesian: ''Kota Palu''), is the capital and largest city of Central Sulawesi. Palu is located on the northwestern coast of Sulawesi and borders Donggala Regency to the north and west, Par ...

city, the provincial capital. It covers an area of 5,196.02 km² and had a population of 215,030 at the 2010 Census and 239,421 at the 2020 Census; the official estimate as at mid 2021 was 261,676. The principal town lies at Sigi Biromaru. Sigi Regency was one of the areas in northwest Sulawesi most affected by the 2018 earthquake and tsunami in Sulawesi. Dozens of people were reported to have been killed by the earthquake and there were reports of "massive liquification" which caused homes to be swept away. COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM De vorst en vorstin van Kulawi Celebes TMnr 10001615

COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM De vorst en vorstin van Kulawi Celebes TMnr 10001615

COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM De 'Marego' dans te Kulawi Donggala Celebes TMnr 10003457

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Conflicts

Following religious conflicts in the neighbouring

Poso Regency Poso Regency is a 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 2021 was 248,345. The p ...

, the Indonesia government mounted Operation Tinombala in early 2016 to combat local terrorist activities carried out by the East Indonesia Mujahiddin (''Mujahiddin Indonesian Timur'', or MIT) in the province. In late November 2020, there were indications that the conflict had spread into Sigi Regency when four residents of remote Lembantongoa village were killed in an apparent terrorist attack attributed to MIT. Indonesia's senior Coordinating Political, Legal and Security Minister

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issued a statement saying that the government was committed to tracking down those responsible for the murders and the accompanying destruction.

Administrative Districts

The Sigi Regency was divided at 2010 into fifteen districts (''kecamatan''), tabulated below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 Census and 2020 Census, together with the official estimates as at mid 2021.Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2022.

References

Regencies of Central Sulawesi {{CSulawesi-geo-stub