Tompaso is a highland
district located about 45 km south-west of
Manado in
Minahasa Regency,
North Sulawesi,
Indonesia. It also refers to a sub-tribe as part of larger
Tontemboan tribe in the
Minahasa ethnic group.
Historical value
According to history, Tompaso is believed to be the origin of
Minahasa people before they spread all over the land of Minahasa. One of its villages,
Pinabetengan, inherited a
megalithic
A megalith is a large stone that has been used to construct a prehistoric structure or monument, either alone or together with other stones. There are over 35,000 in Europe alone, located widely from Sweden to the Mediterranean sea.
The ...
stone about 4 m long and 2 m high tagged with full of carved pictures. The pictures portray some kind of lifetime covenant of how Minahasans were supposed to divide their territory and live peacefully.
Information
* Location
see map* Geographic coordinate: 1.11 N, 124.73 E
* Area: 30.2 km²
* Population: 13,672 (2003)
* Workforce: 8,736
* Growth: 4.81
* Density: 504 /km²
Villages
* Tolok
* Pinabetengan
* Tonsewer
* Toure
* Kamanga
* Tember
* Liba
* Sendangan
* Talikuran
* Tompaso II
* Tempok
Key places
*
Mount Soputan, Toure Village
* 230 MW Geothermal Power Plant
* Adventist High School, Tompaso II Village
* Salvation Army Orphanage, Liba Village
* Horse Racing Arena, Talikuran Village
External links
Tompaso Information
Photos
Watu Pinabetengan
Districts of North Sulawesi
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