Donggala Regency


Donggala Regency is a regency in the Central Sulawesi Province of Indonesia.
The capital of Donggala is Banawa, located a 30-minute drive north from Palu the capital of the province. Habir Ponulele is the governor of the regency. The regency has a land area of 10,472 km² and had a population of 277,236 at the 2010 Census. the regency lies between 0° 30" north and 2°20" south latitude, and between 119° 45°" and 121° 45" east longitude.
In September 2018, Donggala and Palu suffered heavy casualties due to a tsunami.

Administration

Before the Dutch assumed administration in 1904 under Governor-General J. B. van Heutsz, the area was the home of eight small kingdoms : Palu, Sigi Dolo, Kulawi, Biromaru, Banawa, Tawaili, Parigi, and Moutong.
In 2010, Donggala Regency was divided into sixteen districts. The district has 287 villages/wards.

2010

The Muna Regency was divided at 2010 into 33 districts, tabulated below with their 2010 Census population.
These are physically divided into two sections, lying to the west and to the east of the Palu River Valley respectively, and separated from each other by Palu city and the Sigi Regency. The first section comprises five districts, of which the northern Banawa and Banawa Tengah were the areas grievously inundated by the 2018 earthquake and tsunami. The second comprises eleven districts, stretching south to north along the west coast of Sulawesi's northern peninsula.
NameArea in
km2.		Population
Census 2010
Banawa89.932,018
Banawa Tengah
72.510,072
Banawa Selatan
401.123,677
Pinembani377.85,936
Rio Pakava805.221,820
Western section1,746.593,523
Tanantovea271.115,182
Labuan127.813,319
Sindue153.318,436
Sindue Tombusabora214.411,320
Sindue Tobata184.78,775
Sirenja262.920,206
Balaesang Tanjung183.910,350
Balaesang286.522,796
Damsol697.828,938
Sojol650.225,419
Sojol Utara
129.19,356
Eastern section3,161.7184,097

2013

Most of the districts of Donggala Regency, together with Palu city and some of the districts of Sigi Regency, were covered in the Rencana Pembangunan Jangka Panjang as of 2013. In all, the area of the Plan covered twenty-one districts.

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