Poso Regency


Poso Regency is a regency of Central Sulawesi Province of Indonesia. The principal town lies at Poso.

History

In 1999, Morowali Regency and Tojo Una-Una Regency were created out of eastern portions of Poso Regency. In 2007 there were calls to divide the remaining Poso Regency into two regencies in order to overcome religious-based conflicts; one regency would by named Tentena Regency (comprising the first eleven kecamatan listed below, while the remaining Poso Regency would consist of the last seven kecamatan listed below

Administration

The Poso Regency was divided at 2010 into eighteen districts, tabulated below with their areas and their 2010 Census populations.
NameArea in
sq.km		Population
Census 2010
Pamona Selatan
455.2018,372
Pamona Tenggara
223.776,487
Pamona Timur
536.359,531
Pamona Utara
770.9730,191
Pamona Barat
160.419,344
Southeast Sector2,146.7073,925
Lore Selatan
735.895,631
Lore Barat
323.552,821
Lore Tengah
641.794,033
Lore Peore512.802,944
Lore Timur
109.774,877
Lore Utara
455.8411,902
Western Sector2,779.6432,208
Poso Pesisir Utara
545.6215,681
Poso Pesisir300.5120,098
Poso Pesisir Selatan
595.028,842
Poso Kota
11.0220,250
Poso Kota Utara
19.7611,058
Poso Kota Selatan
24.488,992
Lage486.5918,174
Northeast Sector1,930.00103,095

Social

Religions

Poso District Religious Office noted that the majority of the population in Poso is Protestant, with the number of adherents as many as 122,389 inhabitants. This is followed by 95,417 Muslims, 9,739 Hindus, 1,425 Roman Catholics and 267 Buddhists, respectively. The number of places of worship in Poso, consisting of 270 mosques, 500 Protestant churches, 36 Catholic churches and 71 temples.
Islam is the first religion which spread widely in Poso. Although the process is not known, Islam certainly been entered in Poso around the end of the 18th century. The migration of Mandar tribe of western Sulawesi region also proved influential in this process. This process culminated in the events in which Mandar people living in the area of Kadombuku, forcing the local tribal people to convert to Islam and end up with a series of tribal wars between Mandar and Kadombuku. Christianity began to spread in the late 19th century, when a Dutch missionary, Albert Christian Kruyt sent by a Christian mission agency of the Netherlands Missionary Society to begin missionary in Central Sulawesi. After working for seventeen years, their efforts paid off when hundreds of people from To Pebato baptized on Christmas Eve, December 25, 1909. Central Sulawesi Christian Church is a church organization that was established on October 18, 1947 in Tentena. GKST serves Central, West and South Sulawesi. In 2006, 188 thousand people registered to become members, and there are 376 congregations served by 625 priests.

Tourism

Tambing Lake is located in Lore Lindu National Park, 3 hours drive from Palu and 100 meters away from Palu-Napu Road. In 2014, there are 3,000 foreign tourists visited Tambing Lake which is known as Endemic Bird Paradise with 30 percent of 270 kinds of birds are endemic.

Ecology

, also known as diospyros celebica, naturally can be found in Central Sulawesi, South Sulawesi, West Sulawesi and Maluku. The International Union for Conservation of Nature has issued their red list in 2000 and D. celebica belong to the category of vulnerable species, which means that ebony is at the limit of high risk for extinction in the wild.
Most of the endemic fauna in Poso is located in the area of cultural and natural heritage, such as Lake Poso and Lore Lindu National Park. Whitten, Maurice Kottelat, and L.R. Parenti states that there are several species of endemic biota that is only found in Lake Poso, such as Xenopoecilus poptae ; Adrianichthys kruyti, Weberogobius amadi and Nomorhamphus celebensis. Other endemic fish is Anguilla celebensis, Xenopoecilus sarasinorum, Xenopoecilus oophorus, Adrianichthys roseni; gastropods such as Miratesta celebensis; and some small shrimp.