Sangihe Islands Regency
The Sangihe Islands Regency is a regency of North Sulawesi Province, Indonesia. It comprises a group of islands situated to the North of Sulawesi. It covers a land area of 461.11 km2, and had a population of 130,493 in the 2017 Estimates; the latest estimation was 131,800. The principal island is also named Sangihe, on which lies the main town of Tahuna. Minor islands include the Marore group considerably to the North of Sangihe Island, the Tatoareng group to the South, and Nusa Tabukan off the Northeast coast.Administration
The Regency is divided into fifteen districts , tabulated below with their 2017 estimated populations.
Name | English Name | Area in km2 | Population Census 2017 |
Manganitu | | 66.46 | 14,569 |
Tamako | | 69.42 | 12,578 |
Manganitu Selatan | | 73.99 | 9,327 |
Tatoareng | | 18.56 | 3,982 |
Tabukan Selatan | | 68.76 | 5,963 |
Tabukan Selatan Tengah | | 46.84 | 2,754 |
Tabukan Selatan Tenggara | | 22.29 | 2,147 |
Tabukan Tengah | | 87.39 | 9,996 |
Tahuna | | 25.76 | 18,899 |
Tahuna Timur | | 25.15 | 13,893 |
Tahuna Barat | | 40.66 | 6,077 |
Tabukan Utara | | 114.76 | 19,704 |
Nusa Tabukan | | 14.73 | 2,897 |
Kepulauan Marore | | 11.02 | 1,472 |
Kendahe | | 51.19 | 6,235 |
Totals | | 736.98 | 130,493 |
Underwater volcano
300 metres southeast of Mahangetang Island, there is the Mahangetang underwater volcano with bubbles and hot water surrounding the peak which only 4 metres below the water at low tide and 8 metres at high tide.