Tana Toraja Regency


Tana Toraja Regency is a regency of South Sulawesi Province of Indonesia, and home to the Toraja ethnic group. The local government seat is in Makale, while the center of Toraja culture is in Rantepao. But now, Tana Toraja has been divided to two regencies that consist of Tana Toraja with its capital at Makale and North toraja with its capital at Rantepao.
The Tana Toraja boundary was determined by the Dutch East Indies government in 1909. In 1926, Tana Toraja was under the administration of Bugis state, Luwu. The regentschap status was given on 8 October 1946, the last regency given by the Dutch. Since 1984, Tana Toraja has been named as the second tourist destination after Bali by the Ministry of Tourism, Indonesia. Since then, hundreds of thousands of foreign visitors have visited this regency. In addition, numerous Western anthropologists have come to Tana Toraja to study the indigenous culture and people of Toraja.
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Geography

Tana Toraja is centrally placed in the island of Sulawesi, 300 km north of Makassar, the provincial capital of South Sulawesi. It lies between latitude of 2°-3° South and longitude 119°-120° East. The total area is 2,054.30 km², about 4.4% of the total area of South Sulawesi province. The topography of Tana Toraja is mountainous; its minimum elevation is 150 m, while the maximum is 3,083 above the sea level.

Administration

Tana Toraja Regency in 2010 comprised nineteen administrative Districts, tabulated below with their 2010 Census population.
NamePopulation
Census 2010
Bonggakaradeng6,668
Simbuang6,166
Rano6,042
Mappak5,509
Mengkendek27,342
Gandang Batu Silanan19,238
Sangalla6,606
Sangalla Selatan
7,361
Sangalla Utara
7,327
Makale33,631
Makale Selatan
12,415
Makale Utara
11,799
Saluputti7,424
Bittuang14,247
Rembon18,219
Masanda6,278
Malimbong Balepe8,923
Rantetayo10,737
Kurra5,149