Togian Islands


The Togian Islands are an archipelago of 56 islands and many offshore islets, situated in the Gulf of Tomini, off the coast of Central Sulawesi, in Indonesia. The largest islands are Batudaka, Togean, Talatako and Una-Una. There are 37 villages on the islands, with one settled by the Bajau people, more commonly known as the sea gypsies.

Administration

The islands are a part of the Tojo Una-Una Regency within Central Sulawesi Province. They comprise six districts within that regency.
NameArea in
km2		Population
Census 2010		Population
Census 2015
Una-Una146.1612,4557,791
Batudaka151.915,436
Togean229.519,1609,702
Walea Kepulauan
67.6010,0655,085
Talatako83.645,770
Walea Besar
84.513,8514,168
Total Togean Islands763.3335,53137,952

Notes:
The 2010 Census population of Batudaka district is included in the figure for Una-Una district, from which it was cut out.
The 2010 Census population of Talatako district is included in the figure for Walea Kepulauan district, from which it was cut out.

Geology and ecology

Formed by volcanic activity, the islands are covered by rainforest and surrounded by coral reef formations, which provide habitat and breeding areas for hawksbill turtle, green turtle and the dugong. The Tonkean macaque is found in the islands' forests. The Togian hawk-owl, discovered in 1999, is endemic to the islands. The Togian white-eye, another endemic bird species, was described in 2008. Non-venomous jellyfish are also found in Togian Islands, the unique one is jellyfish with red little spots.

National Park

On 2004, the government established a part of Togean Islands as a National Park consists of 292,000 hectares of sea water, 70,000 hectares of land and 10,659 hectares reservation of forests and mangroves.