Banggai Regency
Banggai Regency
Kabupaten Banggai | |
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Port of Luwuk | |
Location within Central Sulawesi | |
| Coordinates: 0°57′26″S 122°33′31″E / 0.957091°S 122.558593°E | |
| Country | Indonesia |
| Region | Sulawesi |
| Province | Central Sulawesi |
| Capital | Luwuk |
| Government | |
| • Regent | Aminuddin Tamoreka |
| • Vice Regent | Furqaniddin Masulili |
| Area | |
• Total | 8,252.88 km2 (3,186.45 sq mi) |
| Population (mid 2023 estimate) | |
• Total | 373,693 |
| • Density | 45/km2 (120/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (ICST) |
| Area code | (+62) 461 |
| Website | banggaikab |
The Banggai Regency (Indonesian: Kabupaten Banggai) is a regency located at the eastern end of Central Sulawesi Province of Indonesia. It makes up a re-established regency (kabupaten), created on 4 October 1999 by splitting the existing Banggai Regency into this smaller Banggai Regency situated on the mainland of Sulawesi (capital, Luwuk) and a new Banggai Islands Regency comprising the offshore islands to the southeast (capital, Banggai town) which are separated from mainland Sulawesi by the Peleng Straits (Selat Peleng). The residual Banggai Regency covers an area of 9,672.70 km2 and had a population of 323,626 at the 2010 census and 362,275 at the 2020 census; the official estimate as at mid 2023 was 373,693 (comprising 190,430 males and 183,260 females).