Bulukumba Regency is a regency in the southeast corner of South Sulawesi Province, Indonesia.[2] It covers an area of 1,170.10 km2, and had a population of 394,757 at the 2010 Census[3] and 437,607 at the 2020 Census;[4] the official estimate for mid 2022 was 443,292 (including 216,265 males and 227,027 females).[1] The town of Ujung Bulu is its capital.
Administrative Districts
Bulukumba Regency is divided into ten Districts (Kecamatan), tabulated below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 Census[3] and 2020 Census,[4] together with the official estimates for mid 2022.[1] The table also includes the locations of the district administrative centres, the number of villages in each district (totaling 109 rural desa and 27 urban kelurahan), and its postal code.
Note: (a) including 3 kelurahan - Jalanjang, Mario Rennu and Matekko. (b) all kelurahan. (c) except for the kelurahan of Tanah Kongkong (whose postcode is 92513), Bintarore (92514), Caile (92517) and Kalumeme (92518). (d) including 1 kelurahan. (e) including 4 kelurahan - Benjala, Sapo Lohe, Tanah Beru and Tanah Lemo. (f) including 2 kelurahan. (g) including 3 kelurahan - Balla Saraja, Jawijawi and Tanete.
Pinisi ships
The traditional wooden Pinisi ships are built in Bulukumba, e.g. in Lemo-lemo village.[5]
Climate
Bulukumba has a tropical monsoon climate (Am) with moderate to little rainfall from August to November and heavy rainfall from December to July. The following climate data is for the town of Bulukumba.
