Buol Regency
Kabupaten Buol
Regency
Coat of arms of Buol Regency
Coat of arms
Location within Central Sulawesi
Location within Central Sulawesi
Buol Regency is located in Sulawesi
Buol Regency
Buol Regency
Location in Sulawesi and Indonesia
Buol Regency is located in Indonesia
Buol Regency
Buol Regency
Buol Regency (Indonesia)
Coordinates: 1°00′38″N 121°21′15″E / 1.010469°N 121.354250°E / 1.010469; 121.354250
CountryIndonesia
ProvinceCentral Sulawesi
CapitalBuol
Government
 • RegentAmirudin Rauf
 • Vice RegentAbdullah Batalipu
Area
 • Total4,043.57 km2 (1,561.23 sq mi)
Population
 (mid 2022 estimate)[1]
 • Total148,246
 • Density37/km2 (95/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (ICST)
Area code(+62) 445
Websitebuolkab.go.id

Buol Regency (Indonesian: Kabupaten Buol) is a regency (second-level administrative division) of Central Sulawesi Province of Indonesia. It was created on 4 October 1999, having previously been the eastern half of a larger Buol Tolitoli Regency. It covers an area of 4,043.57 km2, and had a population of 132,330 at the 2010 Census;[2] and 145,254 (comprising 74,624 males and 70,630 females) at the 2020 Census;[3] the official estimate as at mid 2022 was 148,246 (comprising 75,250 males and 72,296 females).[1] The administrative centre is the town of Buol, in Biau District.

Administration

The Buol Regency was divided at 2020 into eleven districts (kecamatan), tabulated below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 Census[2] and 2020 Census,[3] together with the official estimates as at mid 2022.[1] The table includes the locations of the district administrative centres, the number of administrative villages in each district (108 rural desa and 7 urban kelurahan in total), and its postal code.

Kode
Wilayah		 Name of
District
(kecamatan)		 Area
in
km2		 Pop'n
Census
2010		 Pop'n
Census
2020		 Pop'n
Estimate
mid 2022		 Admin
centre		 No.
of
villages		 Post
code
72.05.02 Lakea 208.55 9,700 11,040 11,300 Lakea II 7 94573
72.05.06 Biau 217.80 27,567 29,516 29,950 Leok II 7 (a) 94563
72.05.10 Karamat 153.10 8,296 9,734 9,963 Busak I 7 94572
72.05.01 Momunu 400.40 13,869 15,665 16,098 Lamadong I 16 94565
72.05.07 Tiloan 1,437.70 9,955 9,384 9,529 Air Terang 9 94566
72.05.03 Bokat 196.10 12,609 15,045 15,460 Bokat 15 94564
72.05.08 Bukal 355.52 13,485 14,746 15,123 Unone 14 94571
72.05.04 Bunobogu 327.15 8,814 9,764 9,955 Bunobogu Selatan 10 94568
72.05.09 Gadung 160.38 11,337 11,912 12,072 Bulagidun 11 94515
72.05.05 Paleleh (b) 386.19 11,323 12,342 12,583 Paleleh 12 94569
72.05.11 Paleleh Barat
(West Paleleh)		 200.68 5,375 6,106 6,213 Timbulon 7 94574
Totals 4,043.57 132,330 145,254 148,246 Buol 115

Notes: (a) comprising all 7 kelurahan (urban villages). (b) including seven offshore islands.

Demography

The Buol-speaking people live in the districts which now comprise the Buol regency (in Central Sulawesi Province) which borders the Gorontalo province. Formerly mountain dwellers, the Buol now live in scattered villages on the central part of the northern peninsula, to the north-west of the Gorontalo province. The history of the Buol region is one of the rise and fall of small kingdoms and their occasional confederation into larger entities for defense and conquest. Sometimes, the Buol people are treated as a subgroup of the Gorontalo people group due to cultural and linguistic similarities. The Buol language is part of a larger linguistic grouping called the Gorontalic family which also includes the Bintauna, Kaidipang, Bolango, Gorontalo, Lolak and Suwawa languages.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b c Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2023, Kabupaten Buol Dalam Angka 2023 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.7205)
  2. ^ a b Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.
  3. ^ a b Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.
  4. ^ "Buol in Indonesia".
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