Pangkajene Islands Regency
Islands
The regency includes four districts (the first four listed below) which together cover 115 small islands off the west and south coasts of South Sulawesi Province, with a total land area of 351.5 km and a combined population of 69,272 according to the official estimates for mid-2023. Liukang Tangaya District comprises 55 islands off the south and southwest coasts of Sulawesi. Liukang Tupabbiring and Liukang Tupabbiring Utara Districts together comprise about 50 vegetated islands and 70 unvegetated sand cays constituting the Spermonde Islands off the west coast of South Sulawesi; 43 of these islands are named. Liukang Kalmas District comprises 17 other islands more to the west of South Sulawesi.
Administrative Districts
The regency comprises thirteen administrative districts (Kecamatan) - nine on the mainland of Sulawesi and four comprising islands off its coast. Their details are tabulated below with their area, populations at the 2010 and 2020 census, together with the mid-2023 official population estimates. The table also includes the location of the district administrative centres, their post codes, and the number of administrative villages in each district (totaling 65 rural desa and 38 urban kelurahan).
Kode Wilayah |
Name of District (kecamatan) |
Land Area in km |
Pop'n Census 2010 |
Pop'n Census 2020 |
Pop'n estimate mid 2023 |
Admin centre |
No. of villages |
Post code(s) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
73.10.01 | Liukang Tangaya | 120.00 | 18,318 | 19,349 | 20,579 | Sapuka | 9 | 90673 |
(Central Islands) | 120.00 | 18,318 | 19,349 | 20,579 | 9 | |||
73.10.02 | Liukang Kalmas | 91.50 | 12,920 | 14,618 | 15,314 | Kalu-Kaluang | 7 | 90672 |
(Kalukalukuang Islands) | 91.50 | 12,920 | 14,618 | 15,314 | 7 | |||
73.10.03 | Liukang Tupabbiring | 55.44 | 16,895 | 17,728 | 18,879 | Mattiro Sompe | 9 | 90671 |
73.10.13 | Liukang Tupabbiring Utara | 85.56 | 12,343 | 13,565 | 14,500 | Mattiro Kamja | 7 | 90670 |
(Pabbiring Islands) | 141.00 | 29,238 | 31,293 | 33,379 | 16 | |||
73.10.04 | Pangkajene (district) |
47.39 | 41,701 | 48,656 | 50,537 | Tumampua | 9 | 90611 - 90613, 90616 - 90617 |
73.10.10 | Minasatene | 76.48 | 32,970 | 38,940 | 40,955 | Minasate | 8 | 90614 - 90615, 90618 - 90619 |
73.10.05 | Balocci | 143.48 | 15,450 | 16,560 | 16,915 | Balleangin | 5 | 90661 |
73.10.12 | Tondong Tallasa | 112.20 | 8,637 | 10,099 | 10,382 | Bantimurung | 6 | 90566 |
73.10.06 | Bungoro | 90.12 | 38,851 | 43,879 | 45,167 | Samalewa | 8 | 90651 |
73.10.07 | Labakkang | 98.46 | 43,730 | 51,616 | 53,197 | Labakkang | 8 | 90653 |
73.10.08 | Ma'rang | 75.22 | 29,915 | 34,401 | 35,232 | Bonto-Bonto | 10 | 90654 |
73.10.09 | Segeri | 78.28 | 20,037 | 22,339 | 22,095 | Segeri | 6 | 90656 |
73.10.11 | Mandalle | 40.16 | 13,870 | 14,025 | 14,094 | Tamarupa | 6 | 90655 |
Totals | 1,112.29 | 305,737 | 345,775 | 357,846 | Pangkajene | 103 |
Notes: (a) includes one kelurahan. (b) includes two kelurahan. (c) all 9 are kelurahan. (d) comprises 6 kelurahan and 2 desa.
(e) includes 4 kelurahan. (f) includes 3 kelurahan.
Climate
Pangkajene has a tropical monsoon climate (Am) with moderate to little rainfall from June to October and heavy to very rainfall from November to May. The following climate data is for the town of Pangkajene.
Climate data for Pangkajene | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 29.6 (85.3) |
29.8 (85.6) |
30.3 (86.5) |
30.9 (87.6) |
31.2 (88.2) |
31.0 (87.8) |
31.1 (88.0) |
31.7 (89.1) |
32.1 (89.8) |
32.2 (90.0) |
31.2 (88.2) |
30.0 (86.0) |
30.9 (87.7) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 26.3 (79.3) |
26.5 (79.7) |
26.7 (80.1) |
26.9 (80.4) |
27.0 (80.6) |
26.5 (79.7) |
26.1 (79.0) |
26.2 (79.2) |
26.7 (80.1) |
27.1 (80.8) |
27.0 (80.6) |
26.5 (79.7) |
26.6 (79.9) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 23.0 (73.4) |
23.3 (73.9) |
23.1 (73.6) |
23.0 (73.4) |
22.9 (73.2) |
22.1 (71.8) |
21.1 (70.0) |
20.8 (69.4) |
21.3 (70.3) |
22.1 (71.8) |
22.9 (73.2) |
23.0 (73.4) |
22.4 (72.3) |
Average rainfall mm (inches) | 584 (23.0) |
511 (20.1) |
388 (15.3) |
234 (9.2) |
219 (8.6) |
100 (3.9) |
54 (2.1) |
32 (1.3) |
48 (1.9) |
109 (4.3) |
301 (11.9) |
588 (23.1) |
3,168 (124.7) |
Source: Climate-Data.org |