Pohuwato is a regency of Gorontalo Province, Indonesia. It is located on the northern (or Minahasa) peninsula of the island of Sulawesi. It was established on 25 February 2003 under Law Number (Undang-Undang Nomor) 6/2003 by splitting off from the western part of Boalemo Regency. It has an area of 4,244.31 km, and had a population of 128,748 at the 2010 Census and 146,432 at the 2020 Census; the official estimate as at mid 2023 was 160,187 (comprising 81,612 males and 78,575 females). The seat of the regency administration is in the town of Marisa.

On 21 September 2023, Pohuwato regent office and Regional People's Representative Council building were burned by local miners. They demanded PT Pani Gold Project (PGP) or PT Puncak Emas Tani Sejahtera (PETS, a subsidiary of Merdeka Copper Gold [id]) to return the ancestral land they worked on. Previously, the protesters have raided the company's office on the same day. The offices were later demolished on 4 December 2023.

Pohuwato Regency is divided into thirteen districts (kecamatan), tabulated below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 Census and the 2020 Census, together with the official estimates as at mid 2023. The table also includes the locations of the district administrative centres, the number of administrative villages in each district (totaling 101 rural desa and 3 urban kelurahan - the latter all in Paguat District), and its postal codes.

Kode Wilayah	Name of District (kecamatan)	Area in km	Pop'n Census 2010	Pop'n Census 2020	Pop'n Estimate mid 2023	Admin centre	No. of villages	Post codes
75.04.01	Popayato	90.92	9,169	10,313	11,367	Popayato	10	96466
75.04.13	Popayato Barat (West Popayato)	578.24	6,670	7,327	8,328	Dudewulo	7	96467
75.04.12	Popayato Timur (East Popayato)	723.74	7,712	8,372	9,132	Maleo	7	96467
75.04.02	Lemito	619.50	10,488	11,306	12,099	Lemito	8	96468
75.04.11	Wanggarasi	188.08	4,573	5,304	5,907	Limbula	7	96465 & 96469
	western half	2,200.48	38,612	42,622	46,833		39
75.04.04	Marisa	34.65	17,680	21,260	23,271	Botubilatahu Indah	8	96365
75.04.06	Patilanggio	298.82	8,686	9,763	10,605	Suka Makmur	6	96366
75.04.09	Buntulia	375.64	10,494	11,792	13,199	Buntulia Utara	7	96363
75.04.10	Duhiadaa	39.53	10,662	12,793	14,150	Buntulia Barat	8	96364
75.04.03	Randangan	331.90	14,995	16,959	19,078	Motolohu	13	96469
75.04.07	Taluditi	159.97	7,248	8,813	9,299	Panca Karsa II	7	96464
75.04.05	Paguat	560.93	14,967	16,165	17,096	Bohu Jaya	11	96362
75.04.08	Dengilo	242.39	5,404	6,265	6,656	Popaya	5	96361
	eastern half	2,043.83	90,135	103,810	113,354		65
	Totals	4,244.31	128,748	146,432	160,187	Marisa	104

Notes: (a) including 17 offshore islands. (b) including 25 offshore islands. (c) including 3 offshore islands. (d) including 3 offshore islands. (e) comprising 3 kelurahan (Libuo, Pentadu and Siduan) and 8 desa.

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