Official Name: | Bungku |
Settlement Type: | Town |
Pushpin Map: | Indonesia Sulawesi |
Subdivision Name: | Indonesia |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Type2: | Regency |
Population As Of: | 2018 |
Population Note: | [1] |
Population Total: | 25,477 |
Timezone: | +8 |
Utc Offset: | +8 |
Coordinates: | -2.5333°N 179°W |
Bungku is a town and the administrative centre of the Regency of Morowali, in Central Sulawesi Province of Indonesia.[2]
Bungku was originally not the capital of Morowali Regency. When Morowali Regencu csme into being on 4 October 1999, the capital of the new Regency was Kolonodale. In 2004, the plan to shift the Morowali capital southeast from Kolonodale to Bungku left non-Bungku residents, both Protestant and Muslim, feeling further disenfranchised.[3] Accordingly on 12 April 2013 a separate North Morowali Regency (with its capital at Kolonodale) was established by separating the northwesterly districts from Morowali Regency.
The city is served by Maleo Airport, opened in March 2017.[4]
Bungku has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) with moderate rainfall from September to November and heavy rainfall from December to August.