Sigi Regency Explained

Official Name:Sigi Regency
Native Name:Kabupaten Sigi
Native Name Lang:id
Type:Regency
Motto:Mareso Masagena (Kaili)
(Difficult and Happy to be Together)
Coordinates:-1.385°N 119.9669°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Indonesia
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Central Sulawesi
Seat Type:Capital
Seat:Sigi Biromaru
Leader Title:Regent
Leader Name:Mohamad Irwan, S.Sos., M.Si
Leader Title1:Vice Regent
Leader Name1:Dr. Samuel Yansen Pongi, SE., M.Si
Area Total Km2:5196.02
Population As Of:mid 2023 estimate
Population Total:266656
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Footnotes:[1]
Timezone1:ICST
Utc Offset1:+8
Area Code Type:Area code
Area Code:(+62) 451
Pushpin Map:Indonesia_Sulawesi#Indonesia
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Sulawesi and Indonesia

Sigi Regency is a regency of Central Sulawesi, Indonesia. It was created on 21 July 2008 by splitting off the southern districts from Donggala Regency. It lies upstream on the Palu River, and immediately south of Palu city, the provincial capital. The regency is almost landlocked; it has a small coastline between Palu city and the western part of Donggala regency. It covers an area of 5,196.02 km2 and had a population of 215,030 at the 2010 Census[2] and 239,421 at the 2020 Census;[3] the official estimate as at mid 2023 was 266,656 (comprising 136,510 males and 130,140 females).[4] The principal town lies at Sigi Biromaru.

Sigi Regency was one of the areas in northwest Sulawesi most affected by the 2018 earthquake and tsunami in Sulawesi. Dozens of people were reported to have been killed by the earthquake and there were reports of "massive liquification" which caused homes to be swept away.

Conflicts

Following religious conflicts in the neighbouring Poso Regency, the Indonesia government mounted Operation Tinombala in early 2016 to combat local terrorist activities carried out by the East Indonesia Mujahiddin (Mujahiddin Indonesian Timur, or MIT) in the province.[5] In late November 2020, there were indications that the conflict had spread into Sigi Regency when four residents of remote Lembantongoa village were killed in an apparent terrorist attack attributed to MIT.[6] Indonesia's senior Coordinating Political, Legal and Security Minister Mahfud MD issued a statement saying that the government was committed to tracking down those responsible for the murders and the accompanying destruction.

Administrative Districts

The Sigi Regency was divided at 2010 and at 2020 into fifteen districts (kecamatan), but on 14 September 2020 a sixteenth district (Sigi Kota) was formed from parts of Sigi Biromaru (7 desa), Dolo (2 desa) and Palolo (1 desa) Districts. The districts are tabulated below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 Census[7] and 2020 Census,[8] together with the official estimates as at mid 2023.[9] The table also includes the locations of the district administrative centres, and the numbers of villages (all rated as rural desa) in each district.

Kode
Wilayah
Name of
District
(kecamatan)
Area
in
km2
Pop'n
Census
2010
Pop'n
Census
2020
Pop'n
Estimate
mid 2023
Admin
centre
No.
of
desa
72.10.07 Pipikoro 956.137,8178,7208,615Peana19
72.10.06 Kulawi Selatan
(South Kulawi)
418.128,4739,4409,772Lawua12
72.10.05 Kulawi 1,053.5614,17215,81016,305Bolapopo16
72.10.04 Lindu552.034,6905,2505,557Tomado5
72.10.03 75.195,6266,2605,731Kamarora5
72.10.02 Palolo 581.4827,38530,44029,983Makmur21
73.10.08 Gumbasa 176.4911,68213,01013,578Pakuli7
72.10.10 Tanambulava 56.337,8668,7709,895Sibalaya Utara5
72.10.09 Dolo Selatan
(South Dolo)
584.7114,44816,08017,284Baluase12
72.10.11 Dolo Barat
(West Dolo)
112.1812,57614,01015,183Kalele12
72.10.12 Dolo 21.7920,59122,93023,206Kota Pulu9
72.10.01 Sigi Biromaru 175.2942,85747,71048,775Mpanau10
72.10.14 Marawola 38.6520,99123,36030,068Binangga11
72.10.15 Marawola Barat
(West Marawola)
150.516,3827,1005,789Dombu12
72.10.13 Kinovaro 70.389,47410,54010,794Porame10
72.10.16 Sigi Kota
(Sigi Town)
173.10(a)(a) 16,121Bora10
Totals 5,196.02215,030239,421266,656Sigi Biromaru177

Note (a) the population of the new Sigi Kota District in 2010 and 2020 is included in the figures for Sigi Biromaru, Dolo and Palolo Districts, from parts of which it was created on 14 September 2020.

Notes and References

  1. Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2024, Kabupaten Sigi Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.7210)
  2. Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.
  3. Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.
  4. Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2024, Kabupaten Sigi Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.7210)
  5. Marchio Irfan Gorbiano, 'Reevaluate Operation Tinambala after Sigi attack: Analysts', The Jakarta Post, 9 December 2020.
  6. Any Rufaedah and Idhamsyah Eka Putra, 'IS replication in Indonesia and counterterrism after the Sigi attack', East Asia Forum, Australian National University, 9 January 2012. See also Rizki Rachriansyah, 'Four killed in alleged MIT attack in Sigi, reigniting concerns over sectarian conflict', The Jakarta Post, 29 November 2020.
  7. Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.
  8. Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.
  9. Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2024, Kabupaten Sigi Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.7210)