Official Name: | Toboali |
Settlement Type: | Town |
Pushpin Map: | Indonesia Bangka Belitung |
Coordinates: | -2.9997°N 106.4656°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Bangka Belitung |
Subdivision Type2: | Regency |
Subdivision Name2: | South Bangka Regency |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Total Km2: | 1460.34 |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 563.84 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 65,138 |
Population As Of: | 2010 |
Pop Est Footnotes: | [2] |
Population Est: | 78,780 |
Pop Est As Of: | 2017 |
Population Density Km2: | 54 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | auto |
Timezone: | Indonesia Western Time |
Utc Offset: | +7 |
Toboali is a town in the Indonesian province of Bangka-Belitung, Indonesia. Toboali is the capital of the South Bangka Regency.
Significant numbers of the townspeople are employed in pepper cultivation. In the New Order era, tin mining was extensive across the province and a large number of the locals were employed either by the large tin mining corporations or by unconventional mines.
The tourism sector have been growing in the recent years. Tourist destinations include a Dutch-era fortress and the city's natural beaches. In 2016, the local government for the first time held a cultural carnival,[3] aimed to increase the number of tourists coming to the town.
The majority of the people in Toboali are Hakka Chinese and Malay. Majority of Chinese are Buddhist, Catholic or Protestant.
Toboali has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) with heavy rainfall year-round.