Buol Regency

Buol Regency (Indonesian: Kabupaten Buol) is a regency (second-level administrative division) of Central Sulawesi Province of Indonesia. It covers an area of 4,043.57 km2, and had a population of 132,330 at the 2010 Census;[2] and 145,254 (comprising 74,624 males and 70,630 females) at the 2020 Census.[3] The administrative centre is the town of Buol, in Biau District.

Buol Regency
Kabupaten Buol
Regency
Coat of arms
Location within Central Sulawesi
Buol Regency
Location in Sulawesi and Indonesia
Buol Regency
Buol Regency (Indonesia)
Coordinates: 1.010469°N 121.354250°E / 1.010469; 121.354250
CountryIndonesia
ProvinceCentral Sulawesi
CapitalBuol
Government
 • RegentAmirudin Rauf
 • Vice RegentAbdullah Batalipu
Area
 • Total4,043.57 km2 (1,561.23 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)[1]
 • Total145,254
 • Density36/km2 (93/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (ICST)
Area code(+62) 445
Websitebuolkab.go.id

Administration

The Buol Regency was divided at 2020 into eleven districts (kecamatan), tabulated below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 Census [4] and 2020 Census.[5] The table includes the number of administrative villages (rural desa and urban kelurahan) in each district, and its postal code.

NameArea in
km2		Pop'n
Census
2010		Pop'n
Census
2020		Number
of desa		Post
code
Lakea208.559,70011,040794573
Biau217.8027,56729,516794563
Karamat153.108,2969,734794572
Momunu400.4013,86915,6651694565
Tiloan1,437.709,9559,384994566
Bokat196.1012,60915,0451594564
Bukal355.5213,48514,7461494571
Bunobogu327.158,8149,7641094568
Gadung160.3811,33711,9121194515
Paleleh (a)386.1911,32312,3421294569
Paleleh Barat
(West Paleleh)		200.685,3756,106794574
Totals4,043.57132,330145,254115

Notes: (a) including seven offshore islands.

Demography

The Buol-speaking people live in the districts which now comprise the Buol regency (in Central Sulawesi Province) which borders the Gorontalo province. Formerly mountain dwellers, the Buol now live in scattered villages on the central part of the northern peninsula, to the north-west of the Gorontalo province. The history of the Buol region is one of the rise and fall of small kingdoms and their occasional confederation into larger entities for defense and conquest. Sometimes, the Buol people are treated as a subgroup of the Gorontalo people group due to cultural and linguistic similarities. The Buol language is part of a larger linguistic grouping called the Gorontalic family which also includes the Bintauna, Kaidipang, Bolango, Gorontalo, Lolak and Suwawa languages.[6]

References
  1. Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.
  2. Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.
  3. Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2020.
  4. Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.
  5. Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.
  6. "Buol in Indonesia".


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