Pangkajene and Islands Regency

The Pangkajene and Islands Regency (Indonesian: Kabupaten Pangkajene dan Kepulauan, usually shortened to Pangkep) is a regency of South Sulawesi Province of Indonesia. The regency lies primarily on the mainland of Sulawesi's southern peninsula, but also includes the Spermonde Islands (Kepulauan Spermonde) off the west coast of that peninsula, as well as other small islands further west and southwest. The principal town lies at Pangkajene on Sulawesi, but there are a series of further towns like Lejang, Labakkang, Bontobonto and Segeri proceeding northwards from Pangkajene along the Trans-Sulawesi Highway. The total land area is 1,112.29 km2, and the population was 305,737 at the 2010 Census and 345,775 at the 2020 Census.[2]

Pangkajene & Islands Regency
Kabupaten Pangkajene dan Kepulauan
Regency
Coat of arms
Location within South Sulawesi
Pangkajene & Islands Regency
Pangkajene & Islands Regency
Coordinates: 4°45′S 119°30′E
Country Indonesia
Province South Sulawesi
CapitalPangkajene
Area
 • Total1,112.29 km2 (429.46 sq mi)
Population
 (2020 Census)[1]
 • Total345,775
 • Density310/km2 (810/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (WITA)
Padang Lampe Waterfall
Barracks in Pangkajene (Pankajene)
River and bridge in Pangkajene

Administrative Districts

The Regency comprises thirteen administrative Districts (Kecamatan), tabulated below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 Census [3] and the 2020 Census.[4] The table also includes the number of administrative villages (rural desa and urban kelurahan) in each district.

NameLand
Area
in km2		Population
Census
2010		Population
Census
2020		Number
of
villages
Liukang Tangaya120.0018,31819,3499
Liukang Kalmas91.5012,92014,6187
Liukang Tupabbiring55.4416,89517,7289
Liukang Tupabbiring Utara85.5612,34313,5657
Pangkajene district47.3941,70148,6569
Minasatene76.4832,97038,9408
Balocci143.4815,45016,5605
Tondong Tallasa112.208,63710,0996
Bungoro90.1238,85143,8798
Labakkang98.4643,73051,6168
Ma'rang75.2229,91534,40110
Segiri78.2820,03722,3396
Mandalle40.1613,87014,0256
Totals1,112.29305,737345,775103

The Regency includes four districts which cover 115 small islands off the west and south coasts of South Sulawesi Province. Liukang Tangaya comprises 55 islands off the south and southwest of Sulawesi; Liukang Tupabbiring and Liukang Tupabbiring Utara together comprise the 43 Spermonde Islands off the west coast of South Sulawesi; and Liukang Kalmas comprises 17 other islands more to the west of South Sulawesi.

Climate

Pangkajene has a tropical monsoon climate (Am) with moderate to little rainfall from June to October and heavy to very rainfall from November to May. The following climate data is for the town of Pangkajene.

Climate data for Pangkajene
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average high °C (°F) 29.6
(85.3)		 29.8
(85.6)		 30.3
(86.5)		 30.9
(87.6)		 31.2
(88.2)		 31.0
(87.8)		 31.1
(88.0)		 31.7
(89.1)		 32.1
(89.8)		 32.2
(90.0)		 31.2
(88.2)		 30.0
(86.0)		 30.9
(87.7)
Daily mean °C (°F) 26.3
(79.3)		 26.5
(79.7)		 26.7
(80.1)		 26.9
(80.4)		 27.0
(80.6)		 26.5
(79.7)		 26.1
(79.0)		 26.2
(79.2)		 26.7
(80.1)		 27.1
(80.8)		 27.0
(80.6)		 26.5
(79.7)		 26.6
(79.9)
Average low °C (°F) 23.0
(73.4)		 23.3
(73.9)		 23.1
(73.6)		 23.0
(73.4)		 22.9
(73.2)		 22.1
(71.8)		 21.1
(70.0)		 20.8
(69.4)		 21.3
(70.3)		 22.1
(71.8)		 22.9
(73.2)		 23.0
(73.4)		 22.4
(72.3)
Average rainfall mm (inches) 584
(23.0)		 511
(20.1)		 388
(15.3)		 234
(9.2)		 219
(8.6)		 100
(3.9)		 54
(2.1)		 32
(1.3)		 48
(1.9)		 109
(4.3)		 301
(11.9)		 588
(23.1)		 3,168
(124.7)
Source: Climate-Data.org[5]

References
  1. Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.
  2. Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.
  3. Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.
  4. Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.
  5. "Climate: Pangkajene". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 18 November 2020.


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