Pangkajene and Islands Regency

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Pangkajene & Islands Regency
Kabupaten Pangkajene dan Kepulauan
Regency
Coat of arms of Pangkajene & Islands Regency
Coat of arms
Location within South Sulawesi
Location within South Sulawesi
Pangkajene & Islands Regency is located in Sulawesi
Pangkajene & Islands Regency
Pangkajene & Islands Regency
Location within South Sulawesi
Coordinates: 4°45′S 119°30′E / 4.750°S 119.500°E / -4.750; 119.500Coordinates: 4°45′S 119°30′E / 4.750°S 119.500°E / -4.750; 119.500
CountryIndonesia Indonesia
ProvinceSouth Sulawesi 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

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]

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.

Name Land
Area
in km2		 Population
Census
2010		 Population
Census
2020		 Number
of
villages
120.00 18,318 19,349 9
91.50 12,920 14,618 7
55.44 16,895 17,728 9
85.56 12,343 13,565 7
47.39 41,701 48,656 9
76.48 32,970 38,940 8
143.48 15,450 16,560 5
112.20 8,637 10,099 6
Bungoro 90.12 38,851 43,879 8
98.46 43,730 51,616 8
75.22 29,915 34,401 10
78.28 20,037 22,339 6
40.16 13,870 14,025 6
Totals 1,112.29 305,737 345,775 103

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.

hideClimate 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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