Togian Islands

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the archipelago in the Gulf of Tomini. For one of the islands comprising it, see Togean Island.
Togian Islands
Native name:
Kepulauan Togean
TogianIslandMap.svg
ID - Togian.png
Map showing the Togian Islands highlighted in red.
Geography
LocationSouth-east Asia
Coordinates0°23′30″S 121°57′28″E / 0.39167°S 121.95778°E / -0.39167; 121.95778Coordinates: 0°23′30″S 121°57′28″E / 0.39167°S 121.95778°E / -0.39167; 121.95778
Total islands56
Major islandsBatudaka, Talatako, Togian
Administration
ProvinceCentral Sulawesi
Demographics
Ethnic groupsBajau
Additional information
Time zone
Togian Ferry
Togian Village

The Togian (or Togean) Islands are an archipelago of 56 islands and many offshore islets, situated in the Gulf of Tomini, off the coast of Central Sulawesi, in Indonesia. The largest islands are Batudaka, Togean, and Una-Una. There are 37 villages on the islands, with one settled by the Bajau people, more commonly known as the sea gypsies.

Administration[]

The islands are a part of the Tojo Una-Una Regency within Central Sulawesi Province. They comprise six districts (kabupaten in Indonesian) within that regency.

Name Area in
km2		 Population
Census 2010		 Population
Census 2015[1]
Una-Una 146.16 12,455 7,791
Batudaka 151.91 (a) 5,436
Togean 229.51 9,160 9,702

(Walea Islands)		 67.60 10,065 5,085
83.64 (b) 5,770

(Great Walea)		 84.51 3,851 4,168
Total Togean Islands 763.33 35,531 37,952

Notes:
(a) The 2010 Census population of Batudaka district is included in the figure for Una-Una district, from which it was cut out.
(b) The 2010 Census population of Talatako district is included in the figure for Walea Kepulauan district, from which it was cut out.

Geology and ecology[]

Formed by volcanic activity, the islands are covered by rainforest and surrounded by coral reef formations, which provide habitat and breeding areas for hawksbill turtle, green turtle and the dugong. The Tonkean macaque is found in the islands' forests. The Togian hawk-owl, discovered in 1999, is endemic to the islands. The Togian white-eye, another endemic bird species, was described in 2008. Non-venomous jellyfish are also found in Togian Islands, the unique one is jellyfish with red little spots.[2]

National Park[]

On 2004, the government established a part of Togean Islands as a National Park consists of 292,000 hectares of sea water (includes 132,000 hectares of coral reef which is the largest in Indonesia), 70,000 hectares of land and 10,659 hectares reservation of forests and mangroves.[3]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2019.
  2. ^ "Tujuh Danau Ubur-Ubur Unik di Indonesia". Retrieved November 5, 2014.
  3. ^ "Keindahan Bawah Luat Terpendam di Kepulauan Togean". September 25, 2011.

External links[]


Stub icon

This Central Sulawesi location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by .

  • v
  • t
Retrieved from ""