East Luwu Regency

East Luwu Regency is the most easterly of the twenty-one regencies in South Sulawesi Province of Indonesia. It covers an area of 6,944.88 km2. The administrative capital of the regency is the coastal town of Malili on the Bay of Usu, itself an inlet in the northeast corner of the Gulf of Bone; the town, with its port of Balantang, is the shipping port for one of the world's major nickel-producing plants. The population of the Regency was 243,069 at the 2010 Census[2] and 296,741 at the 2020 Census;[3] the official estimate as at mid 2021 was 300,511.[4]

East Luwu Regency
Kabupaten Luwu Timur
Regency
Coat of arms of East Luwu Regency
Coat of arms
Location within South Sulawesi
Location within South Sulawesi
CountryIndonesia
ProvinceSouth Sulawesi
CapitalMalili
Area
 • Total6,944.98 km2 (2,681.47 sq mi)
Population
 (mid 2021 estimate)[1]
 • Total300,511
 • Density43/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (WITA)
Area code+62 474 & 475

Malili Lakes

The eastern part of the regency contains the large natural fresh-water lakes of Lake Towuti (Danau Towuti) covering an area of 561 km2 in the south-east and Lake Matana (Danau Matana) covering 164 km2 further north, as well as the smaller Danau Mahalona between them. These (with the even smaller Danau Masapi and Danau Lontoa) form the Malili Lake system. Danau Towuti, which is 48 km wide, is the largest lake on Sulawesi, and contains the island of Pulau Luha within it. Danau Matana is the deepest lake in Indonesia (and the deepest lake on an island in the world), reaching a depth of 590 metres.

On the south shore of Lake Matana is the town of Soroako, the centre for the nickel processing plant, and its massive mine complex. Soroako, with its satellite villages of Wasuponda and Wawandula, are connected by a modern highway to the sea at Malili.

Administration

East Luwu Regency is divided into eleven administrative Districts (Kecamatan), tabulated below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 Census [5] and the 2020 Census,[6] together with the official estimates as of mid 2021.[7] The table also includes the locations of the district administrative centres, the numbers of administrative villages (totalling 125 rural desa and 3 urban kelurahan) in each district.

NameArea
in km2		Population
Census
2010		Population
Census
2020		Population
estimate
mid 2021		Administrative
centre		No. of
villages		Post
code
Burau256.2330,87534,21434,306Burau1892975
Wotu130.5228,10033,34533,657Bawalipu1792971
Tomoni230.0922,33326,40626,644Mandiri13 (a)92972
Tomoni Timur
(East Tomoni)		43.9111,73813,51513,602Kertoraharjo892970
Angkona147.2421,68125,07525,247Solo1092985
Malili921.2032,69942,82643,640Puncak Indah14 (b)92981
Towuti1,820.4827,20042,08743,586Langkea Raya1992982
Nuha808.2720,08723,39923,575Sorowako5 (c)92983
Wasuponda1,244.0017,96921,61021,840Ledu-Ledu692984
Mangkutana1,300.9619,83922,23222,316Wonorejo1192974
Kalaena41.9810,54812,03212,098Kalaena Kiri792973
Totals6,944.88243,069296,741300,511Malili128

Notes: (a) including the kelurahan of Tomoni. (b) including the kelurahan of Malili. (c) including the kelurahan of Magani.

Climate

Kanowit has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) with heavy rainfall year-round.

Climate data for Malili
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average high °C (°F) 29.9
(85.8)		 29.8
(85.6)		 30.0
(86.0)		 30.1
(86.2)		 29.8
(85.6)		 29.0
(84.2)		 28.6
(83.5)		 29.5
(85.1)		 30.2
(86.4)		 31.2
(88.2)		 30.9
(87.6)		 30.3
(86.5)		 29.9
(85.9)
Daily mean °C (°F) 26.0
(78.8)		 25.9
(78.6)		 26.1
(79.0)		 26.2
(79.2)		 26.1
(79.0)		 25.4
(77.7)		 24.8
(76.6)		 25.3
(77.5)		 25.7
(78.3)		 26.4
(79.5)		 26.5
(79.7)		 26.3
(79.3)		 25.9
(78.6)
Average low °C (°F) 22.1
(71.8)		 22.1
(71.8)		 22.2
(72.0)		 22.3
(72.1)		 22.5
(72.5)		 21.9
(71.4)		 21.1
(70.0)		 21.2
(70.2)		 21.2
(70.2)		 21.7
(71.1)		 22.2
(72.0)		 22.3
(72.1)		 21.9
(71.4)
Average rainfall mm (inches) 230
(9.1)		 226
(8.9)		 288
(11.3)		 319
(12.6)		 279
(11.0)		 220
(8.7)		 176
(6.9)		 141
(5.6)		 126
(5.0)		 109
(4.3)		 171
(6.7)		 208
(8.2)		 2,493
(98.3)
Source: Climate-Data.org[8]

References
  1. Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2022.
  2. Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.
  3. Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.
  4. Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2022.
  5. Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.
  6. Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.
  7. Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2022.
  8. "Climate: Malili". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 19 November 2020.

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