Sulawesi Tengah (Central Sulawesi) is one of Indonesia's provinces located in the heart of Sulawesi Island. It was established on April 13, 1964.
Sulawesi Tengah with a total of 189,480 square kilometers is surrounded by Sulawesi Utara in the north, Sulawesi Selatan and Sulawesi Tenggara in the south, Maluku in the east, and the Makassar Strait in the west.
Palu is the province's capital. Major cities in this province are:
- Banggai
- Bungku
- Buol
- Donggala
- Kolonodale
- Luwuk
- Parigi
- Poso
- Tolitoli
Climate
Minimum temperatures 19.80- 22.60 C
Maximum temperatures 34.00- 37.00 C
Humidity 78 - 83 %
Year
|
Population
|
Density
|
1990
|
1,711,327
|
25
|
1995
|
1,938,071
|
28
|
2000
|
2,218,435
|
35
|
Population growth between 1990 and 2000: 2.57%