Bitung

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Bitung
Coordinates	1 ° 28 ′  N , 125 ° 10 ′  E Coordinates: 1 ° 28 ′  N , 125 ° 10 ′  E
Symbols
coat of arms
Basic data
Country	Indonesia
Geographical unit	Sulawesi
province	Sulawesi Utara
surface	304 km²
Residents	187,652 (2010)
density	617.3  Ew. / km²
Website	www.bitung.go.id (Indonesian)
politics
Walikota Bitung	Hanny Sonakh (2011)

Bitung is a city in the Sulawesi Utara province (North Sulawesi) in Indonesia with 187,652 inhabitants (as of 2010).

Bitung has the status of a kota . The area is completely surrounded by the Minahasa Utara administrative district (northern Minahasa ). A few kilometers away is the 1149  m high stratovolcano Tongkoko , which erupted for the last time in 1880.

The city has a port and is the seat of several industrial companies. The port is used for passenger traffic and the export of agricultural products. It is protected by the island of Lembeh .

The area is divided into the eight subdistricts ( Kecamatan ) Maesa, Matuari, Aertembaga, Girian, Madidir, Ranowulu, Lembeh Selatan and Lembeh Utara.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Jumlah Penduduk Sulawesi Utara Tahun 2010. (No longer available online.) Badan Pusat Statistics Republic of Indonesia , archived from the original on August 19, 2012 ; Retrieved June 24, 2011 (Indonesian). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.