Pangkajene and islands
Kabupaten Pangkajene dan Kepulauan Pangkajene and islands
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Basic data | |
Country | Indonesia |
province | South Sulawesi |
Seat | Pangkajene |
surface | 898.3 km² |
Residents | 250,000 |
density | 278 inhabitants per km² |
ISO 3166-2 | ID-SN |
Website | www.pangkep.go.id (Indonesian) |
politics | |
Head of government | Drs. Syamsuddin A. Hamid Batara |
Limestone cliffs and rice fields near Pangkajene (late 19th century) |
Coordinates: 4 ° 45 ′ S , 119 ° 30 ′ E
Pangkajene and Islands ( Indonesian Pangkajene dan Kepulauan or abbreviated Pangkep ) is an Indonesian administrative district ( Kabupaten ) in the province of South Sulawesi . The capital is Pangkajene . The river Pangkajene flows through the area . The administrative district has an area of 898.29 km² and a population of about 250,000 people. To the government district consists of the many small lying around Spermodendeinseln (Kepulauan Spermonde).
Pangkajene was previously a sub-municipality of the greater autonomous region of Makassar together with the other sub-municipalities Makassar , Gowa , Maros , Jeneponto and Takalar . Since February 10, 1960, Pangkajene and Islands has been an independent administrative district in the province of South Sulawesi.
Administrative division
The district of Pangkajene and Islands consists of 13 administrative districts ( Kecamatan ) (as of 2010):
Surname | Population census 2010 |
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Liukang Tangaya | 18,318 |
Liukang Kalmas | 12,920 |
Liukang Tupabbiring | 16,895 |
Liukang Tupabbiring Utara | 12,343 |
Pangkajene | 41,701 |
Minasatene | 32,970 |
Balocci | 15,450 |
Tondong Tallasa | 8,637 |
Bungoro | 38,851 |
Labakkang | 43,730 |
Ma'rang | 29,915 |
Segiri | 20,037 |
Mandalle | 13,870 |
history
In the Leang Bulu 'Sipong 4 cave , one of the karst caves in the Maros-Pangkep region , some of the oldest paintings in human history were discovered and the hunting scenes of anoa cattle - an animal species that is now threatened with extinction - dates back to around 40,000 years ago in 2019 dated.
Individual evidence
- ^ Biro Pusat Statistics, Jakarta, 2011.
- ^ Cave painting: Let there be art , ZeitOnline, December 11, 2019