Pangkajene and islands

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Kabupaten Pangkajene dan Kepulauan
Pangkajene and islands
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)
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
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

  1. ^ Biro Pusat Statistics, Jakarta, 2011.
  2. ^ Cave painting: Let there be art , ZeitOnline, December 11, 2019

Web links

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