North Toraya

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Kabupaten Toraja Utara
North Toraja Governorate
Basic data
Country Indonesia
province Sulawesi Selatan
Seat Rantepao
surface 1,151.5 km²
Residents 215,400 (2010)
density 187 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2 ID-SN
politics
Bupati Drs. Frederik Batti 'Sorring, S.Sos, MM

Coordinates: 2 ° 59 ′  S , 119 ° 54 ′  E

North Toraja ( Toraja Utara ) is a government district ( Kabupaten ) on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi that was newly formed in 2008 by outsourcing from the Tana Toraja district . The district is part of the Sulawesi Selatan Province . 215,400 inhabitants live here (2010).

geography

North Toraya has an area of ​​1,151.47 km². The capital is Rantepao . The Sa'dan flows through the area .

history

see Tana Toraja # story

Culture

see Toraja

Attractions

traditional houses ( tongkonan ) in Kete Kesu

The Indonesian Ministry of Culture placed the following traditional Toraja settlements on the "Tentative List" for nominations by UNESCO :

  • Londa : rock burial site with two burial methods
  • Kete Kesu : village with tongkonans (in a museum) and rice granaries, burial place, space for ritual ceremonies ( rante )
  • Pallawa: northeast of Rantepao, village with 11 Tongkonans and 15 rice granaries and space for ritual ceremonies
  • Pala 'Toke': 5 km southeast of Rantepao, burial place with 2 Tongkonans and 16 rice granaries and space for ritual ceremonies with menhirs
  • Buntu Pune (living space with 2 tongkonans (1 of which, according to legend, was built by Pong Marambaq) and 6 rice granaries) and Rante Karasik (place for ritual ceremonies and menhirs), 1 km south of Rantepao
  • Nanggala: east of Rantepao, village with 2 Tongkonans and 16 rice granaries
  • Kande Api: Village with 4 Tongkonans and 11 rice granaries
  • Bori Parinding: (5 km north of Rantepao) burial place and place for ritual ceremonies with more than 100 menhirs in Bori, 1 km south of Bori in Parinding Tongkonans

Other attractions north of Rantepao:

  • Batu Tumonga (panorama) and Lo'ko 'Mata (village and cave tombs)
  • Sesean (much-climbed panoramic mountain)

religion

The official website of the Tana Toraja district reported the following figures in 2006 (before the spin-off of Toraja Utara, figures for both districts together): Protestants : 65.15%, Catholics : 16.97%, Islam : 5.99% and Toraja - " Hindu " (Aluk To Dolo): 5.99%.

economy

see Tana Toraja # economy

Administrative division

The North Toraja District consists of 21 administrative districts ( Kecamatan ) (as of 2010):

Surname Population
census 2010
Sopai 13,042
Kesu 15,504
Sanggalangi 11,129
Buntao 8,911
Rantebua 7,595
Nanggala 9,192
Tondon 9,465
Tallunglipu 18,068
Rantepao 25,585
Tikala 10,275
Sesean 10,893
Balusu 6,760
Sa'dan 14,923
Bengkelekila 5,128
Sesean Suloara 6.236
Kapala Pitu 6,041
Dende Piongan Napo 7,979
Awan Rante Karua 5,193
Rindingalo 7,255
Buntu Pepasan 12,228
Baruppu 5,358

The districts in turn are composed of 112 subunits (17 Kelurahans and 95 Desas).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Tana Toraja official website ( Indonesian ). Archived from the original on May 29, 2006. Retrieved on October 4, 2006.
  2. ^ Biro Pusat Statistics, Jakarta, 2011.

Web links

Commons : North Toraja Regency  - Collection of images, videos and audio files