Banggai Islands Regency
The Banggai Archipelago is a group of islands, which are located at the far eastern end of Central Sulawesi, Indonesia. It makes up a newly established regency of Central Sulawesi Province of Indonesia, created by splitting the existing Banggai Regency into a new Banggai Regency situated on the mainland of Sulawesi and a Banggai Islands Regency comprising the offshore islands. In December 2014 a further splitting of the Regency was the removal of seven districts to form a new Banggai Laut Regency. The reduced Banggai Islands Regency thus comprises the main island of Peleng together with various small offshore islands. The archipelago is surrounded by the Banda Sea's Gulf of Tolo, and the Molucca Sea. The Peleng Straits separate it from mainland Sulawesi.Islands
Administratively:
- Peleng group, 12 kecamatan, 109,384 people.
Administration
The Banggai Islands Regency was divided at 2010 into twelve districts, tabulated below with their 2010 Census population.
| Name | Area in
km2 | Population
Census 2010 |
| Buko | 188.2 | 9,376 |
| Buko Selatan | 142.2 | 7,881 |
| Bulagi Selatan | 332.5 | 9,716 |
| Bulagi | 318.2 | 9,529 |
| Bulagi Utara | 218.9 | 8,890 |
| Peling Tengah | 154.5 | 9,244 |
| Liang | 124.7 | 8,768 |
| Tinangkung | 278.6 | 13,201 |
| Tinangkung Utara | 122.6 | 7,670 |
| Tinangkung Selatan | 123.5 | 7,204 |
| Totikum | 155.1 | 9,869 |
| Totikum Selatan | 106.4 | 8,036 |
Transportation
served the islands from Palu. There is also a bus service via Luwuk and thence by boat or ship to Banggai.The Banggai Islands are home to the Banggai cardinalfish, a small endemic tropical cardinal fish with a big mouth which can be found at least in 10 locations.
