Bolaang Mongondow Regency


Bolaang Mongondow Regency is a regency of North Sulawesi Province, Indonesia, situated on the island of Sulawesi. The principal town lies at Kotamobagu, which since 2007 has been administratively separated from the regency, the administrative centre of which is now at the town of Lolak. The regency covers a land area of 2,933.6 km2, and had a population of 213,484 at the 2010 Census and 248,751 at the 2020 Census; the official estimate as at mid 2023 was 254,945.

Administrative districts

Until 2007 the Regency included a much larger share of the territory off North Sulawesi Province, but on 2 January 2007 the town of Kotamobagu was split away to become an independent city, while northern districts of the regency were similarly split off on the same day to create a new North Bolaang Mongondow Regency. On 24 June 2008 two further regencies were created from other parts of the regency - South Bolaang Mongondow and East Bolaang Mongondow. At the time of the 2010 Census the residual Regency was divided into twelve districts, but three additional districts have subsequently been created by splitting of existing districts.
Under consideration by the Indonesian government since 2013 has been a proposal to re-unite the pre-2007 territories into a new province covering the same area as the original Bolaang Mongondow Regency, and separated from North Sulawesi, but all such proposals have been held in abeyance since 2013.
The fifteen districts are tabulated below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 Census and the 2020 Census, together with the official estimates as at mid 2023. The table also includes the location of the district administrative centres, the number of villages in each district, totaling 200 rural desa and 2 urban kelurahan - the latter being Inobonto and Imandi - together with its postal codes.
Kode
Wilayah		Name of
District
Area
in
km2		Pop'n
Census
2010		Pop'n
Census
2020		Pop'n
Estimate
mid 2023		Admin
centre		No.
of
villages		Post
codes
71.01.09Dumoga Barat
380.526,52018,51418,207Doloduo1295731
71.01.11Dumoga Utara
190.421,41015,08515,089Mopuya Utara
1695734
71.01.10Dumoga Timur
173.032,13121,62221,657Modomang1695736
71.01.35Dumoga Tengah
48.411,69411,866Ibolian1095732
71.01.34Dumoga Tenggara
146.38,8349,252Konarom1095735
71.01.33Dumoga159.815,21915,639Pusian1295733
71.01.14Lolayan260.423,07426,24327,295Tungoi1495737
71.01.19Passi Barat
117.914,95117,02917,437Passi1395751
71.01.22Passi Timur
93.311,26112,68713,130Pangian1395750
71.01.32Bilalang64.36,0576,5516,966Bilalang IV895755
71.01.20Poigar251.017,03318,75419,566Poigar2095753
71.01.13Bolaang204.717,14320,69221,063Inobonto1195752
71.01.31Bolaang Timur
96.89,60811,82912,501Tadoy995754
71.01.12Lolak 469.224,74032,34233,753Lolak2695741
71.01.05Sangtompolang 277.69,55611,65611,524Maelang1295744
Totals2,933.6213,484248,751254,945202

Notes: the populations at the 2010 Census of the communities now forming these three new districts are included in the figures for the existing districts from which they were cut out. Lolak District includes the offshore islands of Pulau Molosing and Pulau Tikus, situated off the north coast. Sangtompolang District includes the offshore islands of Pulau Gogobola, Pulau Paniki, Pulau Tengah and Pulau Tudunya, all situated off the north coast.

Airport

A new airport was proposed in 2015 as a construction project located in Lolak town. The government allocated IDR250 billion for the project. Construction was scheduled to commence in 2018 and complete by 2021. The airport originally will feature a 1400m runway, later to be extended to 2800m. The detailed airport planning envisages a runway both direction 10-28.

Climate

Lolak has a tropical rainforest climate with moderate rainfall from July to September and heavy rainfall in the remaining months.