Buol Regency

Buol Regency is a regency of Central Sulawesi Province of Indonesia. It was created on 4 October 1999, having previously been the eastern half of a larger Buol Tolitoli Regency. It covers an area of 4,043.57 km², and had a population of 132,330 at the 2010 Census; and 145,254 at the 2020 Census; the official estimate as at mid 2024 was 162,270. The administrative centre is the town of Buol, in Biau District.

Administration

The Buol Regency was divided at 2020 into eleven districts, tabulated below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 Census and 2020 Census, together with the official estimates as at mid 2024. The table includes the locations of the district administrative centres, the number of administrative villages in each district, and its postal code.

Kode Wilayah	Name of District	Area in km²	Pop'n Census 2010	Pop'n Census 2020	Pop'n Estimate mid 2024	Admin centre	No. of villages	Post code
72.05.02	Lakea	208.55	9,700	11,040	12,590	Lakea II	7	94573
72.05.06	Biau	217.80	27,567	29,516	32,160	Leok II	7	94563
72.05.10	Karamat	153.10	8,296	9,734	11,660	Busak I	7	94572
72.05.01	Momunu	400.40	13,869	15,665	18,040	Lamadong I	16	94565
72.05.07	Tiloan	1,437.70	9,955	9,384	9,860	Air Terang	9	94566
72.05.03	Bokat	196.10	12,609	15,045	16,770	Bokat	15	94564
72.05.08	Bukal	355.52	13,485	14,746	15,940	Unone	14	94571
72.05.04	Bunobogu	327.15	8,814	9,764	10,960	Bunobogu Selatan	10	94568
72.05.09	Gadung	160.38	11,337	11,912	13,370	Bulagidun	11	94515
72.05.05	Paleleh	386.19	11,323	12,342	13,860	Paleleh	12	94569
72.05.11	Paleleh Barat	200.68	5,375	6,106	7,070	Timbulon	7	94574
	Totals	4,043.57	132,330	145,254	162,270	Buol	115

Notes: comprising all 7 kelurahan - Leok I, Leok II, Bugis, Buol, Kali, Kulango and Kumaligon. including seven offshore islands.

Demography

The Buol-speaking people live in the districts which now comprise the Buol regency which borders the Gorontalo province. Formerly mountain dwellers, the Buol now live in scattered villages on the central part of the northern peninsula, to the north-west of the Gorontalo province. The history of the Buol region is one of the rise and fall of small kingdoms and their occasional confederation into larger entities for defense and conquest. Sometimes, the Buol people are treated as a subgroup of the Gorontalo people group due to cultural and linguistic similarities. The Buol language is part of a larger linguistic grouping called the Gorontalic family which also includes the Bintauna, Kaidipang, Bolango, Gorontalo, Lolak and Suwawa languages.