Sigi Regency


Sigi Regency is a regency of Central Sulawesi, Indonesia. It was created on 21 July 2008 by splitting off the southern districts from Donggala Regency. It lies upstream on the Palu River, and immediately south of Palu city, the provincial capital. The regency is almost landlocked; it has a small coastline between Palu city and the western part of Donggala regency. It covers an area of 5,196.02 km2 and had a population of 215,030 at the 2010 Census and 239,421 at the 2020 Census; the official estimate as at mid 2024 was 270,189. The principal town lies at Sigi Biromaru.
The northern part of the Sigi Regency was one of the areas in northwest Sulawesi most affected by the 2018 earthquake and tsunami in Sulawesi. Dozens of people were reported to have been killed by the earthquake and there were reports of "massive liquification" which caused homes to be swept away.

Conflicts

Following religious conflicts in the neighbouring Poso Regency, the Indonesia government mounted Operation Tinombala in early 2016 to combat local terrorist activities carried out by the East Indonesia Mujahiddin in the province. In late November 2020, there were indications that the conflict had spread into Sigi Regency when four residents of remote Lembantongoa village were killed in an apparent terrorist attack attributed to MIT. Indonesia's senior Coordinating Political, Legal and Security Minister Mahfud MD issued a statement saying that the government was committed to tracking down those responsible for the murders and the accompanying destruction.

Administrative districts

The Sigi Regency was divided at 2010 and at 2020 into fifteen districts, but on 14 September 2020 a sixteenth district was formed from parts of Sigi Biromaru, Dolo and Palolo Districts. The districts are 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 also includes the locations of the district administrative centres, and the numbers of villages in each district.
For ease of reference, they are grouped below into two sectors ; the southern group forms the geographically larger but less well populated part of the regency in the extensive valley of the Palu River, with an average population density of 27 per km2, while the northern group forms the geographically smaller but more populated and faster-growing area to the immediate south of the city of Palu, with an average population density of over 204 per km2. The southern part includes the large Lore Lindu National Park.
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
desa
72.10.07Pipikoro956.137,8178,7209,250Peana19
72.10.06Kulawi Selatan
418.128,4739,4409,883Lawua12
72.10.05Kulawi1,053.5614,17215,81016,324Bolapopo16
72.10.04Lindu552.034,6905,2506.133Tomado5
72.10.03Nokilalaki75.195,6266,2606,090Kamarora5
72.10.02Palolo581.4827,38530,44030,068Makmur21
73.10.08Gumbasa176.4911,68213,01013,215Pakuli7
72.10.10Tanambulava56.337,8668,7709,894Sibalaya Utara5
72.10.09Dolo Selatan
584.7114,44816,08017,896Baluase12
Sub-totalsSouthern sector4,454.04102,159113,771118,753102
72.10.11Dolo Barat
112.1812,57614,01015,438Kalele12
72.10.12Dolo21.7920,59122,93024,244Kota Pulu9
72.10.01Sigi Biromaru175.2942,85747,71046,554Mpanau10
72.10.14Marawola38.6520,99123,36030,267Binangga11
72.10.15Marawola Barat
150.516,3827,1005,532Dombu12
72.10.13Kinovaro70.389,47410,54011,338Porame10
72.10.16Sigi Kota
173.1018,063Bora11
Sub-totalsNorthern sector741.90112,871125,650151,43675
Totals forRegency5,196.02215,030239,421270,189Sigi Biromaru177

Note the population of the new Sigi Kota District in 2010 and 2020 is included in the figures for Sigi Biromaru, Dolo and Palolo Districts, from parts of which it was created on 14 September 2020.