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Airmadidi is the capital of the

North Minahasa Regency North Minahasa Regency is a regency in North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Its capital is Airmadidi. It was originally part of the Minahasa Regency until it was established as a separate regency on 20 November 2003. It covers an area of 1,059.24 km2, and ...

North Sulawesi North Sulawesi ( id, Sulawesi Utara) is a province of Indonesia. It is located on the Minahasa Peninsula of Sulawesi, south of the Philippines and southeast of Sabah, Malaysia. It borders the Philippine province of Davao Occidental and Socc ...

Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Gui ...

. Airmadidi is home to Universitas Klabat (Klabat University). There is also a well known Airmadidi market. Airmadidi means boiling water and the area is home to mineral springs.Indonesia
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waruga ''Waruga'' are a type of sarcophagus or above ground tomb traditionally used by the Minahasans of North Sulawesi, Indonesia. They are made of stone and consist or a ridged upper part and a box shaped lower section. Dead Minahasans were origin ...

sarcophagi A sarcophagus (plural sarcophagi or sarcophaguses) is a box-like funeral receptacle for a corpse, most commonly carved in stone, and usually displayed above ground, though it may also be buried. The word ''sarcophagus'' comes from the Greek ...

in the area.

Demographics

The Airmadidi subdistrict has an estimated population of 26,178 in 2017.

People

The

Minahasan The Minahasans (alternative spelling: Minahassa) are an ethnic group native to the North Sulawesi province of Indonesia, formerly known as North Celebes. The Minahasa people sometimes refer to themselves as Manado people. Although the Minahasan p ...

politician

Antoinette Waroh Antoinette Wailan Weënas (25 November 19019 March 1991), better known by her birth name Antoinette Wailan Waroh, was an Indonesian politician who became the only female parliament member in the Provisional Representative Body of East Indonesia. ...

was born here in 1901.

Administrative Division

This district is divided into 9 villages: # Airmadidi Atas # Airmadidi Bawah # Sarongsong I # Sarongsong II # Rap-rap # Sukur # Sawangan (Village) # Tanggari (Village) # Sampiri (Village)

Mass media

''KWAM-TV'' (LPPL North Minahasa Regency) Closed on September 19, 2012 (This name is taken from the name of a television station in the United States) Operates as North Minahasa Regency Government on April 17, 2004. This Television Station Was The First Local Public Broadcasting Institution In North Sulawesi From 2004 Until It Stopped Operating In 2012. Abbreviated (''Kawanua Waruga Air Madidi - Televisi''). Pioneer this means that the of the first local public broadcasting institution in North Sulawesi names is taken from a television station in the United States but a television station in North Minahasa, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Climate

Airmadidi has a

tropical rainforest climate A tropical rainforest climate, humid tropical climate or equatorial climate is a tropical climate sub-type usually found within 10 to 15 degrees latitude of the equator. There are some other areas at higher latitudes, such as the coast of southe ...

(Af) with heavy to very heavy rainfall year-round.

Transport

Airmadidi is connected to the nearby cities of

Manado Manado () is the capital city of the Indonesian province of North Sulawesi. It is the second largest city in Sulawesi after Makassar, with the 2020 Census giving a population of 451,916 distributed over a land area of 162.53 km2.Badan Pusa ...

and

Bitung Bitung is a city on the northern coast of the island of Sulawesi in Indonesia. It is in the province of North Sulawesi, and faces Lembeh Island (which forms two districts of the city) and the Lembeh Strait, which is known for its colourful marine ...

through an exit at the Manado-Bitung Toll Road. It is also served by a number of angkot public transport routes.

References

Populated places in North Sulawesi Regency seats of North Sulawesi {{NSulawesi-geo-stub