Peleng is an island off the east coast of

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and is the largest island of the

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(''Kepulauan Banggai''). It is surrounded by the

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and

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and has an area of 2,488.79 km² (including offshore islands). Peleng Island comprises the

Banggai Islands Regency The Banggai Archipelago () is a group of islands located at the far eastern end of Central Sulawesi, Indonesia. It makes up a regency (''kabupaten'') of Central Sulawesi Province of Indonesia, created on 4 October 1999 by splitting the existing Ba ...

(within

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Province), which also includes some 440 small islands around the coast of Peleng, of which the largest are Bangkalan and Bakamanpauno Islands off the north coast of Peleng. Some of the smaller islands to the south of Peleng which were formerly part of the Banggai Islands Regency were removed in 2013 to form a separate

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; these comprise

Banggai Island Banggai Island is the second largest of the Banggai Islands, an archipelago located at the far eastern end of Central Sulawesi, Indonesia. The largest and most northerly island is Peleng, which with offshore islets forms the Banggai Islands Rege ...

itself, Bowokan,

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, Kebongan, Kotudan, Tropettenando, Timpau, Salue Besar, Salue Kecil, Masepe, and Bangkulu.

Fauna

In January 2020 an article published in the journal

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documented the discovery of two new bird species and one subspecies that were found in the mountains of Peleng. These are the species

Peleng fantail The Peleng fantail (''Rhipidura habibiei'') is a fantail Endemism, endemic to the mountainous areas of Peleng island in Indonesia. It can be distinguished from other species of fantail by the black scaling below its black breast patch, bright whi ...

(''Rhipidura habibiei''), a subspecies of the

mountain tailorbird The mountain tailorbird (''Phyllergates cucullatus'') is a songbird species formerly placed in the "Old World warbler" assemblage, but is now placed in the genus ''Phyllergates'' of the family (biology), family Cettiidae. It is found in Bangla ...

(''Phyllergates cucullatus relictus'') and a subspecies of the island leaf warbler (''Phylloscopus poliocephalus suaramerdu'').

Inhabitation

The majority of people on this Peleng Island make their living planting

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sweet potato The sweet potato or sweetpotato (''Ipomoea batatas'') is a dicotyledonous plant in the morning glory family, Convolvulaceae. Its sizeable, starchy, sweet-tasting tuberous roots are used as a root vegetable, which is a staple food in parts of ...

es, or

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. The island is divided into 12 districts (''kecamatan''), each with the district capitals on the island. The island's largest towns are

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and Bonganang.

List of towns

* Basiano * Bongangang * Bulagi * Lolantang * Lukpenenteng * Luksagu * Pelei * Mumulusan * Salakan

References

{{Reflist Banggai Islands Regency Landforms of Central Sulawesi Islands of Central Sulawesi Populated places in Indonesia

Fauna

Inhabitation

List of towns

See also

References