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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 split off and established as a separate regency on 20 November 2003.North Sulawesi North Sulawesi () is a Provinces of Indonesia, province of Indonesia. It is mainly located on the Minahasa Peninsula of the island of Sulawesi, south of the Philippines and southeast of Sabah, Malaysia, but also includes various small archipel ...

Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania, between the Indian Ocean, Indian and Pacific Ocean, Pacific oceans. Comprising over List of islands of Indonesia, 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, ...

. Airmadidi is home to Universitas Klabat (Klabat University). There is also a well-known Airmadidi market. The word Airmadidi means boiling water and the area is home to mineral springs.Indonesia
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in the area.

Demographics

The Airmadidi subdistrict had an estimated population of 31,446 in mid-2022.Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2023, ''Kabupaten Minahasa Utara Dalam Angka 2023'' (Katalog-BPS 1102001.7106)

People

The

Minahasan The Minahasans or Minahassa are an Austronesian ethnic group native to North Sulawesi province of Indonesia, formerly known as North Celebes. The Minahasa people sometimes refer to themselves as Manado people. Although the Minahasan pre-Christi ...

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 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 southeast Florida, United States ...

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

Transport

Airmadidi is connected to the nearby cities of

Manado Manado (, ) is the capital City status in Indonesia, city of the Indonesian Provinces of Indonesia, province of North Sulawesi. It is the second largest city in Sulawesi after Makassar, with the 2020 census giving a population of 451,916,Badan ...

and

Bitung Bitung, officially the City of Bitung (), is a coastal city at the north-eastern edge of the island of Sulawesi in Indonesia. Bitung is located in the province of North Sulawesi (), and faces Lembeh Island (which forms two districts of the city) ...

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

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public transport routes.

References

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