Bone Bolango is a

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Gorontalo Province Gorontalo (Gorontalo language, Gorontaloan: ''Hulontalo'') is a Provinces of Indonesia, province of Indonesia on the island of Sulawesi. Located on the Minahasa Peninsula, Gorontalo was formerly part of the province of North Sulawesi until its ...

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, on the island of

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. It was established in 2003 under Law Number (''Undang-Undang Nomor'') 6/2003 from the former eastern districts of

Gorontalo Regency Gorontalo is a regency of Gorontalo Province, Indonesia, on the island of Sulawesi. It was established in 1959 under Law No. 29/1959 from the remaining parts of North Sulawesi Regency (not to be confused with the current province), but has subseq ...

. It has an area of 1,915.44 km² and had a population of 141,915 at the 2010 CensusBiro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011. and 162,778 at the 2020 Census;Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021. the official estimate as at mid 2023 was 172,301 (comprising 86,721 males and 85,580 females).Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2024, ''Kabupaten Bone Bolango Dalam Angka 2024'' (Katalog-BPS 1102001.7503) The administrative centre of the regency is the town of Suwawa.

Administrative Districts

Originally comprising four

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(''kecamatan'') when it was established in 2003, the Regency was by 2010 re-divided into seventeen districts, and an additional district (Pinogu District) was subsequently created by the splitting of the existing Suwawa Timur District. The districts are tabulated below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 Census and the 2020 Census, together with the official estimates as at mid 2023.Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2024, ''Kabupaten Bone Bolango Dalam Angka 2024'' (Katalog-BPS 1102001.7503) The table also includes the locations of the district administrative centres, the number of

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s in each district (totaling 160 rural ''desa'' and 5 urban ''kelurahan'' - the latter all in Kabila District), and its postal codes. Notes: (a) South Bolango District is a northern suburb of Gorontalo city. (b) comprising 5 ''kelurahan'' (Oluhuta, Oluhuta Utara, Padengo, Pauwo and Tumbihe) and 7 ''desa''. (c) the 2010 population of the new Pinogu District is included in the figure for the existing Suwawa Timur District, from which it was cut out.

Beaches and underwater cave

Olele Beach in Kabila Bone District is 27 kilometres from

Gorontalo Gorontalo ( Gorontaloan: ''Hulontalo'') is a province of Indonesia on the island of Sulawesi. Located on the Minahasa Peninsula, Gorontalo was formerly part of the province of North Sulawesi until its inauguration as a separate province on 5 De ...

or around an hour's drive on poor condition roads. The beach is ideal for diving to see various giant coral sponges. In the left side of Olele's beach there is vertical Jin Cave with 50 metres depth. Olele Beach is protected from extreme current, so diving can be done day and night along the year. Besides the Olele dive site, there are totaling 23 spots along the southern coast of Gorontalo from Biluhu village to Bilungala village.

References

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