Kolonodale is a town and the administrative centre of the

North Morowali Regency North Morowali Regency is a regency in the province of Central Sulawesi, Indonesia. The regency was established on 12 April 2013, partitioned from the northwestern districts of Morowali Regency (forming almost two-thirds of the regency at that ...

, in

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Province of

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. It is also the administrative centre of Petasia District, one of the districts within the regency, with a total district population of 17,997 inhabitants at the 2020 Census.Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021. Kolonodale was originally the administrative

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Morowali Regency Morowali Regency is a regency of Central Sulawesi Province of Indonesia. It covers an area of 5,472 km2. The districts currently within the regency had a combined population of 102,228 at the 2010 Census;Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011. t ...

. In 2004, the plan to shift the Morowali capital southeast from Kolonodale to Bungku left non-Bungku residents, both

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and

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, feeling further disenfranchised. On 12 April 2013, a new North Morowali Regency was established, partitioned from the Morowali Regency, with Kolonodale as its principal town.

Climate

Kolonodale has a

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

References

Populated places in Central Sulawesi Regency seats of Central Sulawesi {{CSulawesi-geo-stub