Province Of West Sulawesi

Geograhic

West Sulawesi province was split from South Sulawesi province. Province which was established on October 5, 2004 is based on Law No. 26 Year 2004. Its capital is Mamuju. The total area of approximately 16,796.19 km ². and consists of Ethnic Mandar (49.15%), Toraja (13.95%), Bugis (10.79%), Java (5.38%), Makassar (1.59%) and others (19.15% ).

Natural Source of Wealth

West Sulawesi is known as a tourist location. Apart from cocoa, the area is also producing robusta coffee or coffee, coconut, and clove. In the mining sector there is the content of gold, coal, and petroleum.