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Gorontalo Province Provinsi Gorontalo

Province

Province of Gorontalo

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Motto: Duluo Limo Lo Pohalaa (Gorontalo) (The land of Medina's gate)

Location of Province of Gorontalo in Indonesia

Coordinates: Country Capital Government Governor Area Total %&sli 'a(i(ie Indonesia Gorontalo

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 Ethnic groups Religion Language s Time one !e"site

Gorontaloan) Mongondo6

Isla- (4.+3!7))Protestantis- (!+*47))'ind&is- (0+#*7)) 8&ddhis-(0+047) Indonesian (official)) Gorontalo

CIT (9TC:03) gorontalo;rov+go+id

The Kwandang area.

Gorontalo Province (Indonesian: Provinsi Gorontalo) is a province of Indonesia. It is located in the north of the island of !lawesi. The province"s pop!alation is #,$%&,'($ ()$#$ cens!s) and the capital is the city of *orontalo. The province was esta+lished in ,ecem+er )$$$ +eing split from the province of -orth !lawesi..)/
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# 0tymology ) *eography % 1istory 2 3dministration ' !malata Waters 4eserve 5 4eferences

0tymology.edit/
There are vario!s s!ggestions of the derivation of the name Gorontalo.:.%/

from Hulontalangio, the name of a tri+e that resided in the area from Hua Lolontalango, which means cavemen who used to walk back and forth from Hulutalangi, which means nobler from Huluo Lo Tola, which means a place where snakehead fish breed from Pongolatalo or Pohulatalo, which means: a waiting place from Gunung Telu, which means three mountains from Hunto, which means a place that is always flowed by water

*eography.edit/
*orontalo lies on the northern !lawesi arm, known as the 6inahassa 7enins!la. The province has an elongated shape area, stretching from west to east almost hori8ontally on a map, with total area of #),)#'.22 km) (2,9#5.2# s: mi)..2/ To the north and the so!th of the province are the !lawesi ea and the *!lf of Tomini, respectively. 7rior to )$$$, *orontalo province was part of -orth !lawesi province which lies on the eastern +order..)/ The western +order of the province is ;entral !lawesi province. Topography of the province is relatively low ($<2$o), with the elevation ranging +etween $<),2$$ m (9,($$ ft) a+ove sea level. Its coastline length is more than '($ km (%9$ mi). ;o!nting the 0=cl!sive 0conomic >one to the north where 7hilippines is at the +order, the total sea area of the province is more than '$,'$$ km) (#(,'$$ s: mi)..2/There are some small islands aro!nd the north and the so!th of the province, 59 of which have +een identified and named.
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Its pop!lation has grown from &2$,$$$ in the )$$$ cens!s to #,$%&,'($ for the )$#$ cens!s,.'/ with nearly half the pop!lation residing in *orontalo 4egency or ;ity.

1istory.edit/
In #')', with 7ort!g!ese assistance, three small rock forts were +!ilt overlooking the waters of ?ake ?im+oto. till in place today, the Fort @tonaha comple= has commanding views. The panish also entered the area in limited n!m+ers via the 7hilippines d!ring the midA#5th cent!ry. They introd!ced corn, tomatoes, chili peppers, horses, and the afternoon siesta to *orontalo, all of which are an integral part of life there today..citation needed/ The ,!tch !nder the aegis of the ,!tch 0ast India ;ompany (B@;) worked to wrest control of the l!crative spice trade away from the !ltanate of Ternate and p!sh o!t all other 0!ropean competitors. *rad!ally, the ,!tch gained political control and ended the power of the local kings. The people of *orontalo achieved independence from ,!tch r!le in #(2). This was partly thro!gh the efforts of the g!errillaCfreedom fighter and local hero -ani Warta+one, who forced o!t the occ!pying Dapanese d!ring World War II.

ince the city escaped 3llied +om+ing d!ring the war, a n!m+er of ,!tchAera +!ildings are still standing. 3ltho!gh many are in poor condition, *orontalo ;ity has a distinctive colonial appearance. 3fter Indonesia proclaimed its independence, *orontalo +ecame part of -orth !lawesi province, +!t was split away from -orth !lawesi in )$$$.

3dministration.edit/

*overnor office of *orontalo 7rovince ()$#$).

The governor and viceAgovernor, who are elected directly +y the people, head the provincial administration. The province is divided into five regencies(Indonesian: kabupaten) and only one city (Indonesian: kota). When the province was esta+lished in )$$$, there were only two regencies and the city in the province. plitting of regencies occ!rred in )$$% (when 7oh!wato 4egency was created from the western part of Eoalemo 4egency, and Eone Eolango 4egency was created from the eastern part of *orontalo 4egency) and )$$9 (when -orth *orontalo 4egency was created from the northern part of *orontalo 4egency). 3s of )$#$, the list of regencies and cities in *orontalo province is given in the ta+le +elow. Population Census )*+* !"4)!.. !4!)."! #*4)3*. !"3)..!

#ame

Capital

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Statute

Area %&m'(

%egenc< of 8oale-o %egenc< of 8one 8olango %egenc< of Gorontalo %egenc< of Poh&6ato

Tila-&ta =&6a6a Li-(oto Marisa

!444 "00# !4*4 "00#

99 *05!444 99 /5"00# 99 "45!4*4 99 /5"00#

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%egenc< of orth Gorontalo >6andang "00. (Gorontalo 9tara)

99 !!5"00.

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Capital

Est$

Statute

Area %&m'(

Population Census )*+* !.4)44!

Cit< of Gorontalo

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99 "45!4*4

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-ote: F 3 city and also the provincial capital.

!malata Waters 4eserve.edit/

The islands of 7epaya, 6as and 4aGa islands are located in the !malata Waters in -orth *orontalo have +een named a nat!re reserve since the ,!tch colonial time in #(%5. There are only seven t!rtle species in the world and fo!r of them are fo!nd in the islands as the world"s +est t!rtle ha+itat, they are 7eny! 1iGa! (;helonia midas), 7eny! isik (0retmochelys im+ricata), 7eny! Tempayan (;aretta caretta) and 7eny! Eelim+ing (,ermochelys coriacea). In )$##, the ha+itat threatened +y h!man activities s!ch as illegal poaching +esides fish +om+ing activities, f!rthermore a lot of coral reefs where the food for the t!rtles come from have +een damaged..5/