Tompaso is a highland subdistrict

Subdistricts of Indonesia

In Indonesia, a kecamatan or district is a subdivision of a regency or of a city . A district is itself divided into kelurahan or administrative villages....

 located about 45 km southwest of Manado

Manado

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 in Minahasa

Minahasa

The Minahasa are an ethnic group located in the North Sulawesi province of Indonesia, formerly known as North Celebes...

 Regency, North Sulawesi

North Sulawesi

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, Indonesia

Indonesia

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. It also refers to a sub-tribe as part of larger Tontemboan tribe in the Minahasa

Minahasa

The Minahasa are an ethnic group located in the North Sulawesi province of Indonesia, formerly known as North Celebes...

 ethnic group.

Historical value

According to history, Tompaso is believed to be the origin of Minahasa people before they spread all over the land of Minahasa. One of its villages, Pinabetengan, inherited a megalithic stone about 4 m long and 2 m high tagged with full of carved pictures. The pictures portray some kind of lifetime covenant of how Minahasans were supposed to divide their territory and live peacefully.

Information

• Location: see map
• Geographic coordinate: 1.11 N, 124.73 E
• Area: 30.2 km²
• Population: 13,672 (2003)
• Workforce: 8,736
• Growth: 4.81
• Density: 504 /km²

Villages

• Tolok
• Pinabetengan
• Tonsewer
• Toure
• Kamanga
• Tember
• Liba
• Sendangan
• Talikuran
• Tompaso II
• Tempok

Key places

• Mount Soputan
  Soputan
  Soputan is a stratovolcano in the northern arm of the island of Sulawesi, Indonesia. It sits on the southern rim of the Tondano caldera, constructed in the Quaternary period, and is one of the most active volcanoes in Sulawesi....
  
  , Toure Village
• 230 MW Geothermal Power Plant
• Adventist High School, Tompaso II Village
• Salvation Army Orphanage, Liba Village
• Horse Racing Arena, Talikuran Village

External links

Tompaso Information

• Tompaso Geothermal Information

Photos

• Mount Soputan
• Watu Pinabetengan
• Rice Field Scenery