West Sulawesi is a province

Provinces of Indonesia

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 of Indonesia

Indonesia

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, which was created in 2004.

Geography

It is on the island of Sulawesi

Sulawesi

Sulawesi is one of the four larger Sunda Islands of Indonesia and is situated between Borneo and the Maluku Islands. In Indonesia, only Sumatra, Borneo, and Papua are larger in territory, and only Java and Sumatra have larger Indonesian populations.- Etymology :The Portuguese were the first to...

 (formerly, Celebes) and includes the regencies (kabupaten) of Polewali Mandar, Mamasa, Majene, Mamuju, and Mamuju Utara, which were formerly part of South Sulawesi

South Sulawesi

South Sulawesi is a province of Indonesia, located on the western southern peninsula of Sulawesi Island. The province is bordered by Central Sulawesi province to the north, South East Sulawesi province to the east and West Sulawesi province to the west...

. The area of the province is 16,796.19 km².

Demographics

Its population as of the decennial 2010 census is 1,158,336 increasing at 2.67% annually. Of those 171,356 are classified as below the poverty line of Indonesia.

Economy

Its economy consists mainly of mining

Mining

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, agriculture

Agriculture

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 and fishing

Fishing

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. Its capital is Mamuju.

Administrative divisions

West Sulawesi is divided into the following regencies:

• Majene Regency
  Majene Regency
  Majene Regency is one of the five regencies which comprise West Sulawesi Province, Indonesia, on the island of Sulawesi. Majene is the capital of West Sulawesi Regency. The population of Majene Regency is 131,717 .- External links :...
  
  
• Mamasa Regency
  Mamasa Regency
  Mamasa Regency is one of the five regencies which comprise West Sulawesi Province, Indonesia, on the island of Sulawesi. Mamasa is the capital of West Sulawesi Regency. The population of Mamasa Regency is 121,448 ....
  
  
• Mamuju Regency
  Mamuju Regency
  Mamuju Regency is a subdistrict of West Sulawesi province, Indonesia. The capital is Mamuju, which is also the capital of West Sulawesi. The population of the regency was 291,190 in 2007.- External links :...
  
  
• North Mamuju Regency
  North Mamuju Regency
  North Mamuju Regency is one of the five regencies which comprise West Sulawesi Province, Indonesia, on the island of Sulawesi. Pasangkayu is the capital of West Sulawesi Regency. The population of North Mamuju Regency is 96,732 ....
  
  
• Polewali Mandar Regency
  Polewali Mandar Regency
  Polewali Mandar is one of the five regencies in West Sulawesi province of Indonesia. It is bordered with the regencies of Mamasa in the North, Majene in the West and Pinrang regency of South Sulawesi in the East. It has a population of 365,041 as of 2007...