Sangihe Islands Regency | 台北市立動物園資訊網

TheSangiheIslandsRegency(Indonesian:KabupatenKepulauanSangihe)isaregencyofNorthSulawesiProvince,Indonesia.Itcomprisesagroupofislands ...

Regency of Indonesia

Regency in North Sulawesi, Indonesia

The Sangihe Islands Regency (Indonesian: Kabupaten Kepulauan Sangihe) is a regency of North Sulawesi Province, Indonesia. It comprises a group of islands situated to the North of Sulawesi. It covers a land area of 736.98 km2, and had a population of 126,100 at the 2010 census[2] and 139,262 at the 2020 census;[3] the official estimate as at mid 2023 was 140,614.[1] The principal island is also named Sangihe, on which lies the main town of Tahuna. Minor island groups within the Regency include the Marore group considerably to the north of Sangihe Island, the Tatoareng group to the south, and the Nusa Tabukan group off the northeast coast of Sangihe Island. It borders the Philippines in the north, making it one of Indonesias border regions.[4]

Prior to rapid decentralization after the fall of Suharto, all of the archipelago to the north of the Minahasa Peninsula was administered as a single regency named S...