Bone Regency

Bone Regency
Kabupaten Bone

Coat of arms

Bone Regency

Coordinates (Watampone): 4°32′19″S 120°19′47″E / 4.53861°S 120.32972°ECoordinates: 4°32′19″S 120°19′47″E / 4.53861°S 120.32972°E

Country

Province

Government

• Regent

Idris Galigo

Area

• Total

4,559 km² (1,760 sq mi)

Population (2010)

• Total

717,268

• Density

160/km² (410/sq mi)

Time zone

WITe (UTC+8)

Website

bone.go.id

Bone Regency is a regency of South Sulawesi, Indonesia. Originally the seat of the Bone state, it joined Indonesia in 1950. Its main products are seaweed, rice, and fish. The principal town is Watampone.

Bone is located on the east coast of South Sulawesi. It has 174 kilometres (108 mi) of coastline and covers an area of 4,559 square kilometres (1,760 sq mi). It has a total of 88,499 hectares (884.99 km²) of rice fields.

Bone is surrounded by Wajo to the north, Sinjai to the south, Soppeng, Maros, Pangkkajene, and Barru to the west, and the Gulf of Bone to the east, where it has a sea border with Sulawesi Tenggara.

The climate of Bone is tropical, with the wet season from April to September and the dry season from October to March. The temperature ranges from 26 to 34 °C (79 to 93 °F), with air humidity averaging 95% - 99%. The average annual rainfall varies from less than 1,750 millimetres (69 in) to 3,000 millimetres (120 in).

According to a 2010 census, Bone Regency has 717,268 residents, consisting 341,335 males and 375,933 females. This gives a sex ratio of 90.80 for the regency, or 91 males for every 100 females. It displayed a population growth rate of 0.67% per annum for the 2000-2010 period.

The majority of residents of Bone Regency are Muslim, with numerous mosques and places for studying Islam. There are also some churches in Watampone.

Bone Regency in 2010 comprised 27 administrative Districts (Kecamatan), tabulated below with their 2010 Census population.

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