Gorontaloan people

Gorontalo people
Gorontalese / Hulondalo / Hulonthalo

A Gorontalo woman, 1913.
Total population
(1,800,494 (2014 census))
Regions with significant populations
Indonesia Gorontalo: 934,731 Central Sulawesi: 474,016 North Sulawesi: 168,025
Languages
Gorontaloan Indonesian Mongondow
Religion
Islam (predominantly) Protestantism Catholicism
Related ethnic groups
Visayans Minahasan Mongondow Sangirese Talaud

Gorontaloan or Hulandalo people are the native people to the northern part of Sulawesi. They are the most populous ethnicity in the Minahasa Peninsula. The Gorontaloans are predominantly Muslim. Their native language is Gorontaloan.

The Gorontaloans have traditionally been concentrated in the provinces of Gorontalo, North Sulawesi, and the northern part of Central Sulawesi.

The name Gorontalo probably derives from much terms, such as:

Gorontaloans sometime refer themselves as Hulandalo, a term well known in Gorontalo and North Sulawesi, which usually used to refer the region of Gorontalo or the native people from Gorontalo.