Tomohon

City

Coat of arms

Tomohon

Location in North Sulawesi, Indonesia

Coordinates: 1°15′N 124°50′E / 1.250°N 124.833°E

Established

February 25, 2003

Inauguration

August 4, 2003

Government

• Mayor

Jimmy Feidy Eman, SE.Ak

• City Council

Andi Sengkey

Area

• Total

147.11 km² (56.80 sq mi)

Population (2012)

• Total

93,857

• Density

640/km² (1,700/sq mi)

Time zone

WITA (UTC+8)

Website

tomohonkota.go.id

Tomohon is a city in North Sulawesi Province (Sulawesi Utara), in central Indonesia. Tomohon was a part of the Minahasa Regency in North Sulawesi. There was a time when the inhabitants felt the necessity of upgrading the status of their residence into an autonomous city on behalf of its approach to community service. Tomohon officially became a city in 2003 by the passage of the Act of Republic Indonesia No. 10 of 2003 about the establishment of South Minahasa Regency and Tomohon city within North Sulawesi Province and was inaugurated on August 4, 2003. Tomohon is known for flower planting at people's homes. Nearby is the volcano Gunung Lokon or Mount Lokon and Mount Empung. Tomohon is also known for wooden-house production, palm-sugar (aren ) production, vegetable agriculture, as a center of Christian Ministry, and as a student town. Tomohon also has a local TV station, TV 5 Dimensi, with services available to 2.5 million viewers in North Sulawesi.

Tomohon itself is located on the mountainous area of North Sulawesi, so by its location, Tomohon has a cooler temperature than Manado (Tomohon's neighbor city) which is at a lower land nearby the sea. Tomohon locates in 1°15' North and 124°50' East. Tomohon broad based decision-Law No. 10 of 2003 is approximately 11,420 hectares (28,200 acres) with population of 87,719 inhabitants. Tomohon is situated at an altitude of about 700–1,000 metres (2,300–3,300 ft) above sea level (asl), flanked by two active volcanoes, those are Mount Lokon (1,689 m or 5,541 ft) and Mount Mahawu (1,311 m or 4,301 ft). Temperatures in Tomohon in the daytime are between 17–30 °C (63–86 °F) and 16–24 °C (61–75 °F) at night.

Tomohon has been written of in several historical records. One of them was found in the ethnographic works of Reverend Nicholaas Graafland, written on Queen Elizabeth Ships on January 14, 1864. He described a heart-capturing country on the Minahasa highland in Northern Celebes (Sulawesi) called Tomohon that he had visited in 1850. The development of civilization and the dynamics of development and social implementation from year to year made Tomohon one of the capital districts in the Minahasa regency.

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