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Following the splitting away of part (five regencies) of the province to form a separate West Sulawesi Province in 2004, the remaining South Sulawesi Province was divided into twenty regencies (kabupaten) and three independent cities (kota), but a twenty-first regency (Toraja Utara) was formed on 24 June 2008 from the northern half of Tana ...
A line was drawn around the Sa'dan area and called Tana Toraja ("the land of Toraja"). Tana Toraja was first a subdivision of the Luwu kingdom that had claimed the area. [13] In 1946, the Dutch granted Tana Toraja a regentschap, and it was recognised in 1957 as one of the regencies of Indonesia. [12]
Tana Toraja (lit. 'Toraja Land' in Toraja language) is a landlocked regency of South Sulawesi Province of Indonesia, and home to the Toraja ethnic group. It covers an area of 2,054.30 km 2 (793.17 sq mi) and had a population of 221,081 at the 2010 census [3] and 280,794 at the 2020 census; [4] the official estimate as at mid 2022 was 291,046 (comprising 150,655 males and 140,391 females), [5 ...
The Toraja are largely Christian and animist. Toraja are divided into different geographic groups, the most important being Mamasa, centred on the isolated Kalumpang valley and the Sa’dan of the southern Toraja lands. Known as 'Tana Toraja', Sa'dan has the market towns of Makale and Rantepao. There have never been any strong lasting political ...
Rambu Solo or mourning parties are not only a sacred tradition for the people of Mamasa Regency, West Sulawesi. The tradition of this death party is also a place to glue the big family of Mamasa's noble lineage together.
Rantepao is the cultural centre of the Toraja who are mainly Christians. Several administration buildings in town were built in the typical style of the Toraja. A sightworthy monument dedicated to the introduction of the Bible in Tana Toraja in 1913 was erected in front of the largest Protestant church.
Formerly this regency was the northern part of Tana Toraja Regency, but on 24 June 2008 the northeastern 36% of the latter's area was split off to form this separate North Toraja Regency. It covers an area of 1,289.13 km 2 and had a population of 216,762 at the 2010 census [ 2 ] and 261,086 at the 2020 census; [ 3 ] the official estimate as at ...
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