Bone Bolango Regency


Bone Bolango is a regency of Gorontalo Province, Indonesia, on the island of Sulawesi. It was established in 2003 under Law Number 6/2003. Its regency seat is Suwawa. It has an area of 1,984.31 km² and population of 141,915 at the 2010 Census.

Administration

Formerly comprising four districts, the Regency was by 2010 divided into seventeen districts, tabulated below with their areas and 2010 Census populations.
NameEnglish nameArea in
km2		Population
Census 2010
Bolango Utara108.486,933
Bolango Ulu264.423,612
Tapa12.806,871
Bolango Selatan5.639,711
Bolango Timur12.114,995
Former Bolango District403.4432,122
Kabila13.1921,004
Botu Pingge13.085,598
Tilongkabila47.2916,569
Former Kabila District73.5643,171
Suwawa56.9710,688
Suwawa Selatan55.924,796
Suwawa Timur828.156,578
Suwawa Tengah23.275,716
Former Suwana District964.3127,778
Kabila Bone58.109,755
Bone Pantai104.479,776
Bulawa92.154,763
Bone Raya62.825,876
Bone155.708,674
Former Bone District473.2438,844

Since 2010, an eighteenth district has been created - Pinogu.

Beaches and underwater cave

Olele Beach in Kabila Bone district is 27 kilometers from Gorontalo or around an hour's drive on poor condition roads. The beach is ideal for diving to see various giant coral sponges. In the left side of Olele's beach there is vertical Jin Cave with 50 metres depth. Olele Beach is protected from extreme current, so diving can be done day and night along the year. Besides the Olele dive site, there are totaling 23 spots along the southern coast of Gorontalo from Biluhu village to Bilungala village.