Poso Regency

Poso Regency Kabupaten Poso
Regency
Country	Indonesia
Province	Central Sulawesi
Capital	Poso
Government
Population (2010)
• Total	209,252
Time zone	WITA (UTC+8)
Website	http://posokab.go.id/

Poso Regency is a regency of Central Sulawesi Province of Indonesia. The principal town lies at Poso.

History

In 1999, Morowali Regency and Tojo Una-Una Regency were created out of portions of Poso Regency. In 2007 there were calls to divide the remaining Poso Regency into two regencies in order to overcome religious-based conflicts; one regency would by named Tentena Regency (comprising the first eleven kecamatan listed below, while the remaining Poso Regency would consist of the last seven kecamatan listed below

Administration

The Poso Regency was divided at 2010 into eighteen districts (kecamatan), tabulated below with their 2010 Census population.

Name	Population Census 2010
Pamona Selatan (South Pamona)	18,372
Pamona Barat (West Pamona)	9,344
Pamona Tenggara (Southeast Pamona)	6,487
Lore Selatan (South Lore)	5,631
Lore Barat (West Lore)	2,821
Pamona Utara (North Pamona)	30,191
Pamona Timur (East Pamona)	9,531
Lore Utara (North Lore)	11,902
Lore Tengah (Central Lore)	4,033
Lore Timur (East Lore)	4,877
Lore Peore	2,944
Poso Pesisir	20,098
Poso Pesisir Selatan (South Poso Pesisir)	8,842
Poso Pesisir Utara (North Poso Pesisir)	15,681
Lage, Sulawesi	18,174
Poso Kota (Poso Town)	20,250
Poso Kota Utara (North Poso Town)	11,058
Poso Kota Selatan (South Poso Town)	8,992

Tourism

Tambing Lake is located in Lore Lindu National Park, 3 hours drive from Palu and 100 meters away from Palu-Napu Road. In 2014, there are 3,000 foreign tourists visited Tambing Lake which is known as Endemic Bird Paradise with 30 percent of 270 kinds of birds are endemic.