Bulukumba Regency

Bulukumba Regency is a regency in the southeast corner of South Sulawesi Province, Indonesia.^[2] It covers an area of 1,175.53 km², and had a population of 394,757 at the 2010 Census^[3] and 437,607 at the 2020 Census;^[4] the official estimate for mid 2022 was 471,688 (including 230,557 males and 241,131 females).^[1] The town of Ujung Bulu is its capital.

Bulukumba Regency Kabupaten Bulukumba
Regency
Other transcription(s)
• Buginese	ᨀᨅᨘᨄᨈᨛ ᨅᨘᨒᨘᨀᨘᨅ
Coat of arms
Location within South Sulawesi
Country	Indonesia
Province	South Sulawesi
Capital	Ujung Bulu
Government
• Regent	Andi Muchtar Ali Yusuf
• Vice Regent	Andi Edy Manaf
Area
• Total	1,175.53 km2 (453.87 sq mi)
Population  (mid 2023 estimate)[1]
• Total	471,688
• Density	400/km2 (1,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (WITA)
Area code	+62 413
Website	www.bulukumbakab.go.id

Administrative Districts

Bulukumba Regency is divided into ten Districts (Kecamatan), tabulated below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 Census^[3] and 2020 Census,^[4] together with the official estimates for mid 2023.^[1] The table also includes the locations of the district administrative centres, the number of villages in each district (totaling 109 rural desa and 27 urban kelurahan), and its postal code.

Bulukumba Regency

Office of Bulukumba Regent

Kode Wilayah	Name in District (kecamatan)	Area in km2	Pop'n Census 2010	Pop'n Census 2020	Pop'n Estimate mid 2023	Admin centre	No. of villages	Post code
73.02.01	Gantarang	175.84	71,307	81,173	88,151	Ponre	21 (a)	92561
73.02.02	Ujung Bulu (town)	14.63	47,886	49,060	51,393	Terang-Terang	9 (b)	92511 (c)
73.02.09	Ujung Loe	146.25	39,233	46,750	50,825	Dannuang	13 (d)	92562
73.02.03	Bonto Bahari	115.51	24,116	28,255	30,495	Tanah Lemo	8 (e)	92571
73.02.04	Bontotiro	79.39	22,768	26,920	29,389	Ekatiro	13 (d)	92572
73.02.05	Hero Lange-Lange (or 'Herlang')	69.71	24,041	27,931	30,422	Tanuntung	8 (f)	92573
73.02.06	Kajang	130.79	46,983	48,775	53,193	Kassi	19 (g)	92574
73.02.07	Bulukumpa	173.63	50,607	54,087	56,741	Tanete	17 (h)	92552
73.02.10	Rilau Ale	119.11	37,871	42,188	45,872	Palampang	15 (d)	92553
73.02.08	Kindang	150.67	29,748	32,615	35,207	Borong Rapooa	13 (d)	92517
	Totals	1,175,53	394,757	437,607	471,688	Ujung Bulu	136

Note: (a) including 3 kelurahan - Jalanjang, Mario Rennu and Matekko. (b) all 9 are kelurahan - Bentengnge, Bintarore, Caile, Ela-Ela, Kalumeme, Kasimpureng, Loka, Tanah Kongkong and Terang-Terang.
(c) except for the kelurahan of Tanah Kongkong (whose postcode is 92513), Bintarore (92514), Caile (92517) and Kalumeme (92518).
(d) including one kelurahan - the district admin centre as named. (e) including 4 kelurahan - Benjala, Sapo Lohe, Tanah Beru and Tanah Lemo. (f) including 2 kelurahan - Bonto Kamase and Tanuntung.
(g) including 2 kelurahan - Laikang and Tanah Jaya. (h) including 3 kelurahan - Balla Saraja, Jawijawi and Tanete.

Pinisi ships

The traditional wooden Pinisi ships are built in Bulukumba, e.g. in Lemo-lemo village.^[5]

Climate

Bulukumba has a tropical monsoon climate (Am) with moderate to little rainfall from August to November and heavy rainfall from December to July. The following climate data is for the town of Bulukumba.

Climate data for Bulukumba
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	30.0 (86.0)	30.0 (86.0)	30.4 (86.7)	31.0 (87.8)	31.2 (88.2)	30.8 (87.4)	30.9 (87.6)	31.5 (88.7)	32.0 (89.6)	32.3 (90.1)	31.5 (88.7)	30.3 (86.5)	31.0 (87.8)
Daily mean °C (°F)	26.4 (79.5)	26.5 (79.7)	26.6 (79.9)	26.8 (80.2)	26.9 (80.4)	26.2 (79.2)	25.8 (78.4)	25.9 (78.6)	26.5 (79.7)	27.1 (80.8)	27.2 (81.0)	26.6 (79.9)	26.5 (79.8)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	22.8 (73.0)	23.0 (73.4)	22.8 (73.0)	22.7 (72.9)	22.6 (72.7)	21.7 (71.1)	20.7 (69.3)	20.4 (68.7)	21.0 (69.8)	21.9 (71.4)	22.9 (73.2)	22.9 (73.2)	22.1 (71.8)
Average rainfall mm (inches)	166 (6.5)	138 (5.4)	152 (6.0)	198 (7.8)	305 (12.0)	271 (10.7)	153 (6.0)	59 (2.3)	32 (1.3)	61 (2.4)	92 (3.6)	148 (5.8)	1,775 (69.8)
Source: Climate-Data.org[6]

Tourism

Bulukumba has many beach tourist destinations such as ^[7]

• Tanjung Bira Beach
• Apparalang Beach
• Panrang Luhu Beach
• Marumasa Beach
• Kasuso Beach
• Mandala Ria Beach
• Bara Beach
• Liukang Loe Island Beach
• Lemo-lemo Beach
• Samboang Beach
• Kambing Island Beach
• Ujung Tiro Beach
• Kaluku Beach
• Pusahelu Beach