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Tana Toraja
Regency in South Sulawesi, Indonesia
About Tana Toraja
Tana Toraja Regency is a landlocked regency (kabupaten) of South Sulawesi Province of Indonesia, and home to the Torajan ethnic group. It covers an area of 2,043.62 km2 (789.05 sq mi) and had a population of 221,081 at the 2010 census and 280,794 at the 2020 census; the official estimate as at mid 2022 was 291,046 (comprising 150,655 males and 140,391 females), but the total then fell and the official figure for mid 2025 was a much reduced total of 256,780 (comprising 131,603 males and 125,177 females). The local government seat is in the town of Makale, while the traditional centre of Toraja culture is in Rantepao. Formerly, the Tana Toraja area covered a larger area, but on 24 June 2008 this was divided into two regencies, consisting of Tana Toraja in the west and south with its capital at Makale and Toraja Utara (North Toraja) in the north and east with its capital at Rantepao.
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