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About Sulawesi Tengah Province |
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Sulawesi Tengah
is largest in Sulawesi island, covering a land area of 68.033
square kilometres which includes the eastern penisula and part of the long
northern penisula, as well as the island group of Togian in the Tomini bay
and Banggai island ini Tolo bay. The sea area totals totals 189.480 square
kilometres. Sulawesi
Tengah's Location west of the Spice island, Maluku, and south of the
Philipines, apperently made its ports a transit point for ships of the
Portuguese and the Spanish more then 500 years ago. It was on the route of
Sir Francis Drake's voyage round the world in his galleon " The
Golden Hind " when in January 1580, he spent a month on one of the
small island of the eastern coast. Though three are no record, three is
the possibility of Spanish or Portuguese encroachment in this part of the
island as vestiges of European influence on the population's mode of dress
remain till today. Prior to the
Dutch conquest of Sulawesi Tengahin 1905, it was divided into small
kingdoms ruled by kings who had full authority. The Ducth
divide the into three part. The western part of what is now Donggala
district and Buol Tolitoli came under the rule of the governor of Sulawesi,
then residing in Makasar (Ujung Pandang). The Central part comprising of
eastern Donggala and the northern part of Poso came under the
administration of the recidence of North Sulawesi in Menado. the eastern
part, Poso and Banggai, fell under the juridistion of East Sulawesi, then
administration from Baubau. In 1919,
the kings who had continued to reign under Dutch tutelage signed an
agreement " Korte Verklaring " renewing their allegiance and the
whole area of Sulawesi Tengah came under the administration of the
residence of North Sulawesi. After
World War II, the area of the present province of Sulawesi Tengah underwent several divisions and sub divisions until it was declared a
province in 1964, separating from North Sulawesi to which it had been
bound since 1960. Finally
established in April 13, 1964, it had its own governor. Today this date is
celebrated as the province’s anniversary. |
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