Central Sulawesi

Central Sulawesi

Central Sulawesi is a province of Indonesia. It is located at the centre of the island of Sulawesi, and its capital and largest city is Palu. The 2010 census recorded a population of 2,633,420 for the province.
Central Sulawesi is divided into ten regencies and one independent city, which are listed below with their (provisional) populations at the 2010 Census.

Average annual 2000 was 2.57% and 1.96% from

population growth between 1990 and 2000 to 2010.

Morowali district, Central Sulawesi is projected to be the biggest seaweed producer in Indonesia for the near future. The seaweed farming types are glaciria. In 2010, Central Sulawesi produced nearly 800,000 tons of seaweed.
Sulawesi has been plagued by Muslim-Christian violence in recent years. The most serious violence occurred between 1999 and 2001 on the largely-peaceful island, with heavy involvement of Islamist militias such as Laskar Jihad. Over 1,000 people were killed in violence, riots, and ethnic cleansing that ripped through Central Sulawesi. The Malino II Accord was made in 2001. However, this didn't eradicate the violence. In the following years, tension and systematic attacks persisted. In 2003, 13 Christian villagers were killed in the Poso District by unknown masked gunmen. In 2005, three Christian schoolgirls were beheaded in Poso by Islamic militants. A message next to one of the heads allegedly read: "A life for a life. A head for a head".
Riots erupted again in September 2006 on the Christian dominated areas of Central Sulawesi, as well as other parts of Indonesia, after the execution by firing squad of Fabianus Tibo, Dominggus da Silva and Marinus Riwu, three Roman Catholics convicted of leading Christian militants during the violence of the early 1st decade of the 21st century. Their supporters claimed that Muslims who participated in the violence received very light sentences and that none were sentenced to death, and that the government used a double standard. The riots appeared to be aimed at government authorities, not Muslims.
In June 2011, an 'Indonesia Open' Paragliding Tournament in which 8 foreign countries participated was held in the province. The participating countries were Saudi Arabia, Malaysia, Romania, Czech Republic, Bulgaria, France, Russia and the Philippines.

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