# South Minahasa Regency

South Minahasa Regency is a regency in North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Its capital is the town of Amurang. It was originally part of the Minahasa Regency until it was established as a separate regency on 25 February 2003. In turn, nearly four years later, a new Southeast Minahasa Regency was established as a separate regency from part of the South Minahasa Regency on 2 January 2007. The residual Regency now covers an area of 1,456.74 km$^2$, and had a population of 195,553 at the 2010 Census; this had risen to 236,463 at the 2020 Census; the official estimate as at mid 2023 was 244,590.

## Administration

The regency is divided into seventeen districts (kecamatan), tabulated below with their areas and population totals from the 2010 Census and the 2020 Census, together with the official estimates as at mid 2023. The table also includes the locations of the administrative centres, the number of administrative villages in each district (totaling 163 rural desa and 14 urban kelurahan), and its postal codes.
| Kode Wilayah | Name of District (kecamatan) | Area in km$^2$ | Pop'n Census 2010 | Pop'n Census 2020 | Pop'n Estimate mid 2023 | Admin centre | No. of villages | Post codes |
| 71.05.01 | Modoinding | 53.37 | 11,324 | 13,748 | 14,232 | Pinasungkulan | 10 | 95958 |
| 71.05.02 | Tompaso Baru | 105.41 | 11,774 | 13,511 | 13,763 | Tompaso Baru Dua | 10 | 95358 |
| 71.05.16 | Maesaan | 140.03 | 9,717 | 12,020 | 12,511 | Tumani Utara | 12 | 95357 |
| 71.05.03 | Ranoyapo | 93.68 | 11,832 | 14,361 | 14,866 | Pontak Satu | 12 | 95944 |
| 21.05.07 | Motoling | 23.88 | 7,191 | 8,650 | 8,931 | Motoling | 7 $^{(a)}$ | 95941 |
| 21.05.15 | Kumelembuai | 45.42 | 6,650 | 7,847 | 8,056 | Kumelembuai Satu | 8 | 95956 |
| 71.05.21 | Motoling Barat (West Motoling) | 110.90 | 7,661 | 9,655 | 10,104 | Raanon Baru Dua | 8 | 95942 |
| 71.05.22 | Motoling Timur (East Motoling) | 68.25 | 8,673 | 10,277 | 10,564 | Wanga Amongena | 8 | 95943 |
| 71.05.08 | Sinonsayang | 133.31 | 15,203 | 18,860 | 19,647 | Ongkaw Dua | 13 | 95959 |
| 71.05.09 | Tenga | 122.98 | 17,184 | 21,522 | 22,482 | Pakuweru | 18 | 95355 |
| 71.05.10 | Amurang | 66.37 | 16,260 | 18,182 | 18,378 | Buyungon | 8 $^{(b)}$ | 95957 |
| 71.05.17 | Amurang Barat (West Amurang) | 87.63 | 14,898 | 17,307 | 17,689 | Kapitu | 10 $^{(c)}$ | 95955 |
| 71.05.18 | Amurang Timur (East Amurang) | 113.36 | 13,390 | 16,455 | 17,029 | Lopana | 10 $^{(d)}$ | 95954 |
| 71.05.13 | Tareran | 65.77 | 12,129 | 14,234 | 14,591 | Rumoong Atas | 13 | 95953 |
| 71.05.23 | Suluun Tareran ("Sulta") | 40.54 | 7,098 | 8,169 | 8,326 | Suluun Empat | 9 | 95952 |
| 71.05.12 | Tumpaan | 73.33 | 15,434 | 20,095 | 21,229 | Tumpaan Satu | 10 | 95352 |
| 71.05.19 | Tatapaan $^{(e)}$ | 111.52 | 8,965 | 11,570 | 12,192 | Paslaten | 11 | 95351 |
| | Totals | 1,456.74 | 195,553 | 236,463 | 244,590 | Amurang | 177 | |
Notes: (a) comprises 4 kelurahan (Motoling, Motoling Dua, Motoling Mawale and Motoling Satu) and 3 desa. (b) comprises 6 kelurahan (Bitung, Buyungon, Lewet, Ranoyapo, Uwuran I and Uwuran II) and 2 desa. (c) comprises 2 kelurahan (Kawangkoan Bawah and Rumoong Bawah) and 8 desa. (d) comprises 2 kelurahan (Pondang and Ranomea) and 8 desa. (e) including 4 small offshore islands.

## Climate

Amurang, the seat of the regency has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) with moderate rainfall from July to September and heavy rainfall in the remaining months.
Climate data for Amurang :
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 29.6 (85.3) | 29.6 (85.3) | 29.9 (85.8) | 30.9 (87.6) | 31.0 (87.8) | 30.9 (87.6) | 30.9 (87.6) | 31.5 (88.7) | 31.7 (89.1) | 31.8 (89.2) | 30.9 (87.6) | 30.2 (86.4) | 30.7 (87.3) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 26.0 (78.8) | 26.0 (78.8) | 26.2 (79.2) | 26.7 (80.1) | 26.9 (80.4) | 26.8 (80.2) | 26.7 (80.1) | 26.9 (80.4) | 26.8 (80.2) | 27.0 (80.6) | 26.7 (80.1) | 26.4 (79.5) | 26.6 (79.9) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 22.4 (72.3) | 22.4 (72.3) | 22.6 (72.7) | 22.5 (72.5) | 22.9 (73.2) | 22.7 (72.9) | 22.5 (72.5) | 22.4 (72.3) | 22.0 (71.6) | 22.2 (72.0) | 22.6 (72.7) | 22.7 (72.9) | 22.5 (72.5) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 331 (13.0) | 263 (10.4) | 243 (9.6) | 205 (8.1) | 187 (7.4) | 170 (6.7) | 124 (4.9) | 97 (3.8) | 99 (3.9) | 138 (5.4) | 224 (8.8) | 280 (11.0) | 2,361 (93) |
| Source: Climate-Data.org ||||||||||||||