Banggai Regency

The Banggai Regency (Indonesian: Kabupaten Banggai) is a regency located at the eastern end of Central Sulawesi Province of Indonesia. It makes up a re-established regency (kabupaten), created on 4 October 1999 by splitting the existing Banggai Regency into this smaller Banggai Regency situated entirely on the mainland of Sulawesi (capital, Luwuk) and a new Banggai Islands Regency comprising the offshore islands to the southeast (capital, Banggai town) which are separated from mainland Sulawesi by the Peleng Straits (Selat Peleng). The residual Banggai Regency covers an area of 9,672.70 km² and had a population of 323,626 at the 2010 census and 362,275 at the 2020 census; the official estimate as at mid 2024 was 377,804 (comprising 191,889 males and 185,915 females).

Culturally and linguistically the regency comprises two sections; the eastern sector covers the Balantak Peninsula, largely populated by the Balantak people speaking their language, centred on the administrative capital of Luwuk; the western (Toili/Batui) part, which covers the central part pf the northeastern arm of Sulawesi, mainly comprise the Saluan people sharing the Saluan language.