Bungku
Town in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia
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Bungku | |
|---|---|
Town | |
  Bungku | |
| Coordinates: 2°32′S 121°58′E | |
| Country |  Indonesia |
| Province | Central Sulawesi |
| Regency | Morowali Regency |
| Area | |
• Total | 725.57 km2 (280.14 sq mi) |
| Population (2024)The area and population figures are of Central Bungku District. | |
• Total | 36,385 |
| [1] | |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (+8) |
Bungku is a town and the administrative centre of the Regency of Morowali, in Central Sulawesi Province of Indonesia.[2]
Bungku was originally not the capital of Morowali Regency. When Morowali Regency came into being on 4 October 1999, the capital of the new Regency was Kolonodale.[3] In 2004, the plan to shift the Morowali capital southeast from Kolonodale to Bungku left non-Bungku residents, both Protestant and Muslim, feeling further disenfranchised.[4] Accordingly on 12 April 2013 a separate North Morowali Regency (with its capital at Kolonodale) was established by separating the northwesterly districts from Morowali Regency.
The town is served by Maleo Airport, opened in March 2017.[5]
Climate
Bungku has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) with moderate rainfall from September to November and heavy rainfall from December to August.
| Climate data for Bungku | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 31.0 (87.8) |
30.9 (87.6) |
31.1 (88.0) |
31.1 (88.0) |
30.9 (87.6) |
30.1 (86.2) |
29.7 (85.5) |
30.6 (87.1) |
31.3 (88.3) |
32.2 (90.0) |
32.1 (89.8) |
31.4 (88.5) |
31.0 (87.9) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 27.1 (80.8) |
27.0 (80.6) |
27.2 (81.0) |
27.2 (81.0) |
27.2 (81.0) |
26.6 (79.9) |
26.0 (78.8) |
26.5 (79.7) |
26.8 (80.2) |
27.4 (81.3) |
27.7 (81.9) |
27.4 (81.3) |
27.0 (80.6) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 23.2 (73.8) |
23.2 (73.8) |
23.3 (73.9) |
23.4 (74.1) |
23.6 (74.5) |
23.1 (73.6) |
22.3 (72.1) |
22.4 (72.3) |
22.3 (72.1) |
22.7 (72.9) |
23.4 (74.1) |
23.4 (74.1) |
23.0 (73.4) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 170 (6.7) |
172 (6.8) |
212 (8.3) |
248 (9.8) |
235 (9.3) |
247 (9.7) |
205 (8.1) |
160 (6.3) |
90 (3.5) |
72 (2.8) |
98 (3.9) |
143 (5.6) |
2,052 (80.8) |
| Source: Climate-Data.org[6] | |||||||||||||
