Bone Regency

- 4.5386111111111120.32972222222Koordinaten: 4 ° 32 ' S, 120 ° 20 ' E

Bone is an Indonesian government district ( kabupaten ) in the province of South Sulawesi. The capital is Watampone. Historically, was on the field the kingdom of Bone.

Geography

Bone has an area of ​​4559 km ². The county is located east of Makassar, on the western shore of the Gulf of Bone. To the north lies the government district Sengkang, west of the administrative district of Maros and south of the district government Sinjai.

88 449 ha of the governmental district consist of rice paddies, on 120 148 ha of vegetables are cultivated, 11,148 ha are used for fishing, 43,073 ha consist of plantations and 145 073 ha are covered by forests. Grassland and other forms of use make 10503.48 ha

The county is divided into 27 districts ( kecamatan ) on.

Population

Bone has, according to the census of 2010 717.268 inhabitants, of whom 341 335 are men and 375 933 women. The population consists mainly of Bugis.

Communication

The telephone dialing code for Bone is within Indonesia 0481st