North Luwu Regency is a regency of South Sulawesi Province of Indonesia. It was created on 20 April 1999 by separation of the province's northern districts formerly within the Luwu Regency; however on 25 February 2003 it was reduced when the easternmost of these same districts were split off to create the East Luwu Regency. It now covers 7,502.58 km2 and had a population of 287,606 at the 2010 censusBiro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011. and 322,919 at the 2020 census;Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021. the official estimate as at mid 2025 was 337,080 (comprising 170,144 males and 166,936 females).Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 27 February 2026, Kabupaten Luwu Utara Dalam Angka 2026 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.7322) The principal town lies at Masamba.
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In 1999, during the early days of the Reform movement across the Republic of Indonesia, Law No. 22 of 1999 concerning Regional Government was enacted, changing the governance mechanism towards Regional Autonomy.
Specifically, on February 10, 1999, the Luwu Regency DPRD issued Decree No. 03/Kpts/DPRD/II/1999 regarding the Proposal and Approval of the Expansion of the Luwu Dati II Regency, which was divided into two regencies. Subsequently, the Governor of South Sulawesi followed up with Decree No. 136/776/OTODA dated February 12, 1999. Finally, on April 20, 1999, North Luwu Regency was established as stipulated in the Republic of Indonesia Law No. 13 of 1999.
Administrative districts North Luwu Regency in 2010 comprised eleven administrative Districts (Kecamatan), but subsequently four further districts have been added by the division of existing districts. These fifteen districts are tabulated below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 censusBiro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011. and the 2020 census,Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021. together with the official estimates as at mid 2025.Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 27 February 2026, Kabupaten Luwu Utara Dalam Angka 2026 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.7322) The table also includes the locations of the district administrative centres, the numbers of administrative villages in each district (totalling 7 urban kelurahan and 166 rural desa), and its post code.
Kode Wilayah Name ofDistrict(kecamatan) Areain km2 Pop'ncensus2010 Pop'ncensus2020 Pop'nestimatemid 2025 AdmincentreNo.of villagesPostcode 73.22.04 Sabbang 424.1134,83918,00818,967Marobo10 (a)92955 73.22.15 Sabbang Selatan(South Sabbang)100.97(b)22,22722,910Boangin1092955 73.22.11 Baebunta 203.1643,06831,79834,012Salassa11 (a)92965 73.22.14 Baebunta Selatan(South Baebunta)92.09(c)16,00516,525Lara1092965 73.22.01 Malangke229.7027,00528,85228,655Tolada1492953 73.22.08 Malangke Barat (West Malangke)214.0523,51225,01424,748Pao /Ammassangan1392957 73.22.06 Sukamaju 208.2140,78027,96529,363Sulamaju1492963 73.22.13 Sukamaju Selatan(South Sukamaju)47.27(d)18,03119,270Mulyorejo1192963 73.22.02 Bone-Bone 127.9245,86227,59727,925Bone-Bone11 (a) 92966 73.22.12 Tanalili 149.41(e)24,71326,372Bungapati1092967 73.22.03 Masamba 1,068.8531,23738,02440,023Kappuna19 (f)92961 (g) 73.22.10 Mappedeceng 275.5021,92524,71325,945Cendana Putih II1592917 73.22.09 Rampi 1,565.652,8603,1243,537Onondowa692964 73.22.05 Limbong (or Rongkong)686.503,8243,8434,101Limbong792954 73.22.07 Seko 2,109.1912,56012,99714,727Padang Balua1292956 Totals 7,502.58287,472322,919337,080Masamba173
Notes: (a) including one kelurahan (the district administrative centre)(b) the 2010 population of the new Sabbang Selatan District is included in the figure for Selatan District. (c) the 2010 population of the new Baebunta Selatan District is included in the figure for Baebunta District. (d) the 2010 population of the new Sukamaju Selatan District is included in the figure for Sukamaju District. (e) the 2010 population of the new Tanalili District is included in the figure for Bone-Bone District. (f) including four kelurahan (named in next line) and 15 desa. (g) except for the desa of Balebo (or Baloli) which has a post code of 92912, and the kelurahan of Kappuna (post code 91913), Bone (92914), Kasimbong (92915) and Baliase (92916).
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