NORTH SULAWESI PROVINCE PROFILE
- NAME : North Sulawesi
- CAPITAL : Manado
- AREA : 15,273 km2
- POPULATION : (2015) 2,412,118
- Ethnicity :Minahasan (43.20%), Mongondow (17.40), Sangirese, Talaud (22.80%), Gorontaloan (7.50%), Chinese (3%), other (6%)
- Religions : Christian (65.12%), Moslem (27.44%), Catholic (5.97%), Buddhist (0.88%), Hindu (0.56%), Konghucu (0.03%)
- DETAILS OF TOP OFFICIALS
- Governor : Olly Dondokamber, S.E
- Vice Governor : Drs. Steven Kandouw
Main sector in North Sulawesi is agriculture; their primary crops include rice, coffee, sugarcane, nutmeg, and coconut. Ebony is a notable product in the forestry sector, and in the mining sector there are nickel and iron. North Sulawesi’s manufacturing sector produces processed foods and beverages, leather goods, milled rice, carved wood, mats and baskets, and palm oil, among other goods.
In North Sulawesi, there is a large Minahasan community within the population. The religion in the regions is mainly Christian, although Islam also is widely practiced.
- MAJOR AREAS OF INDUSTRY
- Coconut
- Wild caught tuna and mackerel
- Tourism
- Coffee beans
- Seaweed cultivation
