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Location.The Regency of Wakatobi is an archipelago located to the southeast of Sulawesi. Geographically, the Regency lies south of the Equator, stretching latitudinally from 5º12´ to 6º25´ South Latitude (over ± 160 kilometers) and transversing longitudinally from 123º20´ to 124º39´ East Longitude (over ± 120 kilometers).
The Mirror Never Lies was a collaboration between the Indonesian branch of the World Wide Fund for Nature, the Wakatobi regency government, and SET Film Workshop, [2] with the former two providing funding. [5] It focused on the Bajau people, [a] also known as "sea gypsies" for their nomadic maritime lifestyle. Little Indonesian-language ...
Wakatobi National Park: Buton Regency, Southeast Sulawesi: 2006; Natural: (vii), (viii), (ix), (x) 2005 Most waters of Wakatobi originate at a flat surface and then to sea, some of which due to precipices. The deepest seabed is 1,044 metres (3,425 ft) below the surface decorated by sand and coral.
Wangi-wangi Island is in the north-west cluster of the Tukangbesi Islands and is the seat of the Wakatobi Regency, part of the province of Southeast Sulawesi. It covers an area of 191 km 2 and had an estimated 61,283 inhabitants in mid 2022. [1] To the west is the Gulf of Kolowana Watabo (Teluk Kolowana Watabo).
After the designation of the Wakatobi Marine Conservation Area in 1996, the Wakatobi National Park was established in 2002. It is managed by the Wakatobi National Park Authority (Balai Taman Nasional). [3] In 2005 the park was listed as a tentative World Heritage Site. [2] In 2012 it was included in the World Network of Biosphere Reserves. [8]
Two men admitted on Monday to the brutal 2003 murder of a Frenchman when they appeared in court after more than two decades on the run. The lifeless body of salesman Philippe Charuel was ...
A Nigerian man has been extradited to the US to face charges in the “sextortion” of a South Carolina teen who died by suicide in 2022. Prosecutors allege the scammer posed as a young woman ...
Tukangbesi Islands, is a group of islands off the coast of Sulawesi immediately east of Buton island in the Banda Sea region, and part of Sulawesi Tenggara.The main islands are Wangiwangi Island, Kaledupa Island, Tomia Island, and Binongko Island, commonly abbreviated as Wakatobi and now under one administration, Wakatobi Regency.