Tawu Lo Hulontalo | |
|---|---|
 Photo of pemangku adat or officials of Gorontalo Sultanate, 1910. | |
| Total population | |
| 1,251,494 (2010 Census)[1] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
 Indonesia: | |
 Gorontalo | 925,626 |
 North Sulawesi | 187,163 |
 Central Sulawesi | 105,151 |
| Languages | |
| Gorontalic languages (mainly Gorontalo), Gorontalo Malay, and Indonesian | |
| Religion | |
| Predominantly Islam | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
Gorontalo people, also known as Gorontalese,[2][3] are a native ethnic group and the most populous ethnicity in the northern part of Sulawesi. The Gorontalo people have traditionally been concentrated in the provinces of Gorontalo, North Sulawesi, and the northern part of Central Sulawesi.[4]
The Gorontalo people are predominantly Muslim.[5] Their native language is the Gorontalo language and several minor languages from the Gorontalic languages family.
- ^ Na'im, Akhsan; Syaputra, Hendry (2010). "Nationality, Ethnicity, Religion, and Languages of Indonesians" (PDF) (in Indonesian). Statistics Indonesia (BPS). Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
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- ^ 1929. Franklin Henry Hooper, James Louis Garvin, Warren E. Cox. Encyclopaedia Britannica· Volume 5. Encyclopedia Britannica Company, Limited
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- ^ Harry Aveling & Damien Kingsbury (2014). Autonomy and Disintegration in Indonesia. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-1364-9809-1.