Luwu Regency

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Kabupaten Luwu Bumi Sawerigading
Regency
Bua beach in Luwu
Coat of arms
Motto(s):  Luwu wanua mappatuoe naewai alena, toddo puli temmalara
Location within South Sulawesi
Coordinates: 3°22′57″S 120°22′08″E / 3.382509°S 120.368958°E / -3.382509; 120.368958
Country	Indonesia
Province	South Sulawesi
Anniversary	23 January 1268; 756 years ago (1268-01-23)
Capital	Belopa
Government
• Regent	Muhammad Saleh
Area
• Total	3,000.25 km2 (1,158.40 sq mi)
Population  (mid 2023 estimate)[1]
• Total	380,679
• Density	130/km2 (330/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (WITA)
Website	http://luwukab.go.id

Luwu Regency (Kabupaten Luwu in Indonesian) is a regency of South Sulawesi Province, Indonesia. The northern districts of the original regency were split off on 20 April 1999 to form a separate North Luwu Regency (in turn, some of these districts were four years later removed from North Luwu Regency on 25 February 2003 to form an East Luwu Regency), and the former capital (Palopo) was split off to become an independent municipality (city) on 10 April 2002. The residual Luwu Regency now covers a land area of 3,000.25 km² and had a population of 287,472 at the 2010 census^[2] and 365,608 at the 2020 census.^[3] The official estimate as at mid 2023 was 380,679.^[1] The administrative capital now lies at Belopa.

The first regent of the reduced Luwu Regency was H. M. Basmin Mattayang from 2004 to 2009, then Ir. H. Andi Mudzakkar replaced him as Regent from 2009 to 2014 following the first direct election in Luwu. Mudzakkar was re-elected for a second 5-year term in 2014, and was succeeded in 2019 by Drs. H. M. Basmin Mattayang M.Pd, who retained the post for a second term. Muhammad Saleh became Regent on 21 February 2024.

Luwu is well known for its natural resources, such as rice, cocoa, coconut, banana, sagu (sago), rambutan, langsat, and others.