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Central Sulawesi (Indonesian ''Sulawesi Tengah'') is a province of Indonesia located at the centre of the island of Sulawesi. Its capital and largest city is Palu. The 2010 census recorded a population of 2,633,420 for the province, while the latest official estimate (for January 2014) is 2,839,290. Established in 1964, Central Sulawesi has an area of .〔(), Statistics Indonesia〕 It is bordered by the provinces of Gorontalo to the north, West Sulawesi, South Sulawesi and South East Sulawesi to the south, by Maluku to the east, and by the Makassar Strait to the west. ==History== There are over 400 granite megaliths in the area of the Lore Lindu National Park, of which around 30 represent human forms. They vary in size from a few centimetres to approximately . The original purpose of the megaliths is unknown.〔(National Geographic: ''Explorer's Notebook: The Riddle of Indonesia's Ancient Statues'', 12 December 2001 ), retrieved 9 October 2010〕 Other megaliths are in form of large pots (''Kalamba'') and stone plates (''Tutu'na''). Various archaeological studies have dated the carvings from between 3000 BC to 1300 AD.〔(Sangadji, Ruslan: ''C. Sulawesi's Lore Lindu park, home to biological wealth'', The Jakarta Post, 5 June 2005 ), retrieved 11 October 2010〕 Central Sulawesi Province has many caves, seven of which have ancient pictures and, based on 2011 research by a joint Indonesian and Australian team, the pictures are known to have been drawn at least 40,000 years ago (about the same age as pictures found in the Caves of Monte Castillo, Spain which are known as the oldest ancient pictures in Europe).〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Gambar di Gua Sulteng Berumur 40 Ribu Tahun )〕 Islam reached the region in the 17th Century, shortly after the Islamic avowal of Gowa, the powerful kingdom at the South part of the Sulawesi island. The Dutch colonial rule was established in the 18th Century and began the protestantic missionary of the population. About a quarter of them are now Protestant, which is the highest percentage of the Indonesien archipelago. After the Japanese occupation in the Second world war, the Region belonged to the Province North Sulawesi and separated in 1964 to the new formed Province Central Sulawesi. Between 1999 and 2001 the region has been plagued by inter-religious violence between Muslims and Christians, where over 1,000 people were killed.〔''news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/help/3681938.stm Equator – Programme 2 – Asia'' – BBC News, Sunday 17 September 2006, requires JavaScript enabled〕 The Malino II Accord was thus made in 2001. However, riots erupted again in September 2006 on the Christian dominated areas of Central Sulawesi, after the execution by firing squad of three Roman Catholics convicted of leading Christian militants during the violence of the early first decade of the 21st century.〔BBC News: (Executions spark Indonesia unrest ), 22 September 2006〕 The riots appeared to be aimed at government authorities, not Muslims.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Central Sulawesi」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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