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Kingdom of Bola'ang-Mongondow, previously known as Kingdom of Bola'ang, was a state that ruled over majority of area of the present-day Bola'ang-Mongondow regencies in North Celebes Province of Indonesia, excluding Bola'ang Mongondow Utara regency which was a territory that was ruled by smaller kingdoms of Bintauna and Kaidipang. The kingdom was founded in 1670 AD by a Mongondow prince Datu Loloda Mokoagow (????-1695). He was the son of the paramount chief of Mongondow, Tadohe (1600-1670), seated in Kotobangon in the heartland of Mongondow plateau. While the prince established himself at the port settlement of Bola'ang and went to conquer many of the northern shores and inland settlements of present-day Minahasa regencies of northern Celebes peninsula. When he succeed his father at 1670, he titled himself Datu (king) instead of the traditional Mongondow title of Punuˀ (paramount chief). This marked the beginning of Kingdom of Bola'ang. At its peak, the kingdom covered Bola'ang (present-day Bola'ang village), Mongondow plateau (present-day Kotamobagu city and its vicinity), Kotabunan (present-day Kotabunan of Bola'ang Mongondow Timur regency), Mandolang port (present-day Belang of Minahasa Tenggara regency), banks of Ranoyapo river including Tumpa'an, Tareran, Tanawangko, and Tateli (present-day Minahasa Selatan regency), Umuda (present-day Amurang city), Manarow (present-day Manado-Tua island), and Wenang (present-day Manado city). However, in September 21st 1694, a contractual agreement to establish new territorial borders was signed between the Kingdom of Bola'ang and the newly unified federation of Minahasan Tribes, backed by the Dutch.〔Dunnebier, W. (1958), ''Over de Vorsten van Bolaang Mongondow''〕 The borders were established along Poigar river as the northerly border and along Buyat river as its southerly counterpart. The border thus divided the westside territory for Bola'ang and the eastside territory for Minahasan people. This made the kingdom of Bola'ang lost all of its territories and subjects on the eastside of the borders. Thus, it leaves only Mongondow plateau and the adjacent Kotabunan as the territory of the Bola'ang, hence the name of Kingdom of Bola'ang-Mongondow was used thereafter. ==Etymology== The name "Bola'ang" came from the name of the settlement where the Datus ruled the realm from. ''Bola'ang'' alternatively spelled ''Gola'ang'' is an Old-Mongondow word meaning "enlightened due to a glimpse of sunlight pierce through the canopy of dense forest". "Mongondow" came from the name used to refer to the various groups of people living in the plateau of the same name. The people of the plateau got their name from their custom of ''momondow'', which is "shouting signal words to communicate to peers in the jungle, or shouting a victorious battlecry".〔() 〕 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「Kingdom of Bolaang Mongondow」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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