| The
regency of Minahasa , is one of the part from 6 regency
of north Celebes which geographies put on between 0°25’-1°58’
NL and 124° 20 -125° 20 EL The position of the
Minahasa geographies border on :
On the north side : Celebes Sea and Sangihe Regency.
On the east side : Molucas Ocean and Bitung City.
On the south side : Molucas Ocean
On the west side : Bolaang Mongondow Regency and Manado
City.
Minahasa
regency covers an area 4.168 km2 which consist on :
38 district and 528 village, according to the government
by observation, people use it the land has several kind
of use and those are, house yard 10.379 acre, farmer
96.725 acre, savannah 2.981 acre, swamp, 2.774 acre,
fish pond, 449 acre, pond 1.122 acre, rice field 18.759acre,
the land not use it by people about 22.223 acre, the
forest use it by the peoples 16.784 acre, the forest
own by the government, 41.742 acre, farmer 147.385 acre,
and the others is 21.040 acre.
Minahasa
regency mostly on the high place between 101-500 meters
from the sea surface (44,07 %), then also from the sea
(35,30%),
0-100 m (15,95%), then most from 1000 meters from the
sea surface it’s about 4,68%, then the slope of
the land is : 0-2° (14,90%), 3-15° (27.34%),
16-40° (41,69%) and the slope of the land up to
40° (16,07 %).
The
geologic condition mostly on the area volcanic and then
most of them more erupted
Then become like the cone shaped volcano but still active,
but almost nor active, decorated in the middle of Minahasa,
when the volcano has been erupted come out the sticky
lava, all the volcanic material make shaped like mountain
(otogenesa) become morphology hills and mountain with
different relief topographic which is quite big
Commonly Minahasa regency has 14 volcanos around, but
just had 3 active volcanos and that is, Mount Soputan
(1.790 m), Mount Lokon (1.580 m), Mahawu (1.371m) which
is become from upper course from the 12 big rivers and
also has 7 lakes.
Soil
type usually Aluvial, Regosal, Andosal, Litosol, Mediteran,
Posolik and Latosol.
The
temperature mostly between 21° until 30° C,
humidity is 86,8%, Illumination by the sun is 59,6 %,
amount of rainfall in this area for the ten years back
mostly is 3.138,6 mm/year.
(sumber:
Atlas Sumberdaya Wilayah Pesisir proyek NRM) |