Gorontaloan people

**Gorontalo people**
**Gorontalese / Hulondalo / Hulonthalo**
Total population
A Gorontalo woman, 1913.
(1,800,494 (2014 census)^[1])
Regions with significant populations
Indonesia Gorontalo: 934,731 Central Sulawesi: 474,016 North Sulawesi: 168,025
Languages
Gorontaloan Indonesian Mongondow
Religion
Islam (predominantly) Protestantism Catholicism
Related ethnic groups
Visayans Minahasan Mongondow Sangirese Talaud

Gorontaloan or Hulandalo people are the native people to the northern part of Sulawesi. They are the most populous ethnicity in the Gorontalo Peninsula. The Gorontaloans are predominantly Muslim.^[2] Their native language is Gorontaloan.

The Gorontaloans have traditionally been concentrated in the provinces of Gorontalo, North Sulawesi, and the northern part of Central Sulawesi.

Etymology

A circumcision event of the Gorontalo people during the Dutch East Indies.

The name Gorontalo probably derives from much terms, such as:^[3]

Hulontalangio, the name of a tribe who lives in an area
Hua Lolontalango, means a cave used for two-way travel
Hulutalangi, means noble
Huluo lo Tola, means a place where Snakehead reproduces
Pongolatalo or Pohulatalo, means a waiting place
Gunung Telu, means the third mountain
Hunto, means a place always flowed with water

Gorontaloans sometime refer themselves as Hulandalo, a term well known in Gorontalo and North Sulawesi, which usually used to refer the region of Gorontalo or the native people from Gorontalo.

References

↑ Kewarganegaraan, Suku Bangsa, Agama dan Bahasa Sehari-hari Penduduk Indonesia - Hasil Sensus Penduduk 2010. Badan Pusat Statistik. 2011. ISBN 9789790644175.
↑ Harry Aveling & Damien Kingsbury (2014). Autonomy and Disintegration in Indonesia. Routledge. ISBN 1-1364-9809-5.
↑ BPS Provinsi Gorontalo; BAPPEDA Provinsi Gorontalo (2012). Gorontalo Dalam Angka 2012: Gorontalo in Figures 2012. Pemerintah Provinsi Gorontalo.

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Ethnic groups in Indonesia by region

Sumatra	Acehnese Batak Angkola Karo Mandailing Pakpak Simalungun Toba Alas Kluet Singkil Gayo Kubu Lampung Malay Batin Mentawai (Sakuddei) Minangkabau Aneuk Jamee Sakai Nias Rejang Seafarers Orang laut Orang Kuala Simeulue

Java	Betawi Cirebonese Javanese Banyumasan Osing Tenggerese Madurese Sundanese Baduy Bantenese

Kalimantan	Banjarese Dayak Bahau Kayan Kenyah Uma Baka' Bidayuh Kendayan Selako Bukitan Iban Mualang Kelabit Krio Kwijau Lun Bawang Murut Tidung Ot Danum Dusun Lawangan Ma'anyan Ngaju Bakumpai Meratus Punan Bah Malay Berau Seafarers Bajau Suluk

Sulawesi	Buginese Butonese Bonerate Gorontaloan Lindu Makassarese Mandarese Minahasan Mongondow Muna Pamona Sangirese Tau Taa Wana Toraja

Papua	Melanesians Papuan Amungme Asmat Bauzi Dani Ekari Fayu Kombai Korowai Lani Marind Mek Moni Sawi Wolani Yali

Lesser Sunda Islands	Atoni Bali Aga Balinese Bunak Kemak Lamaholot Manggarai Nage Sasak Savu Sika Sumba Sumbawa

Maluku Islands	Moluccans Alfur Alune Ambelau Ambonese Buru Kayeli Lisela Manusela Nuaulu Togutil Wemale

Non-indigenous	African Arab Chinese (Tionghoa) Benteng Chinese Peranakan Eurasian Indo people Filipino Indian Tamil Jewish Pakistani Totok

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