Sigi Regency

Following religious conflicts in the neighbouring Poso Regency, the Indonesia government mounted Operation Tinombala in early 2016 to combat local terrorist activities carried out by the East Indonesia Mujahiddin (Mujahiddin Indonesian Timur, or MIT) in the province. In late November 2020, there were indications that the conflict had spread into Sigi Regency when four residents of remote Lembantongoa village were killed in an apparent terrorist attack attributed to MIT. Indonesia's senior Coordinating Political, Legal and Security Minister Mahfud MD issued a statement saying that the government was committed to tracking down those responsible for the murders and the accompanying destruction. == Administrative districts ==

The Sigi Regency was divided at 2010 and at 2020 into fifteen districts (kecamatan), but on 14 September 2020 a sixteenth district (Sigi Kota) was formed from parts of Sigi Biromaru (7 desa), Dolo (2 desa) and Palolo (1 desa) Districts. The districts are tabulated below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 Census The table also includes the locations of the district administrative centres, and the numbers of villages (all rated as rural desa) in each district. For ease of reference, they are grouped below into two sectors (which have no administrative function); the southern group forms the geographically larger but less well populated part of the regency in the extensive valley of the Palu River, with an average population density of 27 per km2, while the northern group forms the geographically smaller but more populated and faster-growing area to the immediate south of the city of Palu, with an average population density of over 204 per km2. The southern part includes the large Lore Lindu National Park. Note (a) the population of the new Sigi Kota District in 2010 and 2020 is included in the figures for Sigi Biromaru (8 desa), Dolo (2 desa) and Palolo (1 desa) Districts, from parts of which it was created on 14 September 2020. ==References==