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![]() A group of Mongondow women in North Sulawesi, pre-1943. | |
Total population | |
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230,000 (2000) [1] | |
Regions with significant populations | |
![]() North Sulawesi Gorontalo ![]() | |
Languages | |
Mongondow language, Manado Malay, Kaidipang language, Lolak language, Ponosakan language, Bolango language, Bintauna language, Indonesian language | |
Religion | |
Sunni Islam 98%; Protestantism 1%; Roman Catholicism 1%[2] | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Gorontaloan people, Minahasan people, Sangirese people, Talaud people, Visayans, Maguindanao people, Tagalog people |
The Mongondow or Bolaang Mongondow people are an ethnic group native to the north-eastern part of the Indonesian island of Sulawesi. The Mongondows are predominantly Muslim. They have traditionally been concentrated in the provinces of North Sulawesi and Gorontalo. This ethnic group used to be united by a single entity, the Kingdom of Bolaang Mongondow, which became the western regencies of North Sulawesi after the Indonesian independence.