South East Sulawesi (Indonesian: Sulawesi Tenggara Sultra for short) is a province of Indonesia on the island of Sulawesi. The capital of the province is Kendari, on the east coast of the peninsula.
The province is one of the most remote regions of Sulawesi; no highway connects it to the cities on the rest of the island, so the primary transportation link is a ferry across the Bone Sea between Watampone (Bone) in South Sulawesi and the port of Kolaka.
From the seventeenth century until the early twentieth century, the region was the site of the Buton sultanate (Butung).
Demographics
The population of the province was 1,771,951 in the Indonesia 2000 census), increasing to 2,230,569 for the 2010 decennial census. The 2010 census recorded 1,120,225 males, and slightly less females, Kolaka, Kendari and Muna were the 3 most populous regencies.
Most of the population which is centered on Buton island off the south coast of Sulawesi, and in and around Kendari.
Ethnic Groups
The main ethnic groups in South East Sulawesi are "Tolaki", "Buton", "Muna" etc. South East Sulawesi is divided into two cities and 10 regencies. (Source: Wikipedia)
