{{coord|1|59|S|121|20|E|display=title}} {{Infobox settlement |official_name = Kolonodale |nickname= |settlement_type= Town |image_skyline = |image_flag = |image_seal = |image_map = |mapsize = |map_caption = |pushpin_map = Indonesia Sulawesi |pushpin_label_position = |subdivision_type = [[Countries of the world|Country]] |subdivision_name = {{flag|Indonesia}} |subdivision_type1 = [[Provinces of Indonesia|Province]] |subdivision_name1 = [[Central Sulawesi]] |subdivision_type2 =[[Regencies of Indonesia|Regency]] |subdivision_name2=[[North Morowali Regency]] |leader_title = |leader_name = |area_magnitude = |area_total_km2 = 30.57 |area_land = |area_water = |population_as_of = 2023 estimate |population_note = |population_total = 3,501 |population_footnotes = <ref>Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, ''Kecamatan Petasia Dalam Angka 2024'' (Katalog-BPS 1102001.7212050)</ref> |timezone = +8 |utc_offset = +8 |timezone_DST = |utc_offset_DST = |coordinates = {{coord|1|59|S|121|20|E|region:ID|display=inline}} |elevation_m= |website = |footnotes = }} '''Kolonodale''' is a town (''kelurahan'') and the administrative centre of the [[North Morowali Regency]], in [[Central Sulawesi]] Province of [[Indonesia]]. The town had 3,501 inhabitants as at mid 2023, or 10,496 including the neighbouring urban villages (''kelurahan'') of Bahontula and Bahoue.<ref>Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 26 September 2024, ''Kecamatan Petasia Dalam Angka 2024'' (Katalog-BPS 1102001.7212050)</ref> It is also the administrative centre of Petasia District (''kecamatan''), one of the districts within the regency, with a total district population of 22,926 inhabitants according to the official estimates as at mid 2024.<ref>Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2025, ''Kabupaten Morowali Utara Dalam Angka 2025'' (Katalog-BPS 1102001.7212)</ref>
Kolonodale was originally the administrative [[capital city|capital]] of [[Morowali Regency]]. In 2004, the plan to shift the Morowali capital southeast from Kolonodale to [[Bungku]] left non-Bungku residents, both [[Protestant]] and [[Muslim]], feeling further disenfranchised.<ref name=Shift>{{cite web|url=http://www.oapen.org/download?type=document&docid=376972|title=Renegotiating boundaries. Access, agency and identity in post-Soeharto Indonesia|format=PDF|website=OAPEN|access-date=2 October 2016}}</ref> On 12 April 2013, a new North Morowali Regency was established, partitioned from the Morowali Regency, with Kolonodale as its principal town.<ref name=CapitalAgain>{{cite web|url=http://nasional.sindonews.com/read/2013/10/29/12/799672/mendagri-resmikan-3-kabupaten-baru|title=Mendagri Resmikan 3 Kabupaten Baru|language=Indonesian|publisher=Sindo News|access-date=2 October 2016|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140325042036/http://nasional.sindonews.com/read/2013/10/29/12/799672/mendagri-resmikan-3-kabupaten-baru|archivedate=25 March 2014}}</ref>
==Climate== Kolonodale has a [[tropical rainforest climate]] (Af) with heavy to very heavy rainfall year-round. {{Weather box |width = auto | location = Kolonodale | metric first = Yes | single line = Yes | Jan high C = 30.9 | Feb high C = 31.0 | Mar high C = 31.2 | Apr high C = 31.3 | May high C = 31.2 | Jun high C = 30.5 | Jul high C = 30.0 | Aug high C = 30.9 | Sep high C = 31.5 | Oct high C = 32.5 | Nov high C = 32.1 | Dec high C = 31.4
| Jan mean C = 27.0 | Feb mean C = 27.2 | Mar mean C = 27.3 | Apr mean C = 27.4 | May mean C = 27.5 | Jun mean C = 26.8 | Jul mean C = 26.2 | Aug mean C = 26.7 | Sep mean C = 27.0 | Oct mean C = 27.7 | Nov mean C = 27.8 | Dec mean C = 27.4 | year mean C = | Jan low C = 23.2 | Feb low C = 23.4 | Mar low C = 23.4 | Apr low C = 23.5 | May low C = 23.8 | Jun low C = 23.2 | Jul low C = 22.4 | Aug low C = 22.6 | Sep low C = 22.5 | Oct low C = 23.0 | Nov low C = 23.5 | Dec low C = 23.5 |rain colour=green |Jan rain mm=197 |Feb rain mm=204 |Mar rain mm=264 |Apr rain mm=334 |May rain mm=376 |Jun rain mm=311 |Jul rain mm=299 |Aug rain mm=257 |Sep rain mm=196 |Oct rain mm=149 |Nov rain mm=174 |Dec rain mm=222 |source 1 = Climate-Data.org<ref>{{cite web |url = https://en.climate-data.org/location/600644/ |title = Climate: Kolonodale |publisher=Climate-Data.org |accessdate = 19 November 2020}}</ref> }}
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{{Central Sulawesi}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Kolonodale}} [[Category:Populated places in Central Sulawesi]] [[Category:Regency seats of Central Sulawesi]]
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