title: Manado metropolitan area
text: # Manado metropolitan area
  
  The Manado metropolitan area, known locally as Bimindo (an acronym of Bitung–Minahasa–Manado), is a metropolitan area anchored by the city of Manado in North Sulawesi, Indonesia. It includes the cities of Bitung and Tomohon, as well as Minahasa Regency and North Minahasa Regency. It is the second-largest metropolitan area in Sulawesi with an estimated population of over 1.365 million as of mid 2022.
  
  ## Area and population
  
  Statistics Indonesia, 2023 :
  
  | Administrative division | Area (in $km^2)$ | Population 2010 Census | Population 2020 Census | Population mid-2022 Estimate |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Manado Municipality | 157.27 | 410,481 | 451,916 | 454,606 |
  | Bitung Municipality | 302.89 | 187,652 | 225,134 | 229,795 |
  | Tomohon Municipality | 114.20 | 91,553 | 100,587 | 101,151 |
  | Minahasa Regency | 1,114.87 | 310,384 | 347,290 | 350,317 |
  | North Minahasa Regency | 918.49 | 188,904 | 224,993 | 229,368 |
  | Manado metropolitan area | 2,607.72 | 1,188,974 | 1,349,920 | 1,365,237 |
  