 North Sulawesi is one of 27 provinces in the Republic of Indonesia, with its capital city being, Manado. Stretching from Miangas (in Sangihe Talaud archipelago) to Molosipat (in Gorontalo), this region with an area of 2,748,763 ha, is located at 0°30"-4°3" North Latitude and 121°127" East Longitude.
Based on the regional government system, North Sulawesi is subdivided into the Manado Municipality, Gorontalo Municipality, Bolaang Mongondow District, Sangihe Talaud District and Bitung Municipality.
To the North this region borders on the Republic of the Philippines, Sulawesi Sea and the Pacific Ocean. The Eastern part is on the Maluku Sea and the Southern side is the Tomini Gulf. The western part borders Central Sulawesi Province.
The Land condition is extremely mountainous and hilly, stretching from Lembean - Wulur Mahatus Mountain-chain (in Minahasa) then continued to mount Ambang - Mount Gambuta (in Gorontalo).
In Sangihe Talaud the condition of land is very shaky. Along this peninsula there are several extinct volcanoes, each towering 1.800 - 2.000 m. Rich volcanic ash has blessed North Sulawesi with fertile lands, of which highlands and lowlands producing rise, corn, coconut, clove, nutmeg, vanilla, vegetables, etc.
The main plains producing rise and corn are Dumoga, Ayong, Sangkup (in Bolaang Mongondow); Paguyaman, and Marisa (in Gorontalo). Plateaus like Tondano (in Minahasa) producing also rice and corn, where as Modoinding : vegetables. Sangihe Talaud is known for its high quality of nutmeg, notably Sago trees grow in abundant.
North Sulawesi is also blessed by fascination lakes such as lake Tondano, lake Moat and lake Limboto. Rivers like Ongkag Mongondow, Ongkag Dumoga, Sungai Sangkup, Randangan, Bulia, Bone and Paguyaman (in Bolaang Mongondow and Gorontalo) mostly used for watering the rice fields. River Tondano is used to generate electric power for Manado and Minahasa areas.
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