Mongondow people

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Mongondow people
Bolaang Mongondow

A group of Mongondow women in North Sulawesi, pre-1943.
Total population
230,000 (2000) [1]
Regions with significant populations
Indonesia: North Sulawesi Gorontalo  Philippines
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.