Palu River

Palu River (indon. Sungai Palu) is a river in Sulawesi, Indonesia. 41% of the basin area is covered by the protected tropical montane forest of the Lore Lindu National Park.

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Coordinates: 0°52′00″S 119°51′28″E / 0.86667°S 119.85778°E / -0.86667; 119.85778

Palu

Palu is a chartered city (kota) on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, 1,650 kilometres (1,030 miles) northeast of Jakarta, at 0°54′S 119°50′E / 0.900°S 119.833°E / -0.900; 119.833Coordinates: 0°54′S 119°50′E / 0.900°S 119.833°E / -0.900; 119.833, at the mouth of Palu River. It is the capital of the province of Central Sulawesi of a long, narrow bay. Because of its sheltered position between mountain ridges, the climate is unusually dry. At the 2010 Census Palu had a population of around 336,300, not including those living in neighbouring regencies.

Administration

The city was divided at 2010 into four districts (kecamatan), tabulated below with their 2010 Census population.

History

The town was part of the Dutch Empire until Indonesia won independence in 1945–49. The Dutch controleur's house survives as a testament of that era.

CIA air raids

In April 1958 during the Permesta rebellion in North Sulawesi, the USA supported and supplied the rebels. Pilots from a CIA Taiwan-based front organisation, Civil Air Transport, flying CIA B-26 Invader aircraft, repeatedly bombed and machine-gunned targets in and around Palu; destroying vehicles, buildings, a bridge and a ship.

Palu (disambiguation)

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Unified Lumumbist Party

Unified Lumumbist Party (French: Parti Lumumbiste Unifié or PALU) is a political party in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is led by Antoine Gizenga who placed third in the 2006 presidential election. Gizenga backed the incumbent president Joseph Kabila in the runoff election, and was subsequently named prime minister in December 2006.

The party's name comes from Patrice Lumumba, the first prime minister of Congo after its independence in 1960 from Belgium. PALU also won 34 out of 500 seats in the new parliament and became the third largest party. In the 19 January 2007 Senate elections, the party won only 2 out of 108 seats.

Gizenga resigned as Prime Minister on 25 September 2008 for reasons related to age and health, and on 10 October 2008 Adolphe Muzito, another member of PALU who had served as Budget Minister under Gizenga, was appointed to succeed him.

In 12–13 December 2014, the party was admitted into the Socialist International as an observer affiliate.