Mataiwoi – settlement in Andoolo Barat District, Konawe Selatan Regency
Mataiwoi is a small Indonesian settlement located in Southeast Sulawesi Province (Sulawesi Tenggara), administratively part of Kabupaten Konawe Selatan (South Konawe Regency). The settlement is assigned to Andoolo Barat Kecamatan (district), and based on its coordinates (-4.325°S, 122.154°E), it is situated in the interior of the southeastern peninsula of Sulawesi Island. The provincial capital is Kendari, which is the most important urban and administrative center of the region. Mataiwoi does not have independent sources in Hungarian or English currently available; the following account relies on verifiable provincial-level data and generally known regional context.
General overview
Mataiwoi does not appear among known Indonesian tourist destinations, and does not feature in available public sources as either an independent entry or a prominent reference. Based on this, it is likely a smaller community with a typically agricultural or mixed livelihood profile, characteristic of rural areas found in the interior regions of Konawe Selatan Regency. Andoolo Barat Kecamatan itself belongs to the less urbanized, rural zones of the regency. Southeast Sulawesi Province comprises 38,140 km² of land area and 110,000 km² of sea waters, and in the first half of 2025 the province's population exceeded 2.8 million. Within this, Konawe Selatan is one of the larger regencies on the peninsula, characterized by agriculture—particularly rice paddies, cocoa, and coconut plantations—and mining activities, though the latter primarily affects certain other parts of the regency. No verifiable source is available regarding the precise population of Mataiwoi or its administrative status (desa or dusun level).
Real estate and investment
Mataiwoi does not have an independently documented local real estate market in publicly accessible data sources. At the broader Konawe Selatan Regency level, it can be stated that rural property prices are generally significantly lower than in Kendari city or along the Bali–Java axis. According to Indonesian real estate market regulations, foreign nationals cannot acquire direct full ownership (Hak Milik) of Indonesian land; instead, the so-called Hak Pakai (use rights) or, under certain conditions, Hak Sewa (lease) construction is available to them. In rural, agricultural areas, real estate development activity is typically lower than in the vicinity of larger cities, and investor interest primarily concentrates on agricultural utilization opportunities. This represents the broader provincial context; no reliable, factual data is available regarding Mataiwoi's specific real estate market conditions.
Safety and security
No independent, verifiable statistics or police data are available regarding Mataiwoi's public safety. Southeast Sulawesi Province generally does not rank among Indonesian provinces considered to have notably high crime rates; however, in remote, rural areas, the level of police presence and infrastructure provision may be lower than in the province's urban centers. In Konawe Selatan Regency and Andoolo Barat District, daily life typically occurs within the framework of local community norms and customary law (adat), which is characteristic of rural Indonesian villages. No specific claim regarding public safety in Mataiwoi can be made without sources.
Tourist attractions
Mataiwoi has no identifiable, named tourist attractions from sources. The broader Konawe Selatan Regency, however, possesses natural assets that contribute to the region's appeal: coastal and beach tourism on the southeastern peninsula's coastline, and characteristic rural landscapes with nature in the interior areas. It is known that the coastlines and coral reefs of Southeast Sulawesi Province, particularly around the Wakatobi Island group, are internationally recognized diving tourism destinations—though this latter location is not in Mataiwoi's immediate vicinity but rather in a completely different part of the province, in Wakatobi Regency. Smaller natural sites of local interest—riverbanks, rice field landscapes, mountainous areas—are generally present in the interior of Konawe Selatan; however, no specific, verified sources are available regarding them in relation to Mataiwoi.
Summary
Mataiwoi is a small, rural settlement in Southeast Sulawesi Province, within the administrative framework of Andoolo Barat Kecamatan and Kabupaten Konawe Selatan. No independent, detailed, and verifiable sources about the village are available, and therefore its precise demographic, economic, and tourism characteristics are not publicly documented. Based on the general context of the region—rural agricultural character, low urbanization level, and the natural assets characteristic of the province as a whole—it is likely that the settlement holds significance primarily for its local community and does not rank among known tourist or investment destinations in Southeast Sulawesi Province.
