[1] The Tana Toraja boundary was determined by the Dutch East Indies government in 1909.

Since 1984, Tana Toraja has been named as the second tourist destination after Bali by the Ministry of Tourism, Indonesia.

In addition, numerous Western anthropologists have come to Tana Toraja to study the indigenous Torajan people and their culture.

The topography of Tana Toraja is mountainous; its minimum elevation is 150 m, while the maximum is 3,083 above the sea level.

[1] The table also includes the locations of the district administrative centres, the number of administrative villages in each district (totaling 111 rural desa - here called lembang - and 40 urban kelurahan), and its post codes.