Minahasa Regency is a regency in North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Its capital is Tondano.Several cities and regencies representing areas that were initially part of the Minahasa Regency have since been established: the cities of Bitung (1975, initially as an administrative city) and Tomohon (2003), and the regencies of South Minahasa (2003), North Minahasa (2003), and Southeast Minahasa (2007, through the South Minahasa Regency).