Rantepao
Rantepao is a town and the capital of North Toraja Regency, Indonesia, which is the cultural center of the Toraja ethnic group. National and regional tourism offices have developed the city as the starting point for visiting Tana Toraja, since the area was opened for tourism in the 1970s.
Rantepao
- Type: Town with 40,400 residents
- Description: capital of North Toraja Regency, South Sulawesi Province, Indonesia
- Categories: capital of regency, kecamatan, and locality
- Location: North Toraja Regency, Tana Toraja, Southern Sulawesi, Sulawesi, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia
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Latitude
-2.9705° or 2° 58′ 14″ south
Longitude
119.8987° or 119° 53′ 55″ east
Population
40,400
Elevation
784 metres (2,572 feet)
Open location code
6P9X2VHX+RF
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Swedish—“Rantepao” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “رانتيباو”
- Cebuano: “Kecamatan Rantepao”
- Cebuano: “Rantepao”
- Dutch: “Rantepao”
- German: “Rantepao”
- Indonesian: “Kecamatan Rantepao”
- Indonesian: “Rantepao”
- Swedish: “Kecamatan Rantepao”
- “Rantepao”
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