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Southern Sulawesi

South Sulawesi is a province in the southern peninsula of , . The Selayar Islands archipelago to the south of Sulawesi is also part of the province.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Makassar and Mamuju.

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, formerly called Ujung Pandang, is the capital of South Sulawesi province. It has the largest population of any city on the island of , , and is the fifth largest city in Indonesia after Jakarta, Surabaya, Bandung and Medan.

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is the capital of the province of . The town was formerly part of South Sulawesi province.

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, literally "Torajaland", is a highland region of Southern Sulawesi in . This article also covers Toraja Utara. , the famed "Land of the Heavenly Kings", lies about 328 km north of Makassar, the capital of South Sulawesi Province, in the central highlands of South Sulawesi.

Destinations to Discover

Explore places such as Makassar Metropolitan Area and Tana Luwu.

The , known locally as Mamminasatapa; is a metropolitan area located on Sulawesi island in . This area includes City and its buffer areas such as , , , and Pangkajene Islands Regency.

is a region in Southern Sulawesi.
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Southern Sulawesi

Latitude of center
-3.6447° or 3° 38′ 41″ south
Longitude of center
119.9472° or 119° 56′ 50″ east
Population
9,140,000
Elevation
15 metres (49 feet)
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1898306512
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
1626232
Wiki­data ID
Q5078
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In Other Languages

From Achinese to Yue Chinese—“Southern Sulawesi” goes by many names.
  • Achinese: “Sulawèsi Seulatan”
  • Arabic: “سولاوسي الجنوبية”
  • Asturian: “Célebes Meridional”
  • Balinese: “Sulawesi Selatan”
  • Basque: “Hego Sulawesi”
  • Batak Mandailing: “Sulawesi Selatan”
  • Belarusian: “Паўднёвы Сулавесі”
  • Belarusian: “Паўднёвы Сулавэсі (правінцыя)”
  • Belarusian: “Паўднёвы Сулавэсі”
  • Belarusian: “Правінцыя Паўднёвы Сулавесі”
  • Belarusian: “правінцыя Паўднёвы Сулавэсі”
  • Bengali: “দক্ষিণ সুলাওয়েসি”
  • Betawi: “Sulawési Kidul”
  • Breton: “Su Selebez”
  • Bulgarian: “Южно Сулавеси”
  • Catalan: “Cèlebes Meridionals”
  • Cebuano: “Provinsi Sulawesi Selatan”
  • Chinese: “Lâm Sulawesi Séng”
  • Chinese: “南苏拉威西省”
  • Chinese: “南蘇拉威西”
  • Czech: “Jižní Sulawesi”
  • Danish: “South Sulawesi”
  • Dutch: “Zuid-Celebes”
  • Dutch: “Zuid-Sulawesi”
  • Esperanto: “Suda Celebeso”
  • Esperanto: “Suda Sulaŭesio”
  • Esperanto: “Suda Sulaveso”
  • Finnish: “Etelä-Sulawesi”
  • French: “Sulawesi du Sud”
  • Galician: “Célebes do Sur”
  • Galician: “Célebes Meridional”
  • Georgian: “სამხრეთი სულავესი”
  • German: “Provinz Südsulawesi”
  • German: “Süd-Sulawesi”
  • German: “Sulawesi Selatan”
  • Gorontalo: “Sulawesi Selatan”
  • Greek: “Νότιο Σουλαβέσι”
  • Gujarati: “સાઉથ સુલાવેસી”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Nàm Sulawesi”
  • Hebrew: “דרום סולאווסי”
  • Hindi: “दक्षिण सुलावेसी”
  • Hungarian: “Dél-Sulawesi”
  • Iloko: “Abagatan a Sulawesi”
  • Indonesian: “Prov. Sulawesi Selatan”
  • Indonesian: “Provinsi Sulawesi Selatan”
  • Indonesian: “Sulawesi Selatan”
  • Indonesian: “Sulsel”
  • Irish: “an tSulaivéis Theas”
  • Italian: “Sulawesi Meridionale”
  • Japanese: “南スラウェシ”
  • Japanese: “南スラウェシ州”
  • Javanese: “Sulawesi Kidul”
  • Kannada: “ಸೌತ್ ಸುಲಾವೆಸಿ”
  • Komering: “Sulawesi Hulu”
  • Komering: “Sulawesi Selatan”
  • Korean: “남술라웨시주”
  • Latvian: “Dienvidsulavesi”
  • Lithuanian: “Pietų Sulavesis”
  • Madurese: “Sulawesi Lao‘”
  • Madurese: “Sulawesi Selatan”
  • Malay: “Sulawesi Selatan”
  • Malayalam: “തെക്കൻ സുലവേസി”
  • Marathi: “दक्षिण सुलावेसी”
  • Mazanderani: “جنوبی سولاوسی”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Nàng Sulawesi”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Lâm Sulawesi Séng”
  • Minangkabau: “Sulawesi Selatan”
  • Northern Frisian: “Sulawesi Selatan”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Sør Sulawesi”
  • Persian: “سولاوسی جنوبی”
  • Polish: “Celebes Południowy”
  • Portuguese: “Celebes do Sul”
  • Portuguese: “Celebes Meridional”
  • Russian: “Южный Сулавеси”
  • Serbian: “Јужни Сулавеси”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Južni Sulawesi”
  • Sinhala: “දකුණු සුලවෙසි”
  • Sinhala: “දකුණු සුලවේසි පළාත, ඉන්දුනීසියාව”
  • Slovenian: “Južni Sulavezi”
  • South Azerbaijani: “گونئی سولاوسی”
  • Spanish: “Celebes Meridional”
  • Spanish: “Célebes Meridional”
  • Spanish: “Provincia de Célebes Meridional”
  • Sundanese: “Sulawesi Kidul”
  • Swedish: “Sulawesi Selatan”
  • Tamil: “தெற்கு சுலாவெசி மாகாணம்”
  • Tamil: “தெற்கு சுலாவெசி”
  • Tamil: “தென் சுலாவெசி”
  • Tatar: “Көньяк Сулавеси”
  • Telugu: “దక్షిణ సులవేసి”
  • Thai: “จังหวัดซูลาเวซีใต้”
  • Turkish: “Güney Sulawesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Південне Сулавесі”
  • Urdu: “جنوبی سولاویسی”
  • Venetian: “Sélebes Meridional”
  • Vietnamese: “Nam Sulawesi”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Salatan nga Sulawesi”
  • Western Armenian: “Հարաւային Սուլաուեսի”
  • Western Panjabi: “صوبا لما سولاویسی”
  • Western Panjabi: “صوبہ دکھنی سولاویسی”
  • Wu Chinese: “南蘇拉威西省”
  • Yue Chinese: “南蘇拉威西”
  • “Prov. Sulawesi Selatan”
  • “Sulawesi Selatan”

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