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Poso

South-eastern Asia

Poso is the administrative capital of Poso Regency, Indonesia, and the main port and transportation hub for the central-southern coast of Central Sulawesi. Its urban area covers three districts, Poso Kota, North Poso Kota and South Poso Kota, and it sits on the shore of the Gulf of Tomini in the central part of Sulawesi Island. Its total population was 47,592 in mid-2024, making it one of the biggest and oldest towns in the province.

Facts
Population
47,477 1
Elevation (m)
10 2
Latitude
1.37859 degrees south 2
Longitude
120.7624 degrees east 2
Elevation Band
Sea Level 3
Climate Zone
Tropical 4
Time Zone
UTC+08:00 3
Sources
1. GeoNames: Poso
GeoNames geonameid 1630723 (Poso), cities500/allCountries bulk dump, matched by primary name + country + coordinates within 25km (w-bbfill-geography6-0926)View the Source
2. Poso (Wikidata)
  • P625 (coordinate location)
    latitude -1.37859, longitude 120.7624
  • P2044 (elevation above sea level)
    elevation 10 m
  • In Group: Cities of South-eastern Asia (World), Wikipedia infobox, country field
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3. GeoNames: Poso - GeoNames
GeoNames
  • cities500 record 1630723
    -1.3959 120.7524 P PPLA2 ID 21 7204 47477 10 Asia/Makassar
  • Place record, elevation
    Elevation ca. 10 m
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4. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell -1.25, 120.75
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell -1.25, 120.75
-1.25 120.75 Af
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Wikidata: Poso
Wikidata Q12492354, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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