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Makassar

South-eastern Asia

Makassar, formerly known as Ujung Pandang, is the capital of the Indonesian province of South Sulawesi and the largest city in the region of Eastern Indonesia, ranking as the country's fifth-largest urban center after Jakarta, Surabaya, Medan and Bandung. A historic trading port at the crossroads of routes between Southeast Asia and eastern Indonesia, Makassar remains a major port and commercial gateway to the country's eastern islands.

Facts
Population
1,485,077 1
Area (sq km)
175.77 1
Founding Year
1607 1
Population Estimate Year
2025 1
Latitude
5.133056 degrees south 2
Longitude
119.413611 degrees east 2
Elevation Band
Sea Level 3
Climate Zone
Tropical 4
Time Zone
UTC+08:00 3
Partially Attested
Elevation (m)
13 1
Wikipedia infobox states elevation as a range, 0 to 25 metres, for this coastal city, with no single point value; 13 m recorded as the midpoint of the stated range.
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Capital Of

South Sulawesi, States or Territories
Source GeoNames: Makassar - GeoNames
Sources
1. Makassar (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Infobox: population_total
    1485077
  • Lead section
    The city's area is 175.77 square kilometres (67.87 sq mi), and it had a population of approximately 1.485 million (737,239 males and 747,838 females) as of mid 2025 within Makassar City's fifteen administrative districts.
  • Infobox elevation_m field, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Makassar
    elevation_m = 0-25
  • Article text
    The conversion of the citizens to Islam was followed by the first official Friday Prayer in the city, traditionally dated to 9 November 1607, which is celebrated today as the city's official anniversary.
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2. Makassar (Wikidata)
  • P625 (coordinate location)
    latitude -5.133056, longitude 119.413611
  • In Group: Cities of South-eastern Asia (World), Wikipedia infobox, country field
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3. GeoNames: Makassar - GeoNames
GeoNames
  • cities500 record 1622786
    -5.14861 119.43194 P PPLA ID 38 7371 1474393 6 Asia/Makassar
  • Place record, elevation
    Elevation ca. 6 m
  • Capital Of: South Sulawesi, cities500 record 1622786, feature code PPLA (seat of first-order division 38)
    -5.14861 119.43194 P PPLA ID 38 7371 1474393 6 Asia/Makassar
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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 -5.25, 119.25
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell -5.25, 119.25
-5.25 119.25 Am
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Wikidata: Makassar
Wikidata Q14634, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source
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