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Palu

South-eastern Asia

Palu is a city in the province of Central Sulawesi in Indonesia. Indonesia treats it as a city (kota) at the regency level, and the figures compiled by City Population count 373,218 inhabitants at the 2020 census, against 336,532 at the 2010 census. GeoNames places Palu at latitude -0.90833 and longitude 119.87083, about 9 metres above sea level by its digital elevation model, in the Asia/Makassar time zone of the IANA database, which is UTC+8. GeoNames records Palu as the seat of a first-order administrative division, which makes it the provincial capital of Central Sulawesi. GeoNames carries its own population figure of 389,959. The atlas places it in the South-eastern Asia subregion of Asia.

Facts
Population
373,218 1
Population
389,959 2
Population Estimate Year
2020 1
Elevation (m)
9 2
Latitude
0.90833 degrees south 2
Longitude
119.87083 degrees east 2
Elevation Band
Sea Level 2
Climate Zone
Tropical 3
Time Zone
UTC+08:00 2
Connections

Capital Of

Central Sulawesi, States or Territories
Source GeoNames: Palu
Sources
1. citypopulation.de: Indonesia: Administrative Division
citypopulation.de
  • Cities table, census of 2020-09-15
    Kota Palu City 291,872 336,532 367,600 373,218
  • Cities table, census column 2020-09-15
    Kota Palu City 291,872 336,532 367,600 373,218
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2. GeoNames: Palu
  • GeoNames page, Population
    Population 389,959
  • GeoNames page, elevation, banded by atlas thresholds
    SRTM3 9 m
  • GeoNames page, Timezone
    Timezone Asia/Makassar
  • Coordinates
    Coordinates -0.90833, 119.87083
  • Elevation
    SRTM3 9 m
  • Part Of: Indonesia, GeoNames hierarchy line
    Indonesia ID Country
  • On Continent: Asia, GeoNames hierarchy line
    Asia > Indonesia ID
  • In Group: Cities of South-eastern Asia (World), GeoNames hierarchy line
    Indonesia ID Country
  • Capital Of: Central Sulawesi, Feature code
    Feature code P PPLA
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3. 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
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell
-0.75 119.75 Af
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