Parepare

Parepare is a port city on the southwest coast of Sulawesi in South Sulawesi province, Indonesia, about 155 kilometres north of the provincial capital Makassar. It lies on the east side of Parepare Bay, a large natural harbour on the west coast of the southern peninsula of Sulawesi, protected from the open sea by a long headland that belongs to Pinrang Regency. The harbour holds several small islands, the largest being Pulau Kamerang. Roads lead north to Pinrang, east to Sidenreng and south along the coast towards Makassar. The name is said to come from a phrase attributed to the King of Gowa meaning that the ports of the region are good. The city is one of the major population centres of the Bugis people, is the birthplace of the third President of Indonesia, B. J. Habibie, and had an official estimate of 165,137 people in mid-2025.