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Parepare
South Sulawesi, Indonesia · Asia
About Parepare
Parepare sits on the route: 10 minutes from Majennang.
Parepare is in South Sulawesi, Indonesia, with about 160,000 people. You drive on the left here. The nearest town is Majennang, about 5 km away.
Parepare (Buginese pronunciation: [parɛ(ʔ)parɛ(ʔ)]; Indonesian pronunciation: [parepare(ʔ)] or [parɛparɛ(ʔ)]) is a city (kota) in South Sulawesi, Indonesia, located on the southwest coast of Sulawesi, about 155 km (96 mi) north of the provincial capital of Makassar. A port town, it is one of the major populationRead more
centers of the Bugis people. The city had a population of 129,542 people at the 2010 Census and 151,454 at the 2020 Census; its official estimate as at mid 2025 was 165,137 (comprising 82,179 males and 82,958 females). B. J. Habibie, the third President of Indonesia, was born in Parepare.
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Parepare is in South Sulawesi, Indonesia, about 5 km from Majennang.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 160,309
- Continent
- Asia
- Country
- Indonesia
- Region
- South Sulawesi
- Timezone
- Asia/Makassar
- Coordinates
- -4.0135, 119.6255
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Tropical latitude: plan around the wet season rather than temperature.
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