Gowa Regency

Gowa Regency
Kabupaten Gowa
Regency

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Country Indonesia
Province South Sulawesi
Capital Sungguminasa
Area
  Total 1,883.32 km2 (727.15 sq mi)
Population (2010 Census)
  Total 652,329
  Density 350/km2 (900/sq mi)
Time zone WIB (UTC+7)
Mangi Mangi Karaëng Bontonompo, King of Gowa pledging allegiance to Dutch rule, Dutch East Indies.

Gowa is a regency in the province of South Sulawesi, Indonesia. It has an area of 1,883 km² and a population of 652,329 at the 2010 Census.[1] The majority of the Regency (the western eleven districts, with over 76.6% of the regency's population) lies within the official metropolitan area of the city of Makassar, including the regency's administrative capital at Sungguminasa. The hill resort of Malino is within the eastern (non-metropolitan) part of the regency.

Administration

The regency is divided into eighteen districts (kecamatan), tabulated below with their 2010 Census population.[2]

Name Population
Census 2010
Bontonompo 39,295
Bontonompo Selatan
(South Bontonompo)
28,471
Bajeng 62,334
Bajeng Barat
(West Bajeng)
22,918
Pallangga 98,721
Barotbong 34,526
Sompa Opu 130,287
Bontomarunnu 31,250
Pattallassang 21,881
Parangloe 16,564
Manuju 14,093
Tinggimoncong 22,138
Tombolo Pao 26,876
Parigi 13,089
Bungaya 15,847
Bontolempangan 13,332
Tompobulu 28,971
Biringbulu 32,347

The first eleven of the eighteen districts tabulated above lie within the official metropolitan area of the city of Makassar; the remaining seven districts lie outside that area.

History

Gowa was formerly a kingdom founded in the Makassar region of southwestern Sulawesi before 1300.

From 1660, the Netherlands was at war with Gowa, which was the major Makassar west coast power. In 1669, Admiral Speelman forced the ruler, Sultan Hasanuddin, to sign the Treaty of Bongaya, which handed control of trade to the Dutch East India Company. The Dutch were aided in their conquest by the Bugis warlord Arung Palakka, ruler of the Bugis kingdom of Bone.

The Bili-Bili Dam, located about 30 km from Makassar, was completed in 1998.[3]

Tourism

Parangloe Tiered Waterfall

Parangloe Tiered Waterfall is located in Parangloe district, 42 kilometers east of Makassar with severely damaged road and then 1.5 kilometers in a half hour walk.[4]

References

  1. 2010 Indonesian Census
  2. Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.
  3. Andi Hajramurni (2010-05-21). "Makassar dam threatened by sediment, experts say". The Jakarta Post. Retrieved 2014-07-25.
  4. "The Tempting Parangloe Waterfall". September 17, 2014.

Coordinates: 5°20′S 119°40′E / 5.333°S 119.667°E