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Also known as Parepare City

Parepare (; or ) is a city (kota) in South Sulawesi, Indonesia, located on the southwest coast of Sulawesi, about north of the provincial capital of Makassar. A port town, it is one of the major population 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-2023 was 160,309 (comprising 79,753 males and 80,556 females).

Key facts

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Parepare
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City of Parepare''''
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Other
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Buginese
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ᨄᨑᨙᨄᨑᨙ
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Kota Cinta - City of Love
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City
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Lambang Kota Parepare.png
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Location within South Sulawesi
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Indonesia_Sulawesi#Indonesia
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Location in Sulawesi and Indonesia
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Country
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Province
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Mayor
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Vice Mayor
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Leader of People's Representative Council
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Kaharuddin Kadir

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Wikidata facts

Official name
Kota Pare Pare
Country
Indonesia
Contains
Soreang
Population
175040
Elevation
22
Time zone
UTC+07:00
Shares border with
Barru
Official website
www.pareparekota.go.id
Image
Parepare view-2.jpg
Dialing code
62 421
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postal code
91100
category of associated people
Category:People from Parepare
Commons category
Parepare
Statistics Indonesia area code
7372
inception
1960-02-17
name
Pare-Pare
office held by head of government
Mayor of Parepare
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Encyclopedic overview

8 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Administration
  • Climate
  • List of mayors
  • Twin town
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

Parepare (; or ) is a city (kota) in South Sulawesi, Indonesia, located on the southwest coast of Sulawesi, about north of the provincial capital of Makassar. A port town, it is one of the major population 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-2023 was 160,309 (comprising 79,753 males and 80,556 females).

B. J. Habibie, the third President of Indonesia, was born in Parepare.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Parepare” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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