Makassar City is The Capital of South Sulawesi Province Indonesia

INDONESIAN CITIES - Makassar city is the capital of South Sulawesi province. Makassar is the largest city in eastern Indonesia and the second largest metropolitan areas outside Java, after the city of Medan. The city was also once the capital of the State of East Indonesia and Sulawesi. Makassar is located on the southwestern coast of the island of Sulawesi and Makassar Strait in the west, the District Pangkajene Islands in the north, east Maros and Gowa in the south.

From the aspect of development and infrastructure, the city of Makassar classified as one of the largest cities in Indonesia and with an area of 199.26 km² and a population of nearly 1.4 million inhabitants, the city was fifth in terms of population after Jakarta, Surabaya, Bandung and Medan. Demographically, the city is classified as type of multi-ethnic or multi-culture with a variety of ethnic groups that settled in it, including a significant amount is the tribe Makassar, Bugis, Toraja, Mandar, Buton, Java, and Chinese.

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