Gowa

Kabupaten Gowa Gowa
Symbols
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	coat of arms
Basic data
Country	Indonesia
province	Sulawesi Selatan
Seat	Sungguminasa
surface	1883 km²
Residents	500,000
density	266 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2	ID-SN
Website	www.gowa.go.id (Indonesian)
politics
Bupati	H. Ichsan Yasin Limpo SH, MH
	Gowa Mosque (early 20th century)

-5.3333333333333 119.66666666667Coordinates: 5 ° 20 ′ S , 119 ° 40 ′ E

Gowa is a district ( Kabupaten ) in the Indonesian province of South Sulawesi . It has an area of 1883 km² and a population of about 500,000 people. The capital is Sungguminasa , and the high-altitude resort of Malino is in the region.

Gowa was also the name of a kingdom in southwest Sulawesi that was founded around 1300 with the center in Tamalate . In its golden era, after the kingdom of Gowa was united with the kingdom of Tallo to the north, the center was around the mouth of the Jeneberang River . The territory of this twin kingdom was the origin of today's city of Makassar , the provincial capital of South Sulawesi .

From 1660 the Netherlands were at war with Gowa, which was the most important power on the west coast around Makassar. In 1667, Admiral Cornelis Speelman forced the ruler Sultan Hasanuddin to sign the Treaty of Bongaja , which gave control of the trade to the Dutch East India Company (VOC). The Dutch were helped in their conquest by the Bugis under the warlord Arung Palakka , ruler of the Empire of Bone .

Administrative division

The Gowa district consists of 18 administrative districts ( Kecamatan ) (as of 2010):

Surname	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

Individual evidence

^ Biro Pusat Statistics, Jakarta, 2011.

Web links

Commons : Gowa Regency - collection of images, videos and audio files

[1] Biro Pusat Statistics, Jakarta, 2011.