Manado

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Manado
Coordinates	1 ° 30 ′  N , 124 ° 50 ′  E Coordinates: 1 ° 30 ′  N , 124 ° 50 ′  E
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Basic data
Country	Indonesia
Geographical unit	Sulawesi
province	Sulawesi Utara
surface	157.3 km²
Residents	405,715 (2005)
density	2,579.9  Ew. / km²
Aerial view of Manado

Manado (also Menado ) is the capital of nordindonesischen province of North Sulawesi ( North Sulawesi ) on the island of Sulawesi .

geography

Manado with the Empung volcano in the background

Manado is located in Manado Bay and is surrounded by mountains. The city has an area of ​​157.26 km².

administration

The city does not belong to any administrative district, but is directly subordinate to the province. Manado is divided into five districts: Wenang , Sario , Malalayang , Molas and Mapanget .

population

The majority of the 600,000 inhabitants belong to the Minahasa ethnic group . There is also a traditionally strong Chinese minority in the city. The majority of the population are Protestant Christians, there are also many Catholics and minorities of Muslims and Hindus. Manado Malay , a Creole language, is spoken in the city and its surroundings . The facial features of the Filipinos are also visible among the locals .

history

The city was founded in 1623. The Dutch East India Company built a fortress in Manado in 1658. Between 1820 and 1860, the Minahasa , who live in and around Manado, were extremely successful in missionary work by Dutch missionaries. In 1830 the Javanese prince Diponegoro was exiled by the Dutch government in Manado. In 1844 an earthquake leveled the city, so that it had to be built from scratch by the Dutch. 14 years later, during a visit , the naturalist Alfred Wallace described the city as one of the most beautiful in the east. The Dutch exerted such great economic and cultural influence on the region that it was at times referred to as the twelfth province of the Netherlands.

From 1942 to 1945 Manado was occupied by the Japanese . In 1945 Manado was heavily bombed by the Allies.

During the Indonesian War of Independence , the population was divided between nationalists and those who favored Dutch rule. In the 1950s, Manado became the center of a movement that objected to Javanese dominating the young Indonesian state and calling for the central government to treat the periphery (for example Sulawesi) equally. In March 1957, Sulawesi's autonomy was proclaimed in Manado by the Charter of the Universal Struggle ( Piagam Perjuangan Semesta Alam ). A rebel movement emerged that named itself after the charter "Permesta" (from Per juangan Se mesta ). The Permesta movement took power in Manado and declared Manado its capital. As a result, the Indonesian Air Force bombed Manado in February 1958; in June 1958, Indonesian troops captured the city.

With the construction of the Bitung deep-sea port and direct flight connections to Singapore , trade and tourism have increased since the 1990s. Tourism lives primarily from Manado's reputation as a diving paradise because of its coral reefs.

The first World Ocean Conference took place in Manado in May 2009 .

Economy and Transport

There are four shopping centers on Piere Tendean Boulevard alone: ​​Mega Mall, Manado Town Square, Boulevard Mall and IT Center.

Sam Ratulangi Airport is located 13 km northeast of the city .

Attractions

Ban Hin Kiong, Chinese temple in Manado

The main attraction are the diving areas on the offshore island of Bunaken with its underwater national park. The city itself is now characterized by shopping centers and has a faceless appearance. The provincial museum Negeri Propinsi Sulawesi Utara with traditional costumes and household items is worth seeing .

Also worth mentioning are the 19th century Chinese temple Kienteng Ban Hian Kong and the oldest Buddhist temple in eastern Indonesia. A festival is held there in February. In the hinterland, the volcanoes Gunung Lokon and Gunung Klabat and the lakes Danau Linow and Danau Tondano offer an attractive landscape. The place of prayer for all Indonesian religions, Bukit Kasih near Tomohon, and the squat graves of the Minahasa, so-called Warugas , in Airmadidi are of cultural interest . Near Bitung is the Tangkoko Duasudara -Nature in which macaques and Sulawesi endemic living tarsiers are observed in the wild. In Manado there is the statue The Blessing Christ (Manado) .

Newspapers

• Manado Post
• Koran Manado
• Comment
• Posko
• Tribune Sulut
• Media Sulut

kitchen

Ayam rica-rica

The cuisine of the Minahasa is considered to be spicy. Meat is eaten from pork, beef, chicken to cats, dogs (abbreviated as RW for rintek wuuk , “fine hair”, on the menu), rats and bats. Known are rica-rica , a spicy pan dish, and tinutuan , a stew, also known as bubur manado .

Sports

Since 2019 Manado also has a football club, Sulut United . He currently plays in League 2 , the second highest division in Indonesia.

Town twinning

• Alor Setar , Malaysia
• Kuantan , Malaysia
• Koror , Palau
• Cebu , Philippines
• Davao City , Philippines

Climate table

Manado
Climate diagram
J F. M. A. M. J J A. S. O N D.     465   29 22nd     358   29 22nd     305   30th 22nd     198   31 22nd     160   31 22nd     163   31 21st     119   31 21st     97   32 21st     86   32 21st     122   32 21st     218   31 22nd     371   30th 22nd Temperature in ° C ,  precipitation in mm Source: wetterkontor.de

Average monthly temperatures and rainfall for Manado Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Max. Temperature ( ° C ) 29.2 29.2 29.6 30.6 31.0 31.1 31.0 31.6 32.0 31.7 30.6 29.7 O 30.6 Min. Temperature (° C) 21.8 21.7 21.9 21.9 22.1 21.3 21.2 21.2 21.0 21.3 21.7 21.8 O 21.6 Precipitation ( mm ) 465 358 305 198 160 163 119 97 86 122 218 371 Σ 2,662 Hours of sunshine ( h / d ) 5.4 6.2 5.8 7.7 6.9 7.3 7.8 8.5 7.9 7.0 7.2 6.7 O 7th Rainy days ( d ) 17th 16 14th 13 13 13 10 7th 8th 9 13 16 Σ 149 Water temperature (° C) 28 28 27 27 28 28 28 28 28 29 28 28 O 27.9 Humidity ( % ) 86 86 85 85 83 82 78 74 76 80 84 86 O 82.1 Source: wetterkontor.de

sons and daughters of the town

• Philippe Bär (* 1928), Roman Catholic Bishop of Rotterdam
• Flandy Limpele (* 1974), badminton player
• Deyana Lomban (* 1976), badminton player
• Liliyana Natsir (* 1985), badminton player
• Merle Wasmuth (* 1988), German actress

Web links

Commons : Manado  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Robert: Sulut United Gantikan Bogor FC di Liga 2. , bolalob.com (accessed on May 29, 2020)