Palopo

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Kota Palopo Palopo
Palopo
Coordinates	3 ° 0 ′  S , 120 ° 12 ′  E Coordinates: 3 ° 0 ′  S , 120 ° 12 ′  E
Symbols
coat of arms
Basic data
Country	Indonesia
Geographical unit	Sulawesi
province	Sulawesi Selatan
surface	155.2 km²
Residents	120,000
density	773.2  Ew. / km²
Website	www.palopokota.go.id (Indonesian)
The Masjid Tua mosque from 1604

Palopo is the third largest city in Sulawesi Selatan Province in Indonesia . Until the beginning of 2006, the city, which had been an independent city since 2002, was the capital of the region ( Kabupaten ) Luwu . The port city in the northwest of the Gulf of Bone has over 120,000 inhabitants on an area of ​​155.19 km².

Palopo was founded around 1620. Little is known about Palopo before the Dutch annexation of South Sulawesi in 1905. The city is the site of the oldest mosque in South Sulawesi, the Jami Tua from 1604.

Web links

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

Monument to Victory Over Colonialism