Sulawesi Selatan

Sulawesi Selatan
Basic data
Area :	45,686 km²
Residents :	9,145,143
Population density :	200 inhabitants / km²
Capital :	Macassar
governor	Nurdin Abdullah
Location in Indonesia
Website :	https://sulselprov.go.id/

Sulawesi Selatan (German South Sulawesi ) is an Indonesian province on the island of Sulawesi . It encompasses the southern peninsula (between the Makassar Strait and the Gulf of Bone ) and extends to the central part of the country in the north. In terms of area, the province is the largest on the island of Sulawesi (45.36%) and occupies 7th place of all 34 Indonesian provinces. The capital of the province is Makassar , the largest city of Sulawesi with 1.5 million inhabitants, but with a declining population. The province includes 311 islands.

Administrative division

South Sulawesi is divided into 21 administrative districts ( Kabupaten ) and three cities ( Kota ).

Code Wilayah area code	coat of arms	Kabupaten / Kota administrative district / city	Ibu Kota seat of government	Kecamatan Sub- District	Keluruhan / Desa municipality	Area [km²]	Population [2019]	Inh. / Km² [2019]
73.01		Kabupaten Kepulauan Selayar	Benteng	11	7/81	1,357.03	139,470	102.8
73.02		Kabupaten Bulukumba	Bulukumba	10	27/109	1284.63	439.292	342
73.03		Kabupaten Bantaeng	Bantaeng	8th	21/46	395.83	201.115	508.1
73.04		Kabupaten Jeneponto	Bontosunggu	11	31/82	706.52	413,769	585.6
73.05		Kabupaten Takalar	Pattallassang	9	24/76	566.61	293.732	518.4
73.06		Kabupaten Gowa	Sungguminasa	18th	46/121	1,883.32	759.872	403.5
73.07		Kabupaten Sinjai	Sinjai	9	13/67	798.96	261.220	327
73.08		Kabupaten Bone	Watamponde	27	44/328	4,559.00	809.441	177.5
73.09		Kab. Maros	Maros	14th	23/80	1,619.12	386,408	238.7
73.10		Kabupaten Pangkajene dan Kepulauan	Pangkajene	13	38/65	1,132.08	350.208	309.3
73.11		Kabupaten Barru	Barru	7th	15/40	1,174.71	182,373	155.2
73.12		Kabupaten Soppeng	Watansoppeng	8th	21/49	1,557.00	237.115	152.3
73.13		Kabupaten Wajo	Senkang	14th	48/142	2,504.06	374,888	149.7
73.14		Kabupaten Sidenreng Rappang	Sidenreng	11	38/68	1,883.23	319.285	169.5
73.15		Kabupaten Pinrang	Pin rank	12	39/69	1,961.67	405,671	206.8
73.16		Kabupaten Enrekang	Enrekang	12	17/112	1,784.93	226,776	127.1
73.17		Kabupaten Luwu	Belopa	22nd	20/207	3,343.97	370,675	110.8
73.18		Kabupaten Tana Toraja	Makala	19th	47/112	1,990.22	287.245	144.3
73.22		Kabupaten Luwu Utara	Masamba	12	7/166	7,502.58	327.994	43.7
73.24		Kabupaten Luwu Timur	Malili	11	3/124	6,944.88	300,374	43.3
73.26		Kabupaten Toraja Utara	Rantepao	21st	40/111	1,215.55	247.157	203.3
73.71		Kota Makassar	-	15th	153 / -	199.26	1,480,480	7429.9
73.72		Kota Parepare	-	4th	22 / -	99.33	148,634	1496.4
73.73		Kota Palopo	-	9	48 / -	252.99	181,949	719.2
73	SULAWESI SELATAN		Macassar	307	792 / 2.255	46,717.48	9,145,143	195.8

Source of the administrative and area data: Peraturan Menteri Dalam Negeri RI Nomor 72 Tahun 2019 (Ordinance of the Minister of the Interior of October 2019):
The population data are based on updates by the regional civil registration offices and are from the end of 2019

population

In terms of population, Sulawesi Selatan ranks second behind the Sulawesi Tengah province (24.45% proportionately) and ranks 16th among all Indonesian provinces.

The province is inhabited by three great peoples, the Buginese (or Bugis), the Macassars and the Toraja in the north. Although their three languages are of Malay origin, they are difficult to understand one another.

89.69% of the population professes Orthodox Islam , called Senteri . Many Christians live in the highlands in the north of the province (700,974 Protestants and 15,559 Protestants: together 9.36% of the population in 2019). Pre-Islamic traditions, which played a role in everyday life for centuries after Islamization in the 15th century, have almost completely disappeared and are only shown to tourists.

history

Since the 14th century at the latest, there have been a number of smaller Hindu or Buddhist kingdoms in the region, which based their wealth primarily on trade, including Luwu, Bone and Gowa . The region was Islamized at the beginning of the 17th century. Makassar developed into a center of the spice trade and attracted European trading companies. In 1667 the Dutch East India Company established a fortress and a trading post in the city. At first the Dutch were only interested in trade. It was not until the first half of the 19th century that the area was completely subdued and colonial administration was established. After the Japanese occupation in World War II , Sulawesi Selatan became part of the now independent Indonesia in 1949.

As a province, Sulawesi Selatan was founded simultaneously with the Sulawesi Tenggara province on December 13, 1960 (Law No. 47/1960). The north-western part with five administrative districts was split off in October 2004 with Sulawesi Barat as a separate province.

The city ( Kota ) Polapo with 4 subdistricts became a separate administrative unit in April 2002 by splitting off from the administrative district Luwu (Law No. 11/2002).
The newly formed administrative district of Luwu Timur with 8 subdistricts was separated from the administrative district of Luwu Utara in February 2003 (Law No. 7/2003).
The newly formed Toraja Utara administrative district was spun off from the Tana Toraja administrative district in March 2008 with 21 subdistricts (Law No. 28/2008).

economy

The main industry is agriculture. Among other things, rice , coffee and cocoa are grown . Fishing is of particular importance, and some of it is still practiced in the traditional way. Mining (nickel) and industry play a subordinate role. Tourism is concentrated on the Tanah Toraja highlands and the coastal town of Bira (Sulawesi) in the southeast of the province.
North of Makassar is the Valley of the Butterflies - a national park near the town of Maros.

National parks

Bantimurung-Bulusaraung National Park

literature

Maria Blechmann-Antweiler: It doesn't work without us - One year with women in Indonesia. LIT-Verlag, Münster et al. 2001, ISBN 3-8258-5645-3 (The one-year stay in an Indonesian family in Makassar is vividly described).