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  2. Makassar - Wikipedia

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    The Makassar kings maintained a policy of free trade, insisting on the right of any visitor to do business in the city, and rejecting the attempts of the Dutch to establish a monopoly. [12] Makassar depended mainly on the Muslim Malay and Catholic Portuguese sailors communities as its two crucial economic assets. However the English East India ...

  3. Central Sulawesi - Wikipedia

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    According to BPS (Indonesia's Central Statistics Bureau), Central Sulawesi has an area of 61,605.72 km 2 (23,786 sq mi), [6] but the sum of the area figures submitted by the regencies and city is actually 65,863.75 km 2 (25,430 sq mi); in either case, the province has the largest area among all provinces on Sulawesi Island, and has the second ...

  4. Hasanuddin of Gowa - Wikipedia

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    Sultan Hasanuddin was born in Makassar, Gowa Kingdom (on what is now part of South Sulawesi) under the name I Mallombasi Daeng Mattawang Muhammad Baqir Karaengta Bonto Mangape Sultan Hasanuddin, as the name of the giving of Qadi Islam Sultanate of Gowa namely Sayyid Syaikh Jalaludin bin Ahmad Bafaqih Al-Aidid, a mursyid of Baharunnur Baalwy in South Sulawesi as well as teacher tarekat of ...

  5. Makassar metropolitan area - Wikipedia

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    In Makassar language, the word Mamminasata means "expression of ideals, feelings, or hopes that are coveted for all of us". The national government regards the Makassar Metropolitan Area as including Makassar, Maros Regency, Gowa Regency, Takalar Regency, and Pangkajene Islands Regency. Pankajene Island is now included in the Metropolitan Area.

  6. Colonial architecture of Makassar - Wikipedia

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    City Hall, early 20th century Fort Rotterdam in 2010 Market Street (De Passarstraat) in the early 20th century. Colonial era architecture of Makassar in South Sulawesi, Indonesia includes Fort Rotterdam and other Dutch buildings constructed when the area was part for the Dutch East Indies.

  7. Fort Rotterdam - Wikipedia

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    Fort Rotterdam is a 17th-century fort in Makassar on the island of Sulawesi in Indonesia.It is a Dutch fort that was built on top of an existing fort of the Gowa Kingdom.The first fort on the site was constructed by the a local sultan around 1634, to counter Dutch encroachments.

  8. Hasanuddin University - Wikipedia

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    Hasanuddin University (Indonesian: Universitas Hasanuddin) which is abbreviated as Unhas, is one of the largest autonomous universities in Indonesia. It is located in Makassar, South Sulawesi, Indonesia. Unhas was established on September 10, 1956, [4] and named after Sultan Hasanuddin, a former King of the Gowa Kingdom.

  9. Sultanate of Siak Sri Indrapura - Wikipedia

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    The Sultanate of Siak Sri Indrapura, often called Sultanate of Siak (Indonesian: Kesultanan Siak Sri Inderapura; Jawi: كسلطانن سياك سري اندراڤور ‎), was a kingdom that was located in present-day Siak Regency, and nearby other regions from 1722 to 1949.