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  2. Makassar - Wikipedia

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    Makassar is the capital of the province of South Sulawesi, located in the southern part of Sulawesi Island, formerly known as Ujung Pandang, bordered to the north by Maros Regency and Pangkajene and Islands Regency, to the east by Maros Regency, to the south by Gowa Regency, and to the west by Makassar Strait. The area of Makassar City is ...

  3. 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.

  4. Sultanate of Gowa - Wikipedia

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    Makassar War, 1666 to 1669. From 1630 until the early twentieth century, Gowa's political leaders and Islamic functionaries were both recruited from the ranks of the nobility. [4] Since 1607, sultans of Makassar established a policy of welcoming all foreign traders. [2] In 1613, an English factory built in Makassar.

  5. Politics of Myanmar - Wikipedia

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    The first known city-states emerged in central Myanmar in the second century AD. They were founded by Tibeto-Burman-speaking migrants from present-day Yunnan. [4] The history of Myanmar as a unified entity, formerly called Burma, began with the Pagan Kingdom in 849. In 1057, King Anawrahta founded the first

  6. List of presidents of Myanmar - Wikipedia

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    1: Sao Shwe Thaik စဝ်ရွှေသိုက် (1895–1962) 4 January 1948 16 March 1952 4 years, 72 days Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League

  7. Parepare - Wikipedia

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    Parepare is a city (kota) in South Sulawesi, Indonesia, located on the southwest coast of Sulawesi, about 155 km (96 mi) north of the provincial capital of Makassar.A port town, it is one of the major population centers of the Bugis people.

  8. Makassar people - Wikipedia

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    The Makassar people are amongst the first native people who are endowed with the harvesting and processing knowledge of holothuroidea (sea cucumber, natively found between the Wallace and Weber line), and was spread to another regions beyond its native homeland throughout the Indonesian Archipelago to the Oceania (and some another regions of ...

  9. 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.