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The Manado metropolitan area, known locally as Bimindo (an acronym of Bitung–Minahasa–Manado), is a metropolitan area anchored by the city of Manado in North Sulawesi, Indonesia.
Manado (Indonesian pronunciation:, Tombulu: Wenang) is the capital city of the Indonesian province of North Sulawesi.It is the second largest city in Sulawesi after Makassar, with the 2020 census giving a population of 451,916, [3] and the official estimates for mid 2023 showing 458,582 inhabitants (229,982 males and 228,600 females), [1] distributed over a land area of 157.26 km 2. [1]
Regencies (kabupaten) and cities (kota) are the second-level administrative subdivision in Indonesia, immediately below the provinces, and above the districts.Regencies are roughly equivalent to American counties, although most cities in the United States are below the counties. [1]
Manado Malay, or simply the Manado language, is a creole language spoken in Manado, the capital of North Sulawesi province in Indonesia, and the surrounding area. The local name of the language is bahasa Manado , and the name Minahasa Malay is also used, [ 2 ] after the main ethnic group speaking the language.
The province of Bali in Indonesia is divided into kabupaten or regencies, which in turn are divided administratively into districts, known as kecamatan. The province of Bali is divided into 8 kabupaten plus 1 independent city , together divided into 57 kecamatan, in turn sub-divided into 80 urban villages and 636 rural villages . At the 2020 ...
The terms kota besar (big city), and kota kecil (small city or town), were used since the implementation of the Act Number 22 of 1948. Kota Besar was an urban equivalent of kabupaten (), which was the country's second level subdivision, just below province.
BASAbali is an online "wiki" that includes a Balinese language dictionary that aims to preserve the Balinese Language, [3] a module for regular "wikithons" on civic issues, and a cultural wiki with entries about notable artists, historical events, etc. [4]
Some languages, like Buginese (five million speakers) and Makassarese (two million speakers), are widely distributed and vigorously used. Many of the languages with much smaller numbers of speakers are also still vigorously spoken, but some languages are almost extinct, because language use of the ethnic population has shifted to the dominant regional language, e.g. in the case of Ponosakan ...