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Gowa (Makassar language : ᨁᨚᨓ) is a regency in the province of South Sulawesi, Indonesia. It has an area of 1,883.33 km 2 and a population of 652,329 at the 2010 census, [ 2 ] increasing to 765,836 at the 2020 census; [ 3 ] the official estimate at mid-2023 was 799,999 (comprising 396,130 males and 403,869 females). [ 1 ]
The total area is 28.09 km 2 or 2,809 Ha (1.49% of the total area of Gowa Regency) with an altitude of 25 metres above sea level. Most of the area is located in the lowlands with geographic coordinates at 5°12'5"S 119°27'15"E.
The Makassar kingdom of Gowa emerged around 1300 CE as one of many agrarian chiefdoms in the Indonesian peninsula of South Sulawesi.From the sixteenth century onward, Gowa and its coastal ally Talloq [a] became the first powers to dominate most of the peninsula, following wide-ranging administrative and military reforms, including the creation of the first bureaucracy in South Sulawesi.
Malino (Makassar: ᨆᨒᨗᨊᨚ) is a small hill town in the Gowa district of South Sulawesi, 70 km from Makassar. [1] It is a popular getaway famous for its tropical flowers. Malino has mountains rich with limestone and pine. Various kinds of beautiful tropical plants grow and thrive in this fresh air city.
Sungguminasa is a town and Gowa Regency's administrative capital in South Sulawesi Province, Indonesia. [1] It is home to the Balla' Lompoa Museum , a reconstruction of the Gowa royal palace. The building is constructed on stilts and made of ironwood .
Not much is known about the exact time when the kingdom was established nor about the first queen, and only during the reign of the 6th king, Tonatangka Kopi, have local sources noted about the division of the kingdom into two new kingdoms led by two Kopi's sons: Kingdom of Gowa led by Batara Gowa as its 7th king covering areas of Paccelekang ...
The two kingdoms of Tallo and Gowa subsequently engaged each other in combat and competition, until Tallo was defeated. During the reign of the 10th King of Gowa, Tunipalangga Ulaweng, and the 4th King of Tallo, Daeng Padulu (c. 1540-1576), an agreement was reached. This was known as Rua karaeng se're ata (two kings but one people).
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.