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Parepare
City
City of Parepare Kota Parepare
Other transcription(s)
• Buginese	ᨄᨑᨙᨄᨑᨙ
Pare-Pare panoramic view
Coat of arms
Nickname: Kota Cinta - City of Love
Location within South Sulawesi
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Coordinates: 4°01′00″S 119°37′25″E / 4.01667°S 119.62361°E / -4.01667; 119.62361
Country	Indonesia
Region	Sulawesi
Province	South Sulawesi
Established	17 February 1960
Government
• Mayor	Abdul Hayat Gani (acting)
• Vice Mayor	-
• Leader of People's Representative Council	Kaharuddin Kadir
Area
• Land	38.35 sq mi (99.33 km)
Population
• Total	160,309
Time zone	UTC+8 (Indonesia Central Time)
Area code	(+62) 421
Website	pareparekota.go.id

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. The city had a population of 129,542 people at the 2010 Census and 151,454 at the 2020 Census; its official estimate as at mid-2023 was 160,309 (comprising 79,753 males and 80,556 females).

B. J. Habibie, the third President of Indonesia, was born in Parepare.

History

In the early development of this plateau, there was just a thicket of bushes that had many holes on slightly sloping land, which grew wild irregularly, ranging from the northern (Cappa Edge) up to the route south from the city. As time goes by, those bushes have now become the city of Parepare.

At an early date, there were kingdoms located on Parepare - the kingdom of Suppa in the 14th century and the Bacukiki Kingdom in the 15th century.

The term "Parepare" originates from the sentence of the King of Gowa “Bajiki Ni Pare” which means “(Ports in this region) are good.” Since then, the name “Parepare” has referred to the port city. Parepare was subsequently visited by Malay people who came to trade in the region of Suppa.

Seeing the strategic position of a harbour protected by a headland on the front side, the Dutch conquered this place at the first opportunity and made it an important city in the territory of the central part of South Sulawesi.

At the time of the Dutch East Indies, in Parepare, there was a Resident Assistant and a Controlur or Gezag Hebber as Head of Government (the Dutch East Indies), while the status of the region is named the “Afdeling Parepare” which included five "Onder Afdeling" for Barru, Sidenreng Rappang, Enrekang, Pinrang and Parepare.

In each region, an Onder Afdeling Controlur was domiciled or a Gezag Hebber. Besides the Dutch East Indies government officials, the structure of the Dutch East Indies Government was also assisted by government officials and Bugis kings, namely Arung Barru in Barru, Addatuang Sidenreng in Sidenreng Rappang, Sporting Enrekang in Enrekang, Addatung Sawitto in Pinrang, while at Parepare there was Arung Mallusetasi.

This governance structure, up to the outbreak of World War II, was when the Dutch East Indies Government was overtaken around the year 1942.

Administration

Parepare (city) is divided into four Districts (Kecamatan), tabulated below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 Census and the 2020 Census, together with the official estimates as at mid-2023. The table also includes the location of the district administrative centres and the number of administrative villages (all classed as urban kelurahan) in each district. Bacukiki District is inland and less densely populated, while the other three districts lie along the coast and contain the urban parts of the city.

Climate

Parepare has a tropical monsoon climate (Am) with moderate rainfall from June to October and heavy rainfall from November to May.

List of mayors

This is a list of mayors of Parepare since 1960:

1. Andi Mannaungi (1960–1965)
2. Andi Mappangara (1965–1968)
3. Andi Mallarangeng (1969–1972)
4. Abdullah Adjaib (1972–1973)
5. Parawansa (1973–1977)
6. Joesoef Madjid (1977–1983)
7. Andi Samad Thahir (1983–1988)
8. Mirdin Kasim (1988–1993)
9. Syamsul Alam Bulu (1993–1998)
10. Basrah Hafid (1998–2003)
11. Zain Katoe (2003–2010)
12. Sjamsu Alam (2010–2013)
13. Taufan Pawe (2013–2023)

Twin town

• Tawau, Malaysia.

See also

• List of reduplicated place names

References

1. ^ Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 28 February 2024, Kota Parepare Dalam Angka 2024 (Katalog-BPS 1102001.7372)
2. ^ Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.
3. ^ Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2021.
4. "Climate: Parepare". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
5. "Sejarah Kota Parepare: Wali Kota & Wakil Wali Kota". Pemerintah Kota Parepare. Dinas Komunikasi dan Informasi Pemerintah Kota Parepare. Archived from the original on 2019-02-03. Retrieved 2018-01-03.
6. Bachtiar Adnan Kusuma (January 2001). Otonomi daerah: peluang investasi di kawasan Timur Indonesia. Yapensi Multi Media. ISBN 978-979-95819-0-7.

• http://indonesia-tourism.com/blog/parepare-city/

External links

• Official Website
• Local News Website
• Pondok Pesantren Al-Badar Parepare
• Provider Jaringan Internet RT/RW

v t e Regencies and cities of South Sulawesi
Capital: Makassar
Regencies	Bantaeng Barru Bone Bulukumba Enrekang Gowa Jeneponto Luwu East Luwu North Luwu Maros Pangkajene and Islands Pinrang Selayar Islands Sinjai Sidenreng Rappang Soppeng Takalar Tana Toraja Wajo North Toraja
Cities	Makassar Palopo Parepare
See also: List of regencies and cities of Indonesia

• Port cities and towns in Indonesia
• Cities in South Sulawesi