Sulawesi

Sulawesi (formerly known as Celebes) is one of the four larger Sunda Islands of Indonesia, and is between Borneo and the Maluku Islands.

 Geography 
Sulawesi is the world's eleventh-largest island, covering an area of 174,600 km2. The island is surrounded by Borneo to the west, by the Philippines to the north, by Maluku to the east, and by Flores and Timor to the south. It has a distinctive shape, dominated by four large peninsulas: the Semenanjung Minahassa; the East Peninsula; the South Peninsula; and the South-east Peninsula. The central part of the island is ruggedly mountainous, such that the island's peninsulas have traditionally been remote from each other, with better connections by sea than by road.

 Major cities 
These are the ten largest cities in Sulawesi  by population in 2010.
 City, Province   Population Makassar, South Sulawesi 1,339,374 Manado, North Sulawesi 675,354 Kendari, Southeast Sulawesi 289,153 Palu, Central Sulawesi 335,297 Gorontalo, Gorontalo 1,097,990 Bitung, North Sulawesi 387,932  Palopo, South Sulawesi 148,033 Baubau, Southeast Sulawesi 137,118 Parepare, South Sulawesi 129,542 Kotamobagu, North Sulawesi 107,216		

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