Parepare

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 has a population of 129,542 people, according to the 2010 Census.

Parepare
City
Parepare City
Other transcription(s)
 • Bugineseᨄᨑᨙᨄᨑᨙ
Pare-Pare panoramic view
Coat of arms
Nickname(s): 
Bandar Madani
Parepare
Location in Sulawesi and Indonesia
Parepare
Parepare (Indonesia)
Coordinates: 4°01′00″S 119°37′25″E
Country Indonesia
Province South Sulawesi
Established17 February 1960
Government
 • MayorTaufan Pawe (Golongan Karya)
 • Vice MayorPangerang Rahim
 • Leader of People's Representative CouncilKaharuddin Kadir
Population
 (2010)
 • Total129,542
Time zoneUTC+8 (Indonesia Central Time)
Websitepareparekota.go.id

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

History

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

At early begin, there was kingdoms which stands on Parepare, the kingdom of Suppa in the 14th century and Bacukiki Kingdom in the 15th century.

The words Parepare was coming from the sentence of The King of Gowa “Bajiki Ni Pare” which means “(Ports in this region) is good.” Since then, the name “Parepare” is refer to the Port City. Parepare finally visited by Malays people who came to trade into the region of Suppa.

Seeing the strategic position as a harbor protected by a headland in the front side, and had been visited by the people, the Dutch had been conquer this place at the first time and making 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), with the status of the region is named the “Afdeling Parepare” which includes, Onder Afdeling Barru, Onder Afdeling Sidenreng Rappang, Onder Afdeling Enrekang, Onder Afdeling Pinrang and Onder Afdeling Parepare.

In each region, Onder Afdeling Controlur domiciled or Gezag Hebber. Beside there was the Dutch East Indies government officials, the structure of the Dutch East Indies Government was also assisted by government officials 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, walking up to the outbreak of World War II that was when the Dutch East Indies Government deletion around the year 1942.

Administration

Pare-Pare (city) is divided into four Districts (Kecamatan), tabulated below with their 2010 Census population.[1]

NamePopulation
Census 2010
Bacukiki14,477
Bacukiki Barat
(West Bacukiki)		39,085
Ujung32,231
Soreang43,469

Climate

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

Climate data for Parepare
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average high °C (°F) 30.0
(86.0)		 30.1
(86.2)		 30.5
(86.9)		 30.9
(87.6)		 31.2
(88.2)		 30.8
(87.4)		 30.6
(87.1)		 31.4
(88.5)		 31.7
(89.1)		 32.3
(90.1)		 31.3
(88.3)		 30.3
(86.5)		 30.9
(87.7)
Daily mean °C (°F) 26.6
(79.9)		 26.7
(80.1)		 26.8
(80.2)		 27.0
(80.6)		 27.3
(81.1)		 26.7
(80.1)		 26.1
(79.0)		 26.5
(79.7)		 26.7
(80.1)		 27.5
(81.5)		 27.2
(81.0)		 26.8
(80.2)		 26.8
(80.3)
Average low °C (°F) 23.2
(73.8)		 23.4
(74.1)		 23.2
(73.8)		 23.2
(73.8)		 23.4
(74.1)		 22.6
(72.7)		 21.6
(70.9)		 21.6
(70.9)		 21.8
(71.2)		 22.7
(72.9)		 23.2
(73.8)		 23.3
(73.9)		 22.8
(73.0)
Average rainfall mm (inches) 310
(12.2)		 236
(9.3)		 217
(8.5)		 203
(8.0)		 178
(7.0)		 98
(3.9)		 74
(2.9)		 47
(1.9)		 61
(2.4)		 108
(4.3)		 210
(8.3)		 343
(13.5)		 2,085
(82.2)
Source: Climate-Data.org[2]

List of mayors
Main article: List of mayors of Parepare

Here is a list of Mayors of Parepare since 1960:[3]

  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

See also

References
  1. Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011.
  2. "Climate: Parepare". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  3. "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.
  4. Bachtiar Adnan Kusuma (January 2001). Otonomi daerah: peluang investasi di kawasan Timur Indonesia. Yapensi Multi Media. ISBN 978-979-95819-0-7.
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