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Makassar

Indonesia

Watercolour of Makassar, Indonesia. Centered around Fort Rotterdam with coral stone walls, Losari Beach floating mosque, and traditional wooden pinisi schooners in Paotere Harbour. Featuring Fort Rotterdam and Losari Beach.
AI-generated artistic rendering. Painted from written research on the city's setting, architecture and materials — not from a photograph.
What guided this image
Landmarks
Fort Rotterdam; Losari Beach; Floating Mosque; Bugis-Makassar; Bugis; Rammang-Rammang; lush South Sulawesi tropical coastal flora; Gowa Sultanate
Viewpoint
Favor the classic viewpoint looking across the landscape toward the signature landmarks of Makassar, showing regional foliage and foreground textures, the iconic architectural monuments in the middle-ground, and the distant horizon fading in the background.
Palette
Green should be the predominant color, especially in coastal coconut palms, banyans around Fort Rotterdam, and mangrove fringes.
Population1,474,393Wikidata: 1,338,663
Coordinates5.15°S, 119.43°E
Elevation15 m
Area176 km²
Time zoneAsia/MakassarUTC+8
Solar noon12:02clock runs 0.0 h ahead of the sun

Through the Earth

Dig straight through the Earth from Makassar and you surface nearest to Uiramutã, Brazil — 76 km from the exact antipodal point.

Nearest cities in the atlas

SurabayaID774 km
DiliTL777 km
JeparaID982 km
SemarangID1,017 km
Bandar Seri BegawanBN1,223 km
BandungID1,322 km
ZamboangaPH1,373 km
BekasiID1,382 km

Twinned cities

Wikidata records no twinned cities for Makassar inside this atlas.

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