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5 unusual facts about Makassar


Astrid Susanto

Dr. Maria Antonia Astrid Sunarti Susanto (also known as Astrid Susanto-Sunario) -- deputy chairwoman of Commission I of the Indonesian legislature, the People's Representative Council—was born 4 January 1936 in Makassar, South Celebes (now South Sulawesi), Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia) and died on 13 April 2006 in Jakarta.

Bone state

Covering an area of 2600 km², Bone's chief town Boni, lay 130 km northeast of the city of Makassar home to the Bugis people.

Gatot Soebroto

In March 1952, Gatot moved to Makassar to take over command of the VII/Wirabuana Military Territory, which covered all of Indonesia east of Java and Kalimantan.

King David's Spaceship

The barbarians are Muslims of Indonesian origin who originally gave the planet its name.

Makassar-class landing platform dock

The remaining two were built at Indonesia's PT PAL shipyard in Surabaya with assistance from Daesun.


Andi Aziz

However, the uprising was quashed after two weeks when troops under Lt. Col. Suharto and Col. Alexander Evert Kawilarang arrived at Makassar only to find light resistance.

Japanese cruiser Isuzu

In August, 1942, the Isuzu was reassigned to the Indian Ocean theatre, patrolling between Singapore, Mergui, Burma, Sabang Harbor, Sumatra and Penang, Malaya; however, on 24 August 1942, Isuzu was reassigned back to Makassar.

Japanese cruiser Natori

Natori departed Ambon that day for repairs at Makassar, but repair proved impossible, so Natori continued on to Seletar Naval Base, Singapore.

Julio Lopez

Although Lopez just joined PSM Makassar, but coach Raja Isa do not hesitate to give him the captain's armband to replace Syamsul Bachri Chaerudin.

Mir Jumla II

Mir Jumla, who in the 1640s had his own ships and organized merchant fleets that sailed throughout Surat, Thatta, Arakan, Ayuthya, Balasore, Aceh, Melaka, Johore, Bantam, Makassar, Ceylon, Bandar Abbas, Mecca, Jeddah, Basra, Aden, Masqat, Mocha and the Maldives.

South Sulawesi Campaign

Westerling ordered the registration of all Javanese arriving in Makassar due to the large numbers of Javanese participating in the Sulawesi resistance.

Trepanging

To supply the markets of Southern China, Muslim Makassar Indonesia trepangers traded with Indigenous Australians of Arnhem Land from at least the 18th century or likely prior.


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