Macassar

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Macassar is the former name of Makassar, a major port city on the island of Sulawesi in Indonesia known historically as an important center of trade and maritime power.

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Label Occurrences
Macassar canonical 3

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city
port city
colonialPower Dutch East India Company
Netherlands
country Indonesia
economicRole regional trade hub
ethnicGroup Bugis
surface form: Bugis people

Makassarese people
formerNameOf Makassar
governedBy Gowa Sultanate
surface form: Sultanate of Gowa
hasHarborType natural harbor
historicalEraOfProminence 17th century
early modern period
historicalEvent site of Dutch conquest of Gowa in 1667
historicalNameVariant Macassar self-link
Macassar Road (nautical term for nearby waters)
Makassar
historicalPoliticalEntity Gowa Sultanate
surface form: Sultanate of Gowa
historicalRole major center of trade
maritime power
knownFor spice trade
trade in cloves
trade in nutmeg
trade in sandalwood
trade in tortoiseshell
trade in trepang (sea cucumber)
languageRegion Buginese language
surface form: Bugis language

Makassarese
surface form: Makassarese language
locatedIn South Sulawesi
locatedInArchipelago Malay Archipelago
locatedInRegion eastern Indonesia
surface form: Eastern Indonesia
locatedInSeaRegion Makassar Strait
locatedOn southwestern coast of Sulawesi
locatedOnCoastOf Makassar Strait
locatedOnIsland Celebes
surface form: Sulawesi
modernAdministrativeStatus capital of South Sulawesi Province
modernName Makassar
partOf Dutch East Indies
religionMajority Islam
strategicLocation between Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean
on key maritime trade routes in Southeast Asia
timezone Central Indonesia Time
tradedWith Arab traders
British traders
Chinese traders
Dutch traders
Portuguese traders
transportRole hub for inter-island shipping
major Indonesian seaport
treaty Treaty of Bongaya (1667)

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Makassar historicalName Macassar
Mangkasar spellingVariantOf Macassar
Macassar historicalNameVariant Macassar self-link