Celebes

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formerName geographicalRegion island

Celebes, now known as Sulawesi, is a large, uniquely shaped island in Indonesia renowned for its diverse cultures, mountainous landscapes, and rich marine biodiversity.

Aliases (4)

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	formerName → geographicalRegion → island →
area	about 180000 square kilometers →
borderedBy	Banda Sea → Celebes Sea → Flores Sea → Gulf of Boni → Gulf of Tomini →
capitalCity	Makassar →
colonialNameGivenBy	Portuguese →
colonialNameUsedBy	Dutch East Indies →
country	Indonesia →
countrySubdivisionOf	Republic of Indonesia →
currentOfficialNameSince	mid 20th century →
ethnicGroup	Bugis → Gorontaloan → Makassarese → Minahasan → Toraja →
feature	deep bays and gulfs → mountainous interior → narrow coastal plains →
hasCity	Gorontalo → Kendari → Makassar → Manado → Palu →
hasPart	Central Sulawesi → Gorontalo → North Sulawesi → South Sulawesi → West Sulawesi →
knownFor	coral reef ecosystems → distinctive cultures and ethnic groups → endemic terrestrial species → high marine biodiversity →
largestCity	Makassar →
locatedIn	Indonesia → Malay Archipelago → Maritime Southeast Asia → Pacific Ocean → Southeast Asia → between Borneo and the Maluku Islands →
modernName	Sulawesi →
rankInWorldByArea	one of the world’s largest islands →
religion	Christianity → Islam → local traditional beliefs →
shape	highly indented with four long peninsulas →

Referenced by (50)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Central Sulawesi ("Sulawesi") → Gorontalo ("Sulawesi") → Makassar ("Sulawesi") → Muna–Buton languages ("Sulawesi") → North Sulawesi ("Sulawesi") → Palu ("Sulawesi") → Toraja ("Sulawesi") →	locatedIn
Gulf of Boni ("Sulawesi") → Manado ("island of Sulawesi") → Palu ("island of Sulawesi") → South Sulawesi ("Sulawesi") → West Sulawesi ("Sulawesi") →	locatedOn
Gorontalo ("Sulawesi") → Gulf of Boni ("Sulawesi") → Kendari ("Sulawesi") → Makassar ("Sulawesi") → North Sulawesi ("Sulawesi Island") →	locatedOnIsland
Kendari ("Sulawesi Island") → South Sulawesi ("Sulawesi Island") → West Sulawesi ("Sulawesi Island") →	partOf
Celebic languages ("Sulawesi") → Celebic–South Halmahera languages ("Sulawesi") → South Sulawesi languages ("Sulawesi") →	spokenIn
Celebes Sea ("Sulawesi") → Java Sea ("Sulawesi") →	borders
Greater Sunda Islands ("Sulawesi") → Malay world ("Sulawesi") →	hasPart
Dutch East Indies → Greater Sunda Islands ("Sulawesi") →	majorIsland
Gorontalo–Mongondow languages ("Sulawesi") → Manado ("Sulawesi") →	region
Banda Sea ("Sulawesi") →	adjacentToIsland
Southeast Asia ("Sulawesi") →	contains
Indonesia ("Sulawesi") →	containsIsland
Macrocephalon maleo ("Sulawesi") →	endemicTo
Toraja ("Sulawesi") →	ethnicGroupOf
Tribhuwana Wijayatunggadewi ("Sulawesi") →	expandedTerritory
Bali Sea ("Sulawesi") →	hasIslandOnBoundary
Indonesian archipelago ("Sulawesi") →	hasMajorIsland
Malay Archipelago ("Sulawesi") →	includesIsland
Makassar ("Sulawesi") →	isLargestCityIn
Central Sulawesi ("Sulawesi Island") →	isPartOf
Bali Sea ("Sulawesi") →	locatedBetween
Makassar ("Sulawesi") →	locatedOnCoastOf
Indonesian National Revolution ("Sulawesi") →	location
Celebes ("Sulawesi") →	modernName
Celebes Sea ("Celebes (former name of Sulawesi)") →	namedAfter
Nepenthaceae ("Sulawesi") →	nativeTo
Wallace Line ("Sulawesi") →	passesBetween
Makassar Strait ("Sulawesi") →	separates